BUILDING BLOCKS: Greek & Latin PREFIXES & ROOT WORDS to know

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Note: plain text is Greek, boldface is Latin

Ante

before
antecedent, anterior

Anti

against
antidote, antithesis

Bi

two
bicycle, bisect

Com, Con

together
continue, comparison, compilation

Counter

opposing
counteract, counterfeit, counterpart

Dis

away, not
dismiss, dysfunction, disparity

Equi

equal
equilibrium, equivocate

Extra

beyond
extraordinary, extraneous

Fac/Fic/Fit/Fec/Feat

make, do
benefit, factory, feat, manufacture

Fer

to carry
differ, reference, transfer

Gen

born, produced
genealogy, oxygen, photogenic

Graph

to write or draw

Hyper

over
hyperactive, hypertension

Hypo

under
hypothermia, hypothesis

Inter

between
interference, intermediate, intersection

Intra

within
intramural, intravenous, intrastate

Kinesis

movement

Logos

word, reason, speech

Logy

study of
analogy, chronology, biology, mythology, prologue

Man

hand
management, maneuver, manicure, manual, manufacture

Metron

measure

Nebula

cloud

Nomen/Nominis

name

Path

disease, feeling
apathy, pathetic, pathology, sympathy,

Philia

friendship, love

Phobos

fear

Phone

sound

Photos

light

Plic/Plex/Ply/Pli

fold
accomplice, complication, imply, pliers,

Pos

put, place
disposal, exposure, posture, proposal, transpose

Prae

before, in front of

Pro

before, for, forward, in place of

Prot

first
protein, protoplasm

Sens/Sent

feel
resent, sensible, sensor, sentimental

Sonus

sound

Skopeo

consider, examine, look at

Spir/Pir

breathe
aspire, conspiracy, controversy, expire, perspiration, trasnpire

Stella

star

Struct

build
destruction, instructor, obstruct, structure

Sub

beneath, near, under
submarine, subside, suburban, subway

Super

over, greater
superficial, superlative, supervise

Syn/Sym

together, with, same
symmetry, syndicate, syndrome, synthetic

Tele

distant, far away

Thesis

place, position, put

Tract

draw, pull
abstract, distract, traction

Trans

across, over, through
transform, transit, transparent

Tropos

turning

Ven

come
convenient, inventive, preventive

Ver

turn
advertisement, convert, extrovert, introvert, versatile, versus, vertical

Verbum

word

Video/Visum

see