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The prefixes and suffixes they are grammatical elements that modify the meaning of the term they accompany. Prefixes are located immediately before the word to be modified (root). For example: bipolar, microscopio. Suffixes are located immediately after the root. For example: monarch, genocide.
Neither of the two can be used by itself, since their meaning always depends on the word they modify (root), that is, the prefixes and suffixes are not autonomous, they lack meaning by themselves.
Some roots are autonomous words while others convey meaning but are not used as words.
Examples of prefixes and suffixes
Ana. Prefix. It signals a denial or absence of something.
For example: tonormal, toIt is not mine, analphabet, tocephalus, tomorpho.
Anti. Prefix. Point out an opposition or contradiction.
For example: antiIt is not mine, antiSemite, antibiotic, anticlerical, antidoto, antipode.
Arch. Suffix. It alludes to forms of government.
For example: monarch, oligarch.
Audi. Prefix. Point out that something has sound.
For example: audiovisual, auditive, audiphone.
Car. Prefix. Its meaning is "own" or "towards himself" or "by himself".
For example: carnome, cardidact, caraccommodating, carcritical, carmobile, carBush.
Azo. Suffix. Its function is to emphasize or signify a blow given by the root object.
For example: friendazo, codazo, baldazo.
Bi. Prefix. It means "double" or "two".
For example: bibike, binario, bidirectional, bisexual, bipolar, bisabuela, bisabuelo, bifurcation.
Cidio / acid. Suffix. It indicates the action of killing what the root word represents.
For example: insectiacid, genocide, parricide.
Co. Prefix. It indicates participation or union.
For example: coAuthor,cooperate,covalent, cofounder.
De, say, give, dis. Prefix. It can indicate withdrawal, inversion of a meaning, excess, negation, decrease or absence.
For example: desorder, discontinuous, discordia, fromincrease, desbelieve.
Filia. Suffix. Indicates love or fondness for what the root word represents.
For example: forphilia, zoophilia, Anglophilia, bibliophilia, movie theaterphilia, Frankphilia, timbrophilia.
Hemi. Prefix. It means "half."
For example: hemistichio, hemisphere, hemicycle.
Hiccup. Prefix. Indicates a location below or an insufficient quantity.
For example: hiccuptherm, hiccupthyroidism, hiccupcrita, hiccuptension, hiccupfield.
I, in, im. Prefix. Change the meaning of the root to its opposite.
For example: imbidder, improbable, inmoral, inborn, ingenuo, ireadable, ilegal, instable, insensible, inbearable.
Enter, Intra. Prefix. It means "into" or into something.
For example: introspill, intrawalls, intromission, introduction.
Ísimo. Suffix. It forms degrees of superlative.
For example: goodvery, altvery, beautifulvery, rapidvery.
Ism. Suffix. Indicates a doctrine, religion, ideology or current.
For example: cubism, fascism, Cristianism, budism, commonism.
Ito / ita. Suffix. Diminutive form.
For example: grandfatherito, momita, dogito, friendita, momentito, heatito, suavecito.
Lodge. Suffix. Indicates the study or science that is dedicated to the topic indicated by the root word.
For example: Psycholodge, Immunolodge, Geolodge.
Goal. Prefix. It means "after", "beyond" or "next to."
For example: goalphysical,goalr story,goalfora,goalmorphosis.
Mega. Prefix. it means that something is very big.
For example: megaphone, megastore, megalosaur, megaloblast.
Micro. Prefix. It means that something is very small or small.
For example: microbio, micror story, microwaves, microscopio, microbus
Multi. Prefix. It means multiple.
For example: multicolour, multimillionaire, multilingue.
Omni. Prefix. It means "everything."
For example: omnisient, omniPresent, omnivoro.
Pre. Prefix. It means "before"
For example: preprovision, prehistory, prejudgment, precourse.
Post / pos. Prefix. It means "after," "after," or "followed by."
For example: postdata, poswar, postraumatic, posput on, posoperative.
Re.Prefix. It means that something has been repeated.
For example: revisa, rereturn,reto name,reput on,reload,reto choose,redo, recycle.
Without. Prefix. It means lack or deprivation of something or similarity or union.
For example: withoutonym,withoutflavor,simbiosis.
On. Prefix. It means "in excess."
For example: onhappen, onexposition, onassess.
Super. Prefix. It means that something "is above", is superior or is in excess.
For example: supersonic, superman, supermarket, gifted.
TV. Prefix. It means distance or distance.
For example: TVmanaged, TVferic, TVphone, TVviewfinder, TVscopio, TVmarketing, TVgraph.
Ultra. Prefix. It means "beyond"
For example: ultrasea, ultrasound, ultraViolet.
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