This page is currently 'semi-finished'. If there is enough interest, I may finish it some day. (see below for address).July 18, 1999 | English has borrowed from many languages, especially Greek and Latin. By understanding these fragments, we can quickly learn many English words. | This page is particularly good for English langauage students, especially those studying for the TOEIC® or TOEFL®. | Please click on any link to learn more about the English words related to that prefix, root, or suffix. |
Please note the number in parathesis after most words. This indicates my subjective feeling as to how common the word would be in a language student's general vocabulary. | (1) indicates the most common words, (3) words most students should know and (5) very rare words. Granted, in some fields and areas some words may be more common. | These lists are not all inclusive. These lists are meant to be a learning tool for language learners. |
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a | a, abs | acous | ad | aero | alti, alto |
ambi | amphi | an | andro | ante | anthropo |
anti | apo | aqua, aqui | arbor, arbori | archeo | aster, astro |
atmo | audio, audit | auto | avi | batho, bathy | bi |
biblio | bio | brevi | cardio | centi | cephalo |
cerebro | chiro | chloro | choreo | chromo, chromato | chrono |
circum | co, con, com | copro | cosmo | cranio | cryo |
crypto | de | deca | deci | demi | denti |
dermo, dermato | digit, digiti | dis | dia | dino | dodeca |
dyna, dynamo | dys | ecto | en | encephalo | ento |
equi | ergo | erythro | ethno | eu | exo |
extra | ferri, ferro | fissi | gam, gamo | gastro | geo |
geronto | glosso | gluc, glyc | glyph | gon, gono | gymno |
gyne | hagio | hecto | helico | helio | hema |
hemi | hemo | hepato | hepta | hetero | hexa |
holo | homeo | homo | hydro | hygro | hymeno |
hyper | hypno | hypo | hystero | iatro | ichthyo |
igni | il, im, in | inter | intra | ir | iso |
juxta | kinesi | labio | lacto | leuko | litho |
logo | luni | macro | magni | mal, male | mega, megalo |
melano | meso | meta | metro | micro | miso |
mono | morpho | multi | myelo | mylo | myo |
naso, nasus | nati | necro | neo | nephro | neuro |
nocti | ob | octa, octo | oculo | odonto | of, op |
oleo | oligo | omni | ophthalmo | ornitho | oro |
ortho | osteo | oto | ovi, ovo | paleo | pan |
para | pari | patho | pedo, ped, | ped, pede | penta |
per | peri | petro | phone | photo | phyco |
phyllo | phylo | physio | piezo | plano | pneuma |
pneumo | poly | post | pre | primi | pro |
proto | pseudo | psycho | pulmo | pyo | pyro |
quadri | quinque | re | recti | retro | rhino |
sacchro | sacro, sacrum | sangui | scato | schisto, schizo | se |
seleno | septi | sidero | somato | somni, somnus | speleo |
spermato | stato | stereo | stomato | sub | super, supra |
syl, sym, syn | tachy | tauto | tele | telo | terri |
thalasso | thanato | theo | thermo | toxico | trans |
ultra | uni | vari, vario | xeno | zoo |
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