prefixes

English Affixes and Derivatives Prefixes

1.a- [OE] = on, in

2.a- (an-) [GK] = not, without

3.ab- (abs-) [L] = away from, off

4.ad- (ac-, af-, etc.) [L] = to, at

5.ante- [L] = before, in front of

6.anti- (ant-) [GK] =against, opposing

7.be- [OE] = about; completely; to make; to provide with

8.bi- (bin-) [L] = two; twice; doubly

9.by- [OE] =secondary; near by

10.circum- [L] =around, about

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/4a17950596.html,-(co-, col-, con-, cor-) [L] = with, together

12.contra- [L] = against, opposite

13.counter- [ME] = against, opposite, in return

14.de- [L] = down; away; to undo; to make down or away

15.di- [GK] = twice, two

16.dia- (di-) [GK] = through, across

17.dis- (dif-, di-) [L] = apart; to undo; lack of, to remove; not

18.en- (em-) [OF] = to put into; to make

19.ex- (e-, ef-) [L] = out, out of; former

20.extra- [L] = outside; beyond

21.for- [OE] = forth; away

22.fore- [OE] = front; before; beforehand

23.in- (il-, im-, ir-) [L] = not; lack of

24.in- (il-, im-, ir-) [L] = in, into; on, upon; towards

25.inter- (intel-) [L] = between; mutual, mutually

26.kilo- [F]= one thousand

27.mal- (male-) [F, L]= bad, badly; evil, evilly

28.micro- [GK] = small, very small; one millionth

29.mis- [OE] = bad, badly; wrong, wrongly

30.multi- [L] = many; having many; many times

31.non- [L] = not; absence of; without

32.ob- (oc-, of-, op-) [L] = toward; against

33.out- [OE] = out, outside; more than, to surpass, to be more than

34.over- [OE] = above, across; too; too much

35.para- (par-) [GK] = beside, near; related to, subordinate to

36.per- [L] = through; throughout; thoroughly; to destruction

37.peri- [GK] = around; near

38.post- [L] = after; behind

39.pre- [L] = before, beforehand; in front

40.pro- [L] = forward, forth, out; infavour of, in place of

41.re- (red-) [L] = back; again; against

42.se- (sed-) [L] = apart, aside, away

43.self- [OE] = oneself; by oneself; automatic, automatically

44.semi- [L] = half; partly; half a time or twice

45.sub-(suc-, suf-, etc.) [L] = under; subordinate; incompletely; further

46.super- [L] = above; beyond; more than; excessively

47.sur-[OF] = above, beyond

48.syn-(syl-, sym-, sy-) [GK] = with, together

49.tele- [GK] = afar; operating over a distance; having to do with television, etc.

50.trans- (tran-, tra-) [L] = across; beyond; over

51.tri- [L, GK] = three; having three

52.ultra- [L] = beyond; on the other side; excessively

53.un- [OE] = not; lack of; to undo; to remove

54.under- [OE] = under, beneath; lower; not enough

55.up- [OE] = up; upward; upper; to make … upward

56.with- [OE] = against; away; back; with