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Origin of pre/sufixes
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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
SuffixA 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
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