Latin Prefixes and Suffixes
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- a-, ab-
- from, away from
- ad-
- to, toward
- bi-
- two
- con-, co-
- with, together; intensively, completely
- de-
- reverse or opposite; remove; down from; about; intensively
- dis
- apart; undo; absense or opposite of
- en-
- in, into; not
- e-, ex-
- out of, out from; former
- extra-
- beyond, outside of
- in-
- in, into, on, onto; not (opposite of)
- inter-
- between, among
- multi-
- many
- non-
- not (absence or lack of)
- ob-
- toward, against; inversely
- per-
- through, by
- pre-
- before, at the head of; in front of
- pro-
- in front, forth, prior; in favor of
- re-
- back; again
- sub-
- under, from below; subordinate
- super-, supra-, sur-
- above, beyond
- tri-
- three
- uni-, un-
- one
- -able, -ible
- able to be, capable of
- -al
- having to do with
- -ary
- related or connected to
- -ate
- having done or made
- -er, -or
- agent; one who or thing that performs a specific action
- -ic
- having the characteristics of
- -ing
- (participle) in the process or act of; (noun) process or result of an action; (adjective) having to do with an action
- -ion
- process or result of; state of
- -ism
- practice; trait; doctrine; belief system
- -ist
- one who performs or is specialized in a specific action
- -ize
- to make that which the root names; to make...
- -ment
- action, process; result of action or process
- -ness
- quality, condition, degree
- -ous
- full of, having
- -tude
- condition, state, quality
- -ty, -ity
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(abstract) condition, quality, fact of
(concrete) something having this condition or quality