lets now explore few of the prefixes commonly used. A prefix is an affix which is put before base or root word to form a new word. The new word thus formed may be a completely new word with a new meaning. The following is a list of prefix with the meaning they usually convey when affixed to a word. Thus it would be easy for one to know what the new word actually means if the base/root word’s meaning is already known.
a= negation ab= from
ad= towards
amb/amph= on both sides
ante= before
anti= against
aqu= water
arch= chief
aud/aur= hearing
auto= self
ben= well
bi= two
bio= life
cent= hundred
co= together
contra= against
counter= against
cycl= circle/around
de= reversal
demi= half
di= two
dis= negation
dis= reversal
ex= former
extra= beyond
fore= front of
geo= earth
hemi= half
hydro= water
hypre= above/over
in= negation
inter= between
kilo= thousand
mal= badly
mega= great
meta= with/by change
micro/mini= small
milli= thousand
mono= one
multi= many
neo= new
non= negation
omni= all
opti= seeing
paleo= old
pan= all
phono= sound
photo= light
poly= many
post= after
proto= original
pseud= FALSE
psych= mind
re= again
retro= back again/repeating
semi= half
sub= under
super/sur= above
tele= distant
terr= land
theo god
trans= across
tri= three
ultra= beyond
un= negation
un= reversal
uni= one
vice= substitute/additional
zoo= animal
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