Prefix

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Prefix | General Meaning | Example |
a(n)- | not , without | atonality , asexuality , amoral , anarchy |
ab- | away | abduction , absolutism , ablution |
ac- | | |
acr(o)- | high, up |Acropolis |
aden(o)- | | |
aer(o)- | air | aeronautics , aerodrome , aeroplane , aerodynamics |
agr(o)- | relating to farming | agriculture |
an- | | |
an(a)- | out of | anachronism |an(o)- | | |
andr- | man | androgyny , androcentrism , android , androgen |
anem- | | |
Anglo- | English or British | Anglo-Irish relations, anglophile |
ante- | before | antebellum |anthrop(o)- | relating to human beings | anthropology , anthropocentrism , anthropomorphic |
ant(i)- | against | antidote , antibody , anticlockwise |
aut(o)- | self | autonomy , autobiography ,automobile , autopilot |
bar(o)- | atmosphere | |
bathy- | deep | Bathyscape , Bathysphere |
be- | completely, thoroughly; excessively; on; around; about; used to form transitive verbs | |
bi-| two | bicycle , bijection , bilingual , bicameralism , bisexuality |
bi(o)- | life | biology , biography , biosphere , biotechnology |
bibli(o)- | relating to books | bibliophilia ,bibliography |
blast(o)- | | |
brady- | slow | bradycardia |
brom(o)- | | |
bronch(o)- | relating to breathing | bronchitis |
cac(o)- | | |
cardi(o)- | heart | cardiovascular |
cent-, centi -| hundred or hundredth | centenary, centimeter, centipede |
cephal(o)- | | |
chrom(o)-, chromat(o)- | | |
chron(o)- | time | chronology, chronograph |
circum- | around | circumcision,circumnavigation, circumlocution, circumference |
cion(o)- | | |
co- | together | cooperative, cohabit |
colpo- | | |
com-, con-, col-, cor- | with, together | conference , connotation ,context , Congress , congregation |
contr(a)-, contr(o) | against, opposite | contradiction , contraception , controversy |
cosm(o)- | | cosmology , cosmopolitan , cosmotheism |
counter- |...