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Table of Prefixes and Suffixes

PrefixA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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PrefixOrigin Meaning Example

Latin not, without atypicalLatin away from, off from,

awayabdicate

acantho Greek spiny acanthocephalanGreek height, extremity acrophobia, acropolisLatin move, do actuateGreek radioactivity actinometerLatin to, toward admitGreek gland adenocarcinoma

aeri, aero Greek air aerialist, aerobaticsLatin move, do agitateLatin field, soil agriculture, agricologistGreek pain algophobiaGreek other allochthenous, allonymLatin high altitudeLatin both ambidextrousGreek both, two, on both

sidesamphitheater

Greek starch amylolvsis, amylopsinGreek not, without anarchyGreek up, backward,

excessivelyanachronism

Greek hook, joint ancylostomiasisGreek male androsterone

anemo Greek wind anemographGreek vessel, container angiospermLatin English Anglo-American, anglomania

anhydr Greek waterless anhydrousGreek unequal, uneven anisogamousGreek up, upper, upward anoopsiaLatin before, preceding,

prior toantecedent

Latin front, fore anteroomGreek flower, or collection

ofanthology

anthrac Greek coal, carbon, carbunole

anthracrose

anthropo Greek man anthropologyGreek against antipathyGreek opposite of,

substituteantonym

Greek not clear, away, from, off

apocrypha

Greek final, chief monarch, archbishoparcheo Greek primitive archeozoic

Greek the planet Mars areocentric, areologyLatin silver argenteous, argentineGreek best aristocraticGreek number arithmancy, arithmeticGreek artery arterioscierosisGreek joint, jointed arthropodGreek even number artiodactylGreek sac ascomyceteGreek star asterickGreek star astrology, astronautGreek air atmosphereLatin hear, hearing audible, auditoriumLatin gold or ear auriferous, auricleLatin south austronesiaGreek self, same autographGreek growth, increase auxochromeLatin bird aviary, aviationGreek containing nitrogen azobenzeneLatin berry baccivorousGreek weight, pressure barographGreek depth bathometerW.Germany about, around, all

overbedecked

Latin two, twice bicuspidGreek book Bible, bibliography

Latin two, two at a time binary, binocularGreek life biography, biologyGreek embryo blastosphere

blephar Greek eyelid blepharitisbrachio Greek arm brachiopodbrachy Greek short brachycephalicc

Greek slow bradykineticbranchio Greek gills brachiopod

Latin short brevier, brevityLatin check, mouth buccat, buccinatarGreek near, secondary,

incidentalbypath, byproduct

Greek bad cacodemonLatin calcium salt, calcite,

chalkcalciferous

Greek beautiful calligraphy, callipygianLatin heat calorimeter

capit, caput Latin head capitulate, capitalizeLatin goat capriciousGreek heart cardiogramGreek fruit, wrist carpophore

cata, cath Greek down, against, in accordance

catalogy

Latin stalk, stem caulicle, cauliflowerLatin move, yield cede, secedeGreek new, recent, common cenogenesis, cenobiteLatin one hundred centenarian, centennialGreek horn ceratodusGrrek wax cerotypeLatin move, yield cessation, progressLatin whale cetacean

chaeto Greek hair chaetopodGreek copper chalcalithicGreek chemical, chemism chemical, chemistGreek hand chiromancyGreek green chlorineGreek bile, gall cholesterolGreek chorion, choroid chorioallantoisGreek color chromatic, Kodachrome

chromato Greek color, colored chromatin, chromatophorechrono Greek time chronometer, chronological

Greek gold chrysoliteLatin around circumspectLatin on the near side of cisalpine, cisatlanticLatin rouse or call incite, citeGreek branch cladophyllLatin call, cryout clamor, declaim

Latin clear clarion, clarifyLatin shut claustrophobia, clauseGreek closed, capable of

being closedcleistogamy

Latin slope clinometerco, col, com, con, cor

Latin together with correlate

Greek cavity coelenteronLatin against, opposite contradictGreek dung, filth, obscenity coporologyLatin heart accord, cordialLatin body corporal, corpseGreek world, universe cosmonaut

counter M. English against, contrary, opposite, parallel

countermain, counterbalance, counterfeit

Greek size, shape, characteristics of the human skull

craniology, craniotomy

Latin to believe, belief credence, credibleLatin gown, rise crescendoGreek secret, hidden cryptic, cryptogram

crystalli, crystallo

Greek crystal crystallization, crystallographic

Greek comb ctenophoraLatin copper cupriferous

curr, curs Latin run current, cursiveGreek dark blue coloring,

poisonous acidcyanotype

Greek cycle cyciohexaneGreek wave cymographGreek cell cytoplasm

actylo Greek finger, toe dactylogramLatin remove from, take

away, out of tendepose

Greek ten deimate, decade, decagonFrench tenth deciliter, decibelFrench half, lesser demivolt, demitasseGreek people democracy, epidemic

dendro Greek tree dendrologyLatin tooth denticle, dentition

dermato Greek skin dermatology, epidermisdeutero Greek second deuterocanonical,

deuterogamyLatin right destrogyrateGreek two dialogueGreek through, across,

betweendiameter

dic, dict Latin say dictate, predict, dictaphoneGreek in two parts, in pairs dichotomy

Greek terrible dinothere

Greek double, in pairs diplococcusGreek alcoholic, an alcoholic dipsomaniaLatin apart from reversing dissuade

dodeca Greek twelve dodecagondolicho Greek long or narrow dolichocephalic

Latin master dominion, dominateGreek opinion doxyLatin lead ductile, conductGreek two duodecillion, duologueLatin double, two sided duplicate, duplicityGreek power dynamo, dynamicGreek ill, bad dysfunction

cclesio Greek church ecclesiologyGreek sea urchin echinodermGreek household,

environmenteconomy, ecodice

Greek outer, outside, external

ectoderm

Latin self egocentric, egotisticalelectro Greek electrical, electronic electrocardiograph

French in, into enamoredencephalo Greek brain encephalograph

Greek within endocardialGreek nine enneahedron

entrero Greek intestine enterostomyGreek within entoderm

entomo Greek insect entomologyGreek primeval eohippusGreek upon, over, enar, at,

befroeepigram

Latin equal equidistantGreek sexual desire erotomania

erythro Greek red erythrocyteGreek race, culture, people ethnographyGreek cause etiologyGreek pertaining to

historical linguisticetymologize, etymon

Greek well, good eugenics, eulogyGreek broad, wide eurythermalLatin out of, beyond,

withoutexhale, ex-governor

Greek outside, outer, exterior

exodus

extra, extro Latin outside, beyond extrajudicial, extraterritorialLatin to make, do factor, factitiveLatin easy facile, facility

Latin to make, do factorLatin fever febriferous

ferri, ferro Latin iron ferriferous, ferroconcreteLatin fiber fibroblastLatin faith fidelityLatin end finally, finishLatin cleft fissiparousLatin yellow flavopurpurin

flect, flex Latin bend flection flexibleLatin flower floriferousLatin containing fluorine fluorocarbonM. English away, off, wrongly,

extremelyforbid, forbear, forswear

Latin in front of (time, position)

forecast

Latin strong fortitude, discomfortLatin brother fratricideLatin fruit fructiferous

alacto Greek milk galactopoieticGreek united gamopetalousGreek stomach gastrologyLatin race genteel, progenitorGreek birth progeny, eugenicsGreek earth geopolitics, geography

geronto Greek old age gerontologyGreek giant, billion gigameter

glosso, glotto Greek tongue, language glossology, glottochronologyGreek sweet glycosideGreek angle goniometerGreek sexual, reproduction gonophore

grapho Greek writing graphologygymno Greek named, bare,

exposedbymnosperm

gyneco Greek female gynecologistGreek female gynophoreGreek ring, circle, spiral gyromagneticGreek saint, holy hagiographyGreek salt halophyteGreek single, simple haplogyGreek hundred hectographGreek spiral helicoidGreek sun heliocentric

hemato Greek blood hematologistGreek half or partial hemisphereGreek blood hemophiliac

hendeca Greek eleven hendecasyllablehepato Greek liver hepatitis

Greek seven heptagonGreek different, other heterogeneous, heterodoxGreek six hexagonGreek sacred, priestly hierocracyGreek horse hippodromeGreek tissue histologyGreek whole, entire holohedral

homeo Greek similar homeostaticGreek same homogeneous, homologousGreek glass hyaloplasmGreek water hydrantGreek rain hyetologyGreek wet, moist, moisture hygrometerGreek wood, mater hylophagous

hymeno Greek membrane hymenopteronGreek over hypersensitiveGreek sleep, hypnosis hypnotherapyGreek height, altitude hypsometerGreek under, beneath hypodermic

hystero Greek uterus hysterotomyGreek healer, medicine,

healingiatrogenic

ichthyo Greek fish ichthyologyGreek image, likeness iconologyGreek idea ideology

il, im, in, ir Latin into, not (as an adjective)

infuse, irrevocable

Latin child infanticide, infantileLatin below infrasonic, infraredLatin rainbow, iridescent,

iris (of the eye), Iris (the genus), iridium

iridosmine, iridotomy

Greek equal isochromaticinter, intra, Latin getween, among,

together, withinintercede, intramural, introduction

un, junct Latin join adjunct, junctionLatin law, pertainint to jural, jurisical, jurisdictionLatin beside, near juxtapositionGreek nucleus of a cell karyotinGreek horn, horned keratogenousGreek one thousand kilocycleGreek a thief kleptomaniaGreek wave kymographLatin lip labiodentalLatin milk lactometerGreek flank or abdominal

walllaparotomy

laud, laudat Latin praise applause, laudable

Latin gather, choose, read lecture, collect, electLatin law legislatureGreek scale lepidopteronGreek thin, fine, slight leptosomeLatin gather, choose, read letterGreek white leucodermaLatin an object that rotates

the left place of polarized light

levorotation

Latin law lexloci, lexscriptaLatin wood ligniformGreek fat liposuctionGreek stone lithography, monolithLatin from place to place locomotionLatin speak elocutionGreek word, speech logographyLatin long longicormLatin speech loquaciousLatin light lucidity, elucidateLatin loin lumbarLatin moon lunitidalGreek loosening,

decompositionlysin

Greek large, long, great, excessive

macrocosm, macroscopic

Latin great, large magnanimous, magnificentFrench bad, wrongful malfunction, malcontent

malaco Greek soft malacopterygianLatin evil maledictionLatin hand work, able to

handlemanual

Greek craze, craving megalomaniaLatin handle manualLatin mother matriarch, matrilinealLatin very long, very large,

of the greatest scope or intensity

maximal, maxiservice

Latin middle mediatemedico Latin medical medicus

Greek great, large megacephalic, megalomaniamegalo Greek bigness,

exaggeration, extravagance

megalomania

Greek black melanomaGreek month menologyGreek partial, part meroblasticGreek middle mesocephalicGreek with, after, over,

beyondmetamorphosis

metallo Greek metal metallographyGreek small microscope, microphoneEnglish of a mid-calf length midiskirtLatin one thousand millenniumLatin very short, small,

lightweight on a small scale

miniskirt, minicar, minicalculator

Latin ill, mistaken, wrong, wrongly

misunderstood

Greek hatred of misogynistGreek one monogram

morpho Greek form morphologyLatin set in motion moveLatin many, more than two multitude

myceto Greek fungus mycetozoanGreek fungus mycologyGreek marrow, of the spinal

cordmyeloid

Greek muscle myologymyrmeco Greek ant myrmecology

Greek legendary stories mythographer, mythologistGreek mucus, slime myxomyceteLatin dwarf, one billionth namometerLatin nose nasopharynxGreek dea, corpse, death necrology, necrolatryGreek thread nematocystGreek new, recent neologismGreek cloud nephograph

nephro Greek kidney nephrosisGreek nerve, sinew, tender neurologyLatin neutral neutrosphereGreek indicating the nitrate

groupnitroglycerin, nitrocellulose

Latin night noctilucentGreek custom, law nomologyLatin not nonpaymentLatin nine nonagenarianGreek disease nosologyGreek the back notochordLatin naked, bare nudibranchLatin none, null nullifyLatin pertaining to

numbersnumbers, numberology

Latin night or darkness nyctophobiaLatin girl, women, female nymphet, nymphomania

b, oc, of, op Latin toward, to, against, upon

obdurate

Greek eight octave

Latin eye, ocular oculomotorodonto Greek tooth odontology

Latin duty officer, officialLatin oil oleographGreek few, little oligopolyLatin all omnibus

omphalo Greek naval, umbilical omphalosGreek words, names,

pertaining toonomastic, onomatopoeia

Greek being ontogenyGreek egg oogamous

oophor Greek ovary oophoritisophthalmo Greek eve opthalmologist

Greek optic, vision optometristorchido Greek orchid, testicle orchidologyorgano Greek organ of the body,

organicorganology

ornitho Greek bird ornithologyGreek mountain, mouth orography, orotundGreek straight, upright,

rightorthoclastic, orthodontist

Greek smell osmiumGreek bone osteoclesisGreek ear otologyLatin egg oviferousGreek sharp, acute, keen,

pointed, acidoxygen, oxymoron

Greek smell ozoceriteLatin peace pacific, pacifyGreek old paleobotanyGreek all panaceaGreek near, beyond, aside,

guardparachute, paradigm

Latin equal paripinnateLatin father, mother, or

other close relativeparricide

Greek suffering, feeling, disease

pathology

Greek father patriarch, patrilinealLatin having a foot or feet pedateLatin foot pediformGreek child or soil pedologyLatin almost peneplainGreek five pentagon, pentamicLatin hang, weight pendantLatin throughout,

completelypermit

Greek around, beyond periscope

Greek rock, stone petrologyGreek eating phagocyte

pharmaco Greek drug pharmacologypharyngo Greek the tude or cavity

that connects the mouth and nasal passages with the esophagus

pharyngology

Greek shining phenocrystGreek loving philosophyGreek veing phlebotomyGreek sound phonograph, phonometerGreek light photograph, photogenic

phreno Greek mind, diaphragm phrenologyGreek seaweed, algae phycomycetousGreek leaf phyllocladeGreek race, tribe phylogenicGreek nature, physical physiology, physicsGreek bladder physostigmineGreek plant phytogenesisSpanish one trillionth picometerGreek bitter picrotoxinLatin hair piliformGreek felt pilosarpineLatin fish piscivorousGreek oblique plagioclaseGreek moving, capable of

movementplanography

Latin flat, plane planographGreek formed, molded plastometer

platino Latin platinum platinotypeGreek flat, broad platyhelminthLatin full plenty, replenishGreek side, rib, lateral,

pleurapleuropneumonia

Greek more pleonasmplex, plic Latin bend, bold plexiglass, duplicate, plicate

Greek more plioceneLatin several, many pluril

pneumato Greek air, breath, spirit pneumatology, pneumatophore

pneumo Greek air, respiration, lungs pneumococcuspneumono Greek lung pneumonoconiosis

Greek many polychromeLatin place, put postponeLatin after, behind, later postponeLatin before prefix, previewLatin beyond, more than, preterit, preterhuman

by, pastGreek forward proceedGreek anus, rectum proctoscope

protero Greek earlier, before, former

proterozoic

Greek first, foremost, earliest form

protomartyr, photoplasm

pseudo Greek false, unreal pseudonympsycho Greek mind psychology, psychicpsychro Greek cold psychrometer

Greek wing, feather pterodactylGreek dense, close, thick pycnometerGreek pelvis pyelitisGreek pus pyodermaGreek fire, heat pyromaniac, pyreLatin four quadrupledLatin half, partly,

resemblingquasi-official, quasi-judicial

Greek five quintupletScand strong, sharp rambunctiousLatin back, again return, rereadLatin right, straight rectilinearLatin king regicide, regimeLatin kidney reniformLatin backward retrogressGreek flow, current, stream rheoscopeGreek nose rhinologyGreek root rhizocarpousGreek rose rhodoliteLatin roatary rotogravureLatin healthy salubrius, salutary

sacchar Greek sugar saccharinGreek flesh sarcocarpGreek rotten saprogenicGreek lizard sauropod

scapho Greek boat scaphoidLatin know conscience, scienceGreek split schizogensisGreek hard sclerometer

scrib, script Latin write describe, ascribe, scriptureLatin aside, apart secede, seduceLatin cut intersect, sectionLatin to sit, put under or

enticesedentary

Greek moon selenographyLatin half or partial semicircleLatin old senile, senior

sense, sent Latin feel sensitive, sentiment

Latin seven septillion, septendecillionLatin follow sequenceLatin silk sericinLatin slave, servant servometerLatin one and a half sesquicentennialLatin set sessionLatin bristle setiformLatin sex sextantGreek iron sideroliteLatin flint, silica, silicon siliciferousLatin left, on the left sinsitralLatin chinese Sinologist

siphono Greek tube, siphon siphonophoreGreek grain, food sitosterolLatin social sociological, sociometryLatin alone, solitary, or sun solitary, solitude

solut, solv Latin loosen solution, solventsomato Greek body somatotype

Latin sound sonicGreek wise philosopher, sophistryLatin sister sororate, sorority

spe, spect Latin look speciosity, spectatorLatin caves or words,

pertaining tospeleology, spell

spermato Greek seed, sperm spermatocytespermo Greek seed, germ, semen spermophyte

Greek wedge sphenoidsphygmo Latin the pulse sphygmograph

Latin respiration, coil, spiral

spirograph, spirochete

splanchno Greek ciscera splanchnicGreek pertaining to an

organ in man alone the stomach

splenomegaly

Latin stand firm stable, stationarystaphylo Greek bunch of grapes,

uvulastaphyloplasty

Greek fat stearopteneGreek fat, tallow steatopygiaGreek cover stegasaurLatin star stelligerousGreek narrow, close stenosisEnglish a family connection

of remarriage of a parent. not by blood

stepbrother

Greek solid pertaining to hardness solidity, three-dimensional

sterochemistry, sterogram, steroscope

Greek chest stethoscope

stomato Greek mouth stomatoplastystrepto Greek twined streptococcus

Latin build structureGreek column, pillar, tube styloliteLatin style, styloid stylography

sub, suc, suf, sug, sup, sus

Latin under, subordinate subterranean

Latin under, below subterfuge, subternaturalLatin self suicide, suijuris

sum, supt Latin spend, take up, total consume, consumptionLatin over, above, above in

positionsupercilious, supervisor

Latin above, equivalent to super, but emplasizing location or position

supraorbital

sy, sym, syn Latin with, along with, at the same time

sympathy, synchronized

achisto Greek swiftest tachistoscopeGreek speed tachometerGreek swift tachygraphyLatin ankle taligradeGreek/Latin bull tauromachyGreek same tautonymGreek arrangement, order taxonomy

techno Greek art, skill technique, technographyGreek far, distand or end,

completetelegraphy, telescope, telestitch

Latin hold tenacioustend, tens Latin stretch, proceed extend, tendency, tension

Greek tendon tenotomyLatin thrice, three tercen, terary, tercetGreek monster teratology

tetarto Grek one fourth tetartohedralGreek four tetrameter

thanato Greek death thanatopsisthaumato Greek miracle, wonder thaumatology

Greek god thearchy, theanthropic, theocracy

Greek sulfur thionic, thioninthoraco Greek a part of the trunk

between the neck and abdomen in man and higher vertebrates

thoracoplasty

thrombo Greek blood clot thrombocyteGreek a cut, section thomgraphyGreek place, local topography, topologyLatin to twist torticallis

Latin entire, entirely totipalmationGreek poison, poisonous toxicogenicLatin poison, poisonous toxoplasmosis

tracheo Latin the esophogus tracheotomyLatin across, beyond transit

trapezo Greek table, trapezium trapexohedronLatin three tricycle, triangleGreek hair trichocystGreek nourishment trophoplasmGreek turn, turning tropophilousLatin tower turricalLatin going beyond,

excessiveultramodern, ultraviolet

Latin not, negative or opposite

unfair, unformed

Latin? lower in place, situation, grade, dignity, degree, extent or amount

underbrush, understudy, undersized, underfeed

Latin one unilateralGreek heavens uranographyLatin city urban

urine or tail urology, uropodLatin wife uxorial, uxoriousLatin varicose, veins varicoceleLatin vessel vasoconstrictorLatin prophet, pertaining to vaticide, vaticinalLatin abdomen ventricoseLatin true, truth verily, veritableLatin worm vermifuge

vers, vert Latin changeable, whirl or spinning

converse, reverse, vertical

Latin in place of, deput viceroyLatin conquer victory

vid, vis Latin see evident, provisionvini, vino Latin wine viniculture, vinosity

Latin live, life vitalityLatin glass vitriformLatin living, life vivacious, vivisectionLatin call vocation, invokeLatin against, away withstand

antho Greek yellow xanthophyllGreek alien, strange, guest xenolithGreek dry xerophyteGreek wood xylotomyEnglish previous occurrence yesterday, yesternightGreek animal, living being zodiac, zoologyGreek yoke, yoked, yoke- zygodactyl

shapedGreek ferment, leaven zymology

SuffixMeaning Example

-abio life, production of or absence of

abiogenesis, abiotic

-able capable of, worthy of, tending to, or having the quality of

noticeable

-acea, -aceae a specific class, family or order

crustacea, rosaceae

-acious capable of, worhty of, tending to, or having the quality of

capacious, pugnacious

-acity quality of, abounding in

tenacity

-acv state of being, or quality, state of pertaining to

accuracy

-ad derived form related to

olympiad

-ade action or process, a person or persons acting

renegade

-age state of being, or quality, state of pertaining to

marriage, hostage

-agogue leading, leader, course, withdrawing agent

synagogue

-al state of being, or quality, state of

marital, causal

-an designating or belong to, state, quality, act or condition

artisan, guardian

-ance designating or belong to, sate, quality, act or condition

brilliance

-ancy designating or belong to, sate, quality, act or condition

agency

-androus male polyandrous-andry males polyandry-ant one who acts registrant-anthrop man philanthropy-ar pertaining to,

connected withsecular

-ar one who acts bursar-arch final chief monarch-archy rule, government monarchy-ard one who acts

ignominiously or does something excessively

drunkard, coward

-art one who acts ignominiously or does something excessively

braggart

-ary pertaining to, connected with

elementary

-aster imperfect resembles or merely apes the true thing

criticaster

-ate possessing or being diminutive, a state or condition, one who acts

incapacitate

-ble capable of, worthy of, tending to or having the quality of

voluble

-bulia will abulia-cade procession cavalcade, motorcade-ced move, yield recede, secede-cele tumor variocele-cern distinguish discern, concern-cess move, yield progress-chroic color of skin, plants-chrom color Kodachrome-cide killing, act of insecticide-cious capable of, worthy

of, tending to or having the quality of

pugnacious, capacious

-cit having the quality of rouse or call

incite

-clam call, cry out declaim-clasis a breaking thromboclasis-claud shut seclude, exclude-cle possessing or being,

diminutives, a state or condition, one who acts

particle

-clino lean decline, incline-clud shut seclude-coele cavity blastocoele-colous inhabiting nidicolous-corn horn, horned longicorn-costo rib costatomy-cracy rule democracy, theocracy

-crat ruler, member of ruling body

autocrat, technocrat

-cret grown, rise secretion-crete distinguish discrete-cule possessing or being,

diminutives, smallmolecule

-cy state of being, or quality, state of, pertaining to

hestiancy

-cyst cell trichocyst-dactyl finger, toe pterodactyl-dem people epidemic-derm skin epidermis-dendrom tree rhododendron-dic say predict-dom possessing or being,

diminutive a state or condition, one who acts

martyrdom, serfdom

-drome running, course, or race course

hippodrome, airdrome

-duct lead conduct-ectomy excision tonsillectomy-eer possessing or being,

one who actsauctioneer, engineer

-efy rull of, abounding in, to make, stae of

defy, rarefy

-el to make into, to practice, diminutive

feel

-emia state or condition of blood

hyperemia

-en made of, to make of, suggesting small

leaden, lessen, weaken

-ennial yearly centennial, perennial-ent, -er one who acts student, teacher-ery occupation,

businees, calling or condition

archery, cutlery, grocery

-escence action or process, change, stae or condition

convalescense

-ese small or diminutive, one who acts in the manner of

celanese, hournalese

-esque small or diminutive, one who acts in the manner of

grotesque, picturesque

-ess small or diminutive, one who acts in the manner of

waitress

-ette small or diminutive, one who acts in the

dinette, statuette

manner of-facient that makes or causes

somethingfebrifacient

-fer bear, carry transfer, offer-ferous of, or relating to,

bringing yielding, making or causing

odoriferous, carboniferous

-fest a festive occasion songfest-fex maker spinifex-fic of, or relating to,

bringing, yieldingpacific, soporific

-fid divided, labed pinnatifid-florous flowered, having

flowersuniflourous

-fold of so many parts twofold, manifold-folious having leaves unifolious-fuge something that puts

to flightvermifuge

-ful full of, abounding in, to make, state of

cheerful, masterful

-fy to make, cause, render, become

magnify, amplify, unify

-gam marriage misogamy, polygamy-gamous united polygamous-gen production of endogen, hydrogen-genic producing, pertaining

to a gene or genesprotogenic

-geny origin phylogeny-gerous hearing, producing armigerous-glot tongue, language polyglot-gnathous jaw prognathous-gnomy knowledge physiognomy, prognosis-gon angled, angular polygon, pentagon-gony production, genesis theogony, cosmogony-grade step retrograde-gram write, written monogram-graph write, written paragraph, steographer-gyno woman misogynist-gynous female sex androgynous-gyny female androgyny-head stae of being godhead, maidenhead-hedron face tetrahedron-hood full of abounding in,

to make, state of designating or belong to

childhood, neighborhood

-ian designating or belong to

guardian

-iatry medical care psychiatry

ible capable of, worth of, tending to, or having the quality of

credible, horrible

-ic of, pertaining to, similar or like

moronic, historic

-ical of, pertaining to, similar or like

historical

-ice act, quality, or state pertaining to like, one who acts

bustice, cowardice

-ier possessing or being, diminutives stae or condition, one who acts

furrier

-ify full of, abounding in, to make state of, move, do

testify

-ig move, do exigency-il act, quality or state,

pertaining to, like one who acts

civil

-ile (fem) act, quality or state, pertaining to, like one who acts

servile

-in pertaining to coffin, cousin-ine act, quality or state,

pertaining to, like one who acts

heroine

-ing expressing action running, growing-ion state, condition or

act ofinsurrection, exhaustion

-ise quality, condition or function

franchise, merchandise

-ish acting like, in the nature of, or similar to

impish, selfish, mannish

-ism art of, philosophy of, practice of

liberalism, Americanism

-ist one who acts philanthropist, atheist-ite possessing or being,

diminutives, a state or condition, one who acts

favorite

-ity condition, sate or degree to

gratuity, plenty

-ive having the natture of, giving or tending toward

imaginative, collective

-ize to make into, to practice

mesmerize, familiarize

-ject hurl or throw eject, projectile-lagnia coming together algolagnia-lalia speech defect acholalia

-latry worship idolatry-lateral side unilateral, multilateral-le full, abounding in teakettle, icicle-lent full of, abounding in violent, fraudulent-lepsy seizure epilepsy-less without, beyond the fearless, useless-like resembling childlike-lith stone monolith-locut speck elocution-logue speech monologue, dialogue-loguy talk soliloquy, somniloguy-logy knowledge,

termination in writing, or in collection

theology, martyrology

-ly similar in manner dearly, fully, carefully-lysis a breaking down,

loosening, decomposition

analysis, electrolysis, paralysis

-machy fighting logomachy-mancy divination necromancy-mania exaggerated desire

or lovebibliomania

-megaly enlargement acromegaly-melia a specific condition

of the limbsphocomelia

-ment state, quality, or act of

detriment, entanglement

-mere part blastomere-merous having parts

(specified number or type)

dimerous

-meter measure thermometer, barometer-metric measure geometric-metry measure chronometry-mnesia denting a certain

type of memoryparamnesia

-mo used to describe book sizes

sixteenmo, duodecimo

-mony abstract condition, state or condition

acrimony, ceremony

-mycetes fungi myxomycetes-nastic, -nasty Bot: irregularity of

cellular grown because of some pressure

hyponasty

-ness abstract condition, state or condition

conscienceness

-noia thought paranoia-nomy distribution,

arrangement, economy, astronomy

management-nov new renovation-ode like, way, read phyllode, anode, electrode-odue tooth ceratodus-odynia pain pododynia-oid resembling, like alkaloid, ovoid-ology any science or

branch of knowledgemeterorology, technology

-onym word, name pseudonym-opia a condition or sight,

or of the visual organs

diplopia, remenalopia

-opsis apparent liken as coreopsis-or a person or thing

that actsactor, elevator, traitor

-orexia desire, appetite anorexia-orium a place or an

instrumentemporium, moratorium

-ory of, pertaining to, place of, or far

auditory, prohibitory

-ose full of, abounding in, given to, like

jocose, otiose, verbose

-osis action, process, state, condition

metamorphosis, tuberculosis

-otic relationship to an action, process, state or condition

hypnotic, neurotic

-ous state or quality furious-par make ready prepare-parat make ready preparation-parous bearing, producing oyiparous, viviparous-pathy suffering, feeling sympathy, telepathy-pel urge, drive propel-penia deficiency leukopenia-peri around, beyond periscope-pet seek, ask petition, repeat-petal seeking centripetal-pexy fixation-phage eating, devouring bacteriophage-phagous eating, feeding in,

devouringhylophagous

-phagy eating anthropophagy-phan show diaphanous, cellophane-phane resemblance, shining

or transparentcymophane, hydrophane

-phany appearnace, manifestation

-phasia referring to speech disorders

aphasia

-phile loving, friendly, anglophile

lover, friend-philia abnormal liking or

tending towardhemophilia, necrophilia

--phobia fear, dread acrophobia, hydrophobia-phone sound telephone, megaphone-phore bearer gonophore-phrenia mental disorder schizophrenia-phyceae seaweed schizophyceae-phyllous having leaves,

leaveddiphyllous, monophyllous

-plasia plasmic growth phypoplasia-plasm something formed or

moldedprotoplasm

-plast formed, molded protoplast-plasty formation dermoplasty, neoplasty-plegia forms of paralysis paraplegia-pod foot, footed chiropody, tripod-podium footlike pseudopodium-poiesis production hermatopoiesis-poietric producing menatopoietic-polis city metropolis, Annapolis-pon place, put postpone-pos place, put oppose-pter wing, feather hymenopter-pterous winged dipterous-puls urge, drive expulsion-pygia buttocks, pertaining

tocallipygian, steatopygia

-rel a diminutive or pejorative force

wastrel

-rrhagia bursting forth pronchorrhagia-rrhaphy suture herniorrhaphy-rrhea flow, discharge gonorrhea-rrhexis rupture-rrhiza root mycorrhiza-scope see microscope-sect cut intersect, section-secut follow persecute-sepolous one of the individual

leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower

polysepalous

-ship state or quality, art of skill

courtship, partnership

-sis used to form abstract nounw of action, process, state, etc

thesis, aphesis

-soma body schiscosoma-some like or same bothersome, quarrelsome-sonous sound dissonous

-soph wise philosopher, sophistry-sophy science of anthroposophy-sphjere layer hemisphere, planisphere-stat standing, stationary,

setthermostat, rheostat

-ster (mas) one who acts teamster-stichous referring to rows distichous-stome mouth, mouthlike cyclostome-stomous mouth, mouthlike monostomous-stomy mouth, mouthlike cystostomy-stress (fem) one who acts songstress-taxy arrangement, order heterotaxy-tect cover protect-the god atheist, pantheism-therm heat, hot isotherm-thermy heat diathermy-tome cutting microtome-tomous a cut or division of a

certain kinddichotomous

-tomy a cutting appendectomy-tort to twist distort, extort-tract draw, draw from, pull extract, tractor-trix one who acts in the

manner ofaviatrix

-tron an instrument cyclotron-trope turning heliotrope-trophy nourishment or

growthhypertrophy

-try art or profession of, state or quality

forestry, ministry

-tude art or profession of, state or quality

platitude, aptitude

-ty condition, state or degree of

gratuity, plenty

-ule diminutive force globule, granule-ulent abounding in fraudulent-ulose characterized by,

abounding ingranulose, credulose

-ure act or process, result of

adventure, tenure

-uret combine or impregnate with

carburet

-urgy work dramaturgy, metallurgy-uria urine dysuria-valent having worth or

value, or valencequadrivalent

-ven come convene-vent come convention-vince conquer convince

-vore eating carnivore-vorous eating carnivorous, herbivorous

deca Greek ten deimate, decade, decagondeci French tenth deciliter, decibeldemi French half, lesser demivolt, demitassedemo Greek people democracy, epidemicdendro Greek tree dendrologydenti Latin tooth denticle, dentitiondermato Greek skin dermatology, epidermisdeutero Greek second deuterocanonical,

deuterogamydextro Latin right destrogyratedi Greek two dialoguedia Greek through, across,

betweendiameter

dic, dict Latin say dictate, predict, dictaphonedicho Greek in two parts, in pairs dichotomydino Greek terrible dinothere

diplo Greek double, in pairs diplococcusdipso Greek alcoholic, an alcoholic dipsomaniadis Latin apart from reversing dissuadedodeca Greek twelve dodecagondolicho Greek long or narrow dolichocephalicdomin Latin master dominion, dominatedox Greek opinion doxyduc Latin lead ductile, conductduo Greek two duodecillion, duologuedupl Latin double, two sided duplicate, duplicitydyna Greek power dynamo, dynamicdys Greek ill, bad dysfunctionecclesio Greek church ecclesiologyechino Greek sea urchin echinodermeco Greek household,

environmenteconomy, ecodice

ecto Greek outer, outside, external

ectoderm

ego Latin self egocentric, egotisticalelectro Greek electrical, electronic electrocardiographen French in, into enamoredencephalo Greek brain encephalographendo Greek within endocardialennea Greek nine enneahedronentrero Greek intestine enterostomyento Greek within entodermentomo Greek insect entomology

eo Greek primeval eohippusepi Greek upon, over, enar, at,

befroeepigram

equi Latin equal equidistanteroto Greek sexual desire erotomaniaerythro Greek red erythrocyteethno Greek race, culture, people ethnographyetio Greek cause etiologyetym Greek pertaining to

historical linguisticetymologize, etymon

eu Greek well, good eugenics, eulogyeury Greek broad, wide eurythermalex Latin out of, beyond,

withoutexhale, ex-governor

exo Greek outside, outer, exterior

exodus

extra, extro Latin outside, beyond extrajudicial, extraterritorialfac Latin to make, do factor, factitivefacil Latin easy facile, facilityfact Latin to make, do factorferi Latin fever febriferousferri, ferro Latin iron ferriferous, ferroconcretefibro Latin fiber fibroblastfid Latin faith fidelityfin Latin end finally, finishfissi Latin cleft fissiparousflavo Latin yellow flavopurpurinflect, flex Latin bend flection flexibleflori Latin flower floriferousfluoro Latin containing fluorine fluorocarbonfor M. English away, off, wrongly,

extremelyforbid, forbear, forswear

fore Latin in front of (time, position)

forecast

fort Latin strong fortitude, discomfortfratri Latin brother fratricidefructi Latin fruit fructiferousgalacto Greek milk galactopoieticgamo Greek united gamopetalousgastro Greek stomach gastrologygen Latin race genteel, progenitorgen Greek birth progeny, eugenicsgeo Greek earth geopolitics, geographygeronto Greek old age gerontologygiga Greek giant, billion gigameterglosso, glotto Greek tongue, language glossology, glottochronologyglyco Greek sweet glycosidegonio Greek angle goniometer

gono Greek sexual, reproduction gonophoregrapho Greek writing graphologygymno Greek named, bare,

exposedbymnosperm

gyneco Greek female gynecologistgyno Greek female gynophoregyro Greek ring, circle, spiral gyromagnetichagio Greek saint, holy hagiographyhalo Greek salt halophytehaplo Greek single, simple haplogyhecto Greek hundred hectographhelico Greek spiral helicoidhelio Greek sun heliocentrichemato Greek blood hematologisthemi Greek half or partial hemispherehemo Greek blood hemophiliachendeca Greek eleven hendecasyllablehepato Greek liver hepatitishepta Greek seven heptagonhetero Greek different, other heterogeneous, heterodoxhexa Greek six hexagonhiero Greek sacred, priestly hierocracyhippo Greek horse hippodromehisto Greek tissue histologyholo Greek whole, entire holohedralhomeo Greek similar homeostatichomo Greek same homogeneous, homologoushyalo Greek glass hyaloplasmhydro Greek water hydranthyeto Greek rain hyetologyhygro Greek wet, moist, moisture hygrometerhylo Greek wood, mater hylophagoushymeno Greek membrane hymenopteronhyper Greek over hypersensitivehypno Greek sleep, hypnosis hypnotherapyhypso Greek height, altitude hypsometerhypo Greek under, beneath hypodermichystero Greek uterus hysterotomyiatro Greek healer, medicine,

healingiatrogenic

ichthyo Greek fish ichthyologyicono Greek image, likeness iconologyideo Greek idea ideologyil, im, in, ir Latin into, not (as an

adjective)infuse, irrevocable

infanti Latin child infanticide, infantileinfra Latin below infrasonic, infrared

irido Latin rainbow, iridescent, iris (of the eye), Iris (the genus), iridium

iridosmine, iridotomy

iso Greek equal isochromaticinter, intra, intro

Latin getween, among, together, within

intercede, intramural, introduction

jun, junct Latin join adjunct, junctionjur Latin law, pertainint to jural, jurisical, jurisdictionjuxt Latin beside, near juxtapositionkaryo Greek nucleus of a cell karyotinkerato Greek horn, horned keratogenouskilo Greek one thousand kilocycleklepto Greek a thief kleptomaniakymo Greek wave kymographlabio Latin lip labiodentallacto Latin milk lactometerlaparo Greek flank or abdominal

walllaparotomy

laud, laudat Latin praise applause, laudablelect Latin gather, choose, read lecture, collect, electlegis Latin law legislaturelepido Greek scale lepidopteronlepto Greek thin, fine, slight leptosomelet Latin gather, choose, read letterleuco Greek white leucodermalevo Latin an object that rotates

the left place of polarized light

levorotation

lex Latin law lexloci, lexscriptaligni Latin wood ligniformlipo Greek fat liposuctionlitho Greek stone lithography, monolithloco Latin from place to place locomotionlocut Latin speak elocutionllogo Greek word, speech logographylongi Latin long longicormloqu Latin speech loquaciousluc Latin light lucidity, elucidatelumb Latin loin lumbarluni Latin moon lunitidallys Greek loosening,

decompositionlysin

macro Greek large, long, great, excessive

macrocosm, macroscopic

magni Latin great, large magnanimous, magnificentmal French bad, wrongful malfunction, malcontentmalaco Greek soft malacopterygianmale Latin evil maledictionman Latin hand work, able to manual

handlemania Greek craze, craving megalomaniamanu Latin handle manualmatri Latin mother matriarch, matrilinealmaxi Latin very long, very large,

of the greatest scope or intensity

maximal, maxiservice

medi Latin middle mediatemedico Latin medical medicusmega Greek great, large megacephalic, megalomaniamegalo Greek bigness,

exaggeration, extravagance

megalomania

melan Greek black melanomameno Greek month menologymero Greek partial, part meroblasticmeso Greek middle mesocephalicmeta Greek with, after, over,

beyondmetamorphosis

metallo Greek metal metallographymicro Greek small microscope, microphonemidi English of a mid-calf length midiskirtmilli Latin one thousand millenniummini Latin very short, small,

lightweight on a small scale

miniskirt, minicar, minicalculator

mis Latin ill, mistaken, wrong, wrongly

misunderstood

miso Greek hatred of misogynistmono Greek one monogrammorpho Greek form morphologymov Latin set in motion movemulti Latin many, more than two multitudemyceto Greek fungus mycetozoanmyco Greek fungus mycologymyelo Greek marrow, of the spinal

cordmyeloid

myo Greek muscle myologymyrmeco Greek ant myrmecologymytho Greek legendary stories mythographer, mythologistmyxo Greek mucus, slime myxomycetenamo Latin dwarf, one billionth namometernaso Latin nose nasopharynxnecro Greek dea, corpse, death necrology, necrolatrynemat Greek thread nematocystneo Greek new, recent neologismnepho Greek cloud nephographnephro Greek kidney nephrosisneuro Greek nerve, sinew, tender neurology

neutro Latin neutral neutrospherenitro Greek indicating the nitrate

groupnitroglycerin, nitrocellulose

nocti Latin night noctilucentnomo Greek custom, law nomologynon Latin not nonpaymentnona Latin nine nonagenariannoso Greek disease nosologynoto Greek the back notochordnudi Latin naked, bare nudibranchnulli Latin none, null nullifynum Latin pertaining to

numbersnumbers, numberology

nycto Latin night or darkness nyctophobianym Latin girl, women, female nymphet, nymphomaniaob, oc, of, op Latin toward, to, against,

uponobdurate

octa Greek eight octaveoculo Latin eye, ocular oculomotorodonto Greek tooth odontologyoffice Latin duty officer, officialoleo Latin oil oleographoligo Greek few, little oligopolyomni Latin all omnibusomphalo Greek naval, umbilical omphalosonom Greek words, names,

pertaining toonomastic, onomatopoeia

onto Greek being ontogenyoo Greek egg oogamousoophor Greek ovary oophoritisophthalmo Greek eve opthalmologistopto Greek optic, vision optometristorchido Greek orchid, testicle orchidologyorgano Greek organ of the body,

organicorganology

ornitho Greek bird ornithologyoro Greek mountain, mouth orography, orotundortho Greek straight, upright,

rightorthoclastic, orthodontist

osm Greek smell osmiumosteo Greek bone osteoclesisoto Greek ear otologyovi Latin egg oviferousoxy Greek sharp, acute, keen,

pointed, acidoxygen, oxymoron

ozo Greek smell ozoceritepac Latin peace pacific, pacifypaleo Greek old paleobotany

pan Greek all panaceapara Greek near, beyond, aside,

guardparachute, paradigm

pari Latin equal paripinnateparri Latin father, mother, or

other close relativeparricide

patho Greek suffering, feeling, disease

pathology

patri Greek father patriarch, patrilinealpedati Latin having a foot or feet pedatepedi Latin foot pediformpedo Greek child or soil pedologypene Latin almost peneplainpenta Greek five pentagon, pentamicpend Latin hang, weight pendantper Latin throughout,

completelypermit

peri Greek around, beyond periscopepetro Greek rock, stone petrologyphago Greek eating phagocytepharmaco Greek drug pharmacologypharyngo Greek the tude or cavity

that connects the mouth and nasal passages with the esophagus

pharyngology

pheno Greek shining phenocrystphilo Greek loving philosophyphlebo Greek veing phlebotomyphono Greek sound phonograph, phonometerphoto Greek light photograph, photogenicphreno Greek mind, diaphragm phrenologyphyco Greek seaweed, algae phycomycetousphyllo Greek leaf phyllocladephylo Greek race, tribe phylogenicphysio Greek nature, physical physiology, physicsphyso Greek bladder physostigminephyto Greek plant phytogenesispico Spanish one trillionth picometerpicro Greek bitter picrotoxinpili Latin hair piliformpilo Greek felt pilosarpinepisci Latin fish piscivorousplagio Greek oblique plagioclaseplano Greek moving, capable of

movementplanography

plano Latin flat, plane planographplasto Greek formed, molded plastometerplatino Latin platinum platinotype

platy Greek flat, broad platyhelminthplen Latin full plenty, replenishpleuro Greek side, rib, lateral,

pleurapleuropneumonia

pleo Greek more pleonasmplex, plic Latin bend, bold plexiglass, duplicate, plicateplio Greek more pliocenepluri Latin several, many plurilpneumato Greek air, breath, spirit pneumatology,

pneumatophorepneumo Greek air, respiration, lungs pneumococcuspneumono Greek lung pneumonoconiosispoly Greek many polychromepos Latin place, put postponepost Latin after, behind, later postponepre Latin before prefix, previewpreter Latin beyond, more than,

by, pastpreterit, preterhuman

pro Greek forward proceedprocto Greek anus, rectum proctoscopeprotero Greek earlier, before,

formerproterozoic

proto Greek first, foremost, earliest form

protomartyr, photoplasm

pseudo Greek false, unreal pseudonympsycho Greek mind psychology, psychicpsychro Greek cold psychrometerptero Greek wing, feather pterodactylpycno Greek dense, close, thick pycnometerpyelo Greek pelvis pyelitispyo Greek pus pyodermapyro Greek fire, heat pyromaniac, pyrequadri Latin four quadrupledquasi Latin half, partly,

resemblingquasi-official, quasi-judicial

quin Greek five quintupletram Scand strong, sharp rambunctiousre Latin back, again return, rereadrecti Latin right, straight rectilinearregi Latin king regicide, regimereni Latin kidney reniformretro Latin backward retrogressrheo Greek flow, current, stream rheoscoperhino Greek nose rhinologyrhizo Greek root rhizocarpousrhodo Greek rose rhodoliteroto Latin roatary rotogravuresalu Latin healthy salubrius, salutary

sacchar Greek sugar saccharinsacro Greek flesh sarcocarpsapro Greek rotten saprogenicsauro Greek lizard sauropodscapho Greek boat scaphoidscie Latin know conscience, scienceschizo Greek split schizogensissclero Greek hard sclerometerscrib, script Latin write describe, ascribe, scripturese Latin aside, apart secede, seducesect Latin cut intersect, sectionsed Latin to sit, put under or

enticesedentary

seleno Greek moon selenographysemi Latin half or partial semicirclesen Latin old senile, seniorsense, sent Latin feel sensitive, sentimentsept Latin seven septillion, septendecillionseque Latin follow sequenceseric Latin silk sericinservo Latin slave, servant servometersesqui Latin one and a half sesquicentennialsess Latin set sessionseti Latin bristle setiformsex Latin sex sextantsidero Greek iron siderolitesidero Latin flint, silica, silicon siliciferoussinistr Latin left, on the left sinsitralsino Latin chinese Sinologistsiphono Greek tube, siphon siphonophoresito Greek grain, food sitosterolsocio Latin social sociological, sociometrysoli Latin alone, solitary, or sun solitary, solitudesolut, solv Latin loosen solution, solventsomato Greek body somatotypesoni Latin sound sonicsoph Greek wise philosopher, sophistrysoror Latin sister sororate, sororityspe, spect Latin look speciosity, spectatorspel Latin caves or words,

pertaining tospeleology, spell

spermato Greek seed, sperm spermatocytespermo Greek seed, germ, semen spermophytesphen Greek wedge sphenoidsphygmo Latin the pulse sphygmographspiro Latin respiration, coil,

spiralspirograph, spirochete

splanchno Greek ciscera splanchnicspleno Greek pertaining to an

organ in man alone the stomach

splenomegaly

sta Latin stand firm stable, stationarystaphylo Greek bunch of grapes,

uvulastaphyloplasty

stearo Greek fat stearoptenesteato Greek fat, tallow steatopygiastego Greek cover stegasaurstell Latin star stelligeroussteno Greek narrow, close stenosisstep English a family connection

of remarriage of a parent. not by blood

stepbrother

stereo Greek solid pertaining to hardness solidity, three-dimensional

sterochemistry, sterogram, steroscope

stetho Greek chest stethoscopestomato Greek mouth stomatoplastystrepto Greek twined streptococcusstruct Latin build structurestylo Greek column, pillar, tube stylolitestylo Latin style, styloid stylographysub, suc, suf, sug, sup, sus

Latin under, subordinate subterranean

subter Latin under, below subterfuge, subternaturalsui Latin self suicide, suijurissum, supt Latin spend, take up, total consume, consumptionsuper Latin over, above, above in

positionsupercilious, supervisor

supra Latin above, equivalent to super, but emplasizing location or position

supraorbital

sy, sym, syn Latin with, along with, at the same time

sympathy, synchronized

tachisto Greek swiftest tachistoscopetaco Greek speed tachometertachy Greek swift tachygraphytali Latin ankle taligradetauro Greek/Latin bull tauromachytauto Greek same tautonymtaxo Greek arrangement, order taxonomytechno Greek art, skill technique, technographytele Greek far, distand or end,

completetelegraphy, telescope, telestitch

ten Latin hold tenacioustend, tens Latin stretch, proceed extend, tendency, tensionteno Greek tendon tenotomy

ter Latin thrice, three tercen, terary, tercetterato Greek monster teratologytetarto Grek one fourth tetartohedraltetra Greek four tetrameterthanato Greek death thanatopsisthaumato Greek miracle, wonder thaumatologytheo Greek god thearchy, theanthropic,

theocracythio Greek sulfur thionic, thioninthoraco Greek a part of the trunk

between the neck and abdomen in man and higher vertebrates

thoracoplasty

thrombo Greek blood clot thrombocytetomo Greek a cut, section thomgraphytopo Greek place, local topography, topologytort Latin to twist torticallistoti Latin entire, entirely totipalmationtoxico Greek poison, poisonous toxicogenictoxo Latin poison, poisonous toxoplasmosistracheo Latin the esophogus tracheotomytrans Latin across, beyond transittrapezo Greek table, trapezium trapexohedrontri Latin three tricycle, triangletricho Greek hair trichocysttropho Greek nourishment trophoplasmtropo Greek turn, turning tropophilousturri Latin tower turricalultra Latin going beyond,

excessiveultramodern, ultraviolet

un Latin not, negative or opposite

unfair, unformed

under Latin? lower in place, situation, grade, dignity, degree, extent or amount

underbrush, understudy, undersized, underfeed

uni Latin one unilateralurano Greek heavens uranographyurb Latin city urbanuro urine or tail urology, uropoduxor Latin wife uxorial, uxoriousvarico Latin varicose, veins varicocelevaso Latin vessel vasoconstrictorvati Latin prophet, pertaining to vaticide, vaticinalventri Latin abdomen ventricosever Latin true, truth verily, veritablevermi Latin worm vermifugevers, vert Latin changeable, whirl or converse, reverse, vertical

spinningvice Latin in place of, deput viceroyvict Latin conquer victoryvid, vis Latin see evident, provisionvini, vino Latin wine viniculture, vinosityvit Latin live, life vitalityvitri Latin glass vitriformvivi Latin living, life vivacious, vivisectionvoc Latin call vocation, invokewith Latin against, away withstandxantho Greek yellow xanthophyllxeno Greek alien, strange, guest xenolithxero Greek dry xerophytexylo Greek wood xylotomyyester English previous occurrence yesterday, yesternightzoo Greek animal, living being zodiac, zoologyzygo Greek yoke, yoked, yoke-

shapedzygodactyl

zymo Greek ferment, leaven zymology

 

oligo Greek few, little oligopolyomni Latin all omnibusomphalo Greek naval, umbilical omphalosonom Greek words, names,

pertaining toonomastic, onomatopoeia

onto Greek being ontogenyoo Greek egg oogamousoophor Greek ovary oophoritisophthalmo Greek eve opthalmologistopto Greek optic, vision optometristorchido Greek orchid, testicle orchidologyorgano Greek organ of the body,

organicorganology

ornitho Greek bird ornithologyoro Greek mountain, mouth orography, orotundortho Greek straight, upright,

rightorthoclastic, orthodontist

osm Greek smell osmiumosteo Greek bone osteoclesisoto Greek ear otologyovi Latin egg oviferousoxy Greek sharp, acute, keen,

pointed, acidoxygen, oxymoron

ozo Greek smell ozoceritepac Latin peace pacific, pacifypaleo Greek old paleobotany

pan Greek all panaceapara Greek near, beyond, aside,

guardparachute, paradigm

pari Latin equal paripinnate

physo Greek bladder physostigminephyto Greek plant phytogenesispico Spanish one trillionth picometerpicro Greek bitter picrotoxin

magni Latin great, large magnanimous, magnificentmal French bad, wrongful malfunction, malcontentmalaco Greek soft malacopterygianmale Latin evil malediction

step English a family connection of remarriage of a parent. not by blood

stepbrother

stereo Greek solid pertaining to hardness solidity, three-dimensional

sterochemistry, sterogram

pico Spanish one trillionth picometerpicro Greek bitter picrotoxin

midi English of a mid-calf length midiskirtmilli Latin one thousand millennium