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Base Meaning Origin
ab away Latin
acro top, tip, end Greek
ad, ac, at, as, ap, am, an, ar, ag, af to, toward, at Latin
ambi around, both Latin
amphi both, of oth sides, around Greek
ant, anti against Greek
ante before Latin
apo, ap, aph away from, off Greek
archa, arshae old, ancient Greek
auto self Greek
ben, bon good, well Latin
bi two Latin
co, con, com together, with Latin
contra, contro against Latin
de from, away, off Latin
deca, dec, deka ten Greek
di, dis two, twice Greek
dia through, across Greek
dis, dif apart, away, not, to deprive Latin
du double, two Latin
dys difficult, bad Greek
e, ex, ec out, beyond, from, out of, forth Latin
ecto outside of Greek
en in give [intensifier] Latin
endo, ento within Greek
ep, epi upon, at, in addition Greek
eu good, well Greek
extra beyond Latin
fore before Anglo-Saxon
hemi half Greek
hetero various, unlike Greek
hier sacred Greek
holo whole Greek
homo same Greek
hyper above, beyond Greek
hypo, hyp under, less than Greek
ideo, idea idea Greek
in, ir, im, il not, without Latin
in, im in, on, upon, into, toward Latin
inter between Latin
intro within Latin
iso equal Greek
kilo thousand Greek
macro long, large Greek
magn, mag, meg, maj great Latin
mal bad, ill Latin
mega great Greek
met, meta, meth among, with, after, beyond Greek
micro small Greek
migr to move, travel Latin
mill thousand Latin
mis less, wrong Latin
mono one Greek
multi many, much Latin
neo new Greek
non, ne not Latin
o, ob, oc, of, op against, toward Latin
omni all Latin
paleo long ago, ancient Greek
pan, panto all, every Greek
para beside, beyond Latin
penta five Greek
per through Latin
peri around, about Greek
pre before Latin
pro before, forward, forth Latin
pronto first Greek
poly many Greek
post after Latin
pseudo false, counterfeit Greek
quad, quatr four Latin
re again, anew, back Latin
retro back, backward, behind Latin
se, sed apart, aside, away Latin
semi half Latin
sover above, over Latin
sub under, below, up from below Latin
super, supra above, down, thoroughle Latin
syn, sym, syl together, with Greek
tele far off Greek
trans over, across Latin
tri three Latin
un not Latin
uni one Latin

 

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