![]() You can always google more suffixes, (sometimes also known as affixes), to add to this sample list. Subtlety, certainty, loyalty electricity, similarity, technicality So prefix literally means, “fastened before!”Ĭreation, civilization, information, inclusion, admission The basic meaning of the root -fix- means to fasten. Feel free to google more roots and add them to your list.ĭid you know that the word prefix is itself a combination of a Latin prefix and Latin root? We have already seen pre- in the chart above. Please note that this list is a sample of common Latin prefixes, and far from comprehensive. Submarine, subway, substandard, support, supposition Rearrange, rebuild, recall, rerun, rewrite Preconceive, preexist, premeditate, predispose International, intertwine, intercellular, interject ![]() Inadvisable, indiscreet, inoperable, inauspicious Notice the syllables in bold show repetition of these suffixes.Īway, off generally indicates reversal or removal in Englishĭisbelief, discomfort, discredit, disrepair, disrespect ![]() ✯✯ All syllables in green are common Latin suffixes that will be explained in the last chart. Notice the syllables in bold show repetition of these prefixes. ✯ All syllables in turquoise are common Latin prefixes that will be explained in the following chart. ✯ contradict, dictate, dicta tor, diction, predict able ✯✯Įject, inject, interject, project, reject, subjectĪppend, depend, impend, pend ant, pendulumĭeport, export, import, report, support, transportĭescribe, descrip tion, prescribe, prescrip tion, subscribe, subscrip tion, t ranscribe, transcrip tion, scribble, scriptĪttract, contract, detract, extract, protract, retract, trac tion You can always google more roots and add them to your list. Please note that this list is a sample of common Latin roots, and far from comprehensive. Other sources of Latin influence on English come from Roman Monks, who brought Christianity to England, as well as scientific and legal terminology. Did you know that 60% of English vocabulary comes from Latin? Most Latin students will know that Latin evolved into the Romance languages, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian, so how is it related to English? The answer is the Norman invasion: in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, aka, William the Conqueror, defeated England, leading to several centuries of French influence on the development of the English language.
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