英语词头和词尾的含义

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English Language Roots - The Meanings of Word Prefixes, Suffixes & Syllables

Below is a chart of Latin, Greek and other Roots that, by their use as prefixes, suffixes and syllables, make up the majority of English language words. This handy reference is useful for figuring out the meanings of words and their roots. For each root, the meaning and examples are provided. Also, you can create new words and names, and it has been

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Root, Prefix or Suffix

Meaning Examples

a, ac, ad, af, aside, accompany, adjust, aggression,

to, toward, near, in

ag, al, an, ap, allocate, annihilate, affix, associate, attend,

addition to, by

as, at adverb a, an ab, abs -able, -ible

not, without away from, off Adjective: worth,

ability

apolitical, atheist, anarchy, anonymous, apathy, aphasia, anemia absolve, abrupt, absent solvable, incredible

acer, acid, acri bitter, sour, sharp acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony act, ag: acu -acy, -cy

do, act, drive sharp Noun: state or quality

active, react, agent, active, agitate acute, acupuncture, accurate privacy, nfancy, adequacy, intimacy, supremacy

agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action

courage, suffrage, shrinkage, tonnage referral, disavowal, disposal, festival structural, territorial, categorical alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism

altimeter, altitude

ag, agi, ig, act do, move, go -age -al

-al, -ial, -ical ali, allo, alter alt(us)

Noun: activity, or result of action Noun: action, result of action Adjective: quality, relation other high, deep

am, ami, amor love, like, liking ambul -an

-ance, -ence

to walk Noun: person Noun: action, state, quality or process

amorous, amiable, amicable, enamoured ambulatory, amble, ambulance, somnambulist

artisan, guardian, historian, magician resistance, independence, extravagance, fraudulence

-ancy, -ency anim ann, annu, enni -ant, -ent

Noun: state, quality

vacancy, agency, truancy, latency

or capacity mind, life, spirit, anger yearly

animal, animate, animosity

annual, annual, annuity, anniversary, perrenial

Noun: an agent, something that disinfectant, dependent, fragrant performs the action Adjective: kind of agent, indication before man old

against, opposite

important, dependent, convenient anterior, anteroom, antebellum, antedate, antecedent antediluvian

anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy antique, antiquated, antiquity

antisocial, antiseptic, antithesis, antibody, antinomies, antifreeze, antipathy

-ant, -ent, -ient ante anthrop anti(co) anti, ant

-ar, -ary

Adjective:

resembling, related spectacular, unitary to

chief, first, rule star

archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy, Archeozoic era aster, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut

arch aster, astr -ate -ate -ate

Noun: state, office,

candidate, electorate, delegate

fuction

Verb: cause to be graduate, ameliorate, amputate, colligate Adjective: kind of state

inviolate

-ation auc, aug, aut

Noun: action, resulting state to originate, to increase

specialization, aggravation, alternation augment , author, augment, auction audience, audio, audible, auditorium, audiovisual, audition, auricular, ausculate augur, augment, auction

automobile, automatic, automotive, autograph, autonomous, autoimmune rebellion, belligerent, casus belli, bellicose benefactor, beneficial, benevolent, benediction, beneficiary, benefit

biped, bifurcate, biweekly, bivalve, biannual bibliophile, bibliography, Bible

biography, biology, biometricsm biome, biosphere

abbreviate, brevity, brief

aud, audi, aur,

to hear, listen

aus aug, auc aut, auto belli bene bi, bine bibl, bibli, biblio bio, bi brev

increase self war

good, well, gentle two book life short

receive, deceive, capable, capacious,

cad, cap, cas,

to take, to seize, to captive, accident, capture, occasion,

ceiv, cept,

hold concept, intercept, forceps, except,

capt, cid, cip

reciprocate cad, cas calor capit, capt carn

to fall heat head flesh

cadaver, cadence, cascade calorie, caloric, calorimeter decapitate, capital, captain, caption carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnation, carnal

catalogue, category, catheter caustic, cauldron, cauterize because, excuse, accusation succeed, proceed, precede, recede, secession, exceed, succession centennial, century, centipede

cat, cata, cath down, with caus, caut cause, cuse, cus ceas, ced, cede, ceed, cess cent

burn, heat cause, motive to go, to yield, move, go, surrender hundred

centr, cenetri chrom chron cide, cis, cise

center color time

to kill, to cut, cut down

eccentricity, centrifugal, concentric, eccentric

chrome, chromosome, polychrome, chromatic

chronology, chronic, chronicle chronometer, anachronism, synchronize

fratricide, homicide, incision, incision, circumcision, scissors

circumnavigate, circumflex, circumstance, circumcision, circumference, circumorbital, circumlocution, circumvent, circumscribe, circulatory incite, citation, cite

civic, civil, civilian, civilization exclamation, clamor, proclamation, reclamation, acclaim decline, aclinic, inclination

include, exclude, clause, claustrophobia, enclose, exclusive, reclusive, conclude cohesiveness, cognate, collaborate, convene, commitment, compress, contemporary, converge, compact, confluence, convenient, concatenate, conjoin, combine, correct

recognize, cognizant, diagnose, agnostic, incognito, prognosis

complete, compel, conscious, condense, confess, confirm

contradict, counteract, contravene, contrary, counterspy, contrapuntal

cordial, concord, discord, courage, encourage

corporation, corporal punishment, corpse, corpulent, corpus luteum escort, cortage

cosmos, microcosm, cosmopolitan, cosmonaut

circum around

cit civ clam, claim clin clud, clus claus

call, start citizen cry out lean, bend to close, shut

co, cog, col,

with, together

con, com, cor

cogn, gnos com, con contr, contra, counter cord, cor, cardi corp cort cosm

to know fully

against, opposite heart body correct universe, world

cour, cur, curr,

run, course

curs crat, cracy cre, cresc, cret, crease crea cred cresc, cret, crease, cru crit cur, curs cura cycl, cyclo

rule grow create believe rise, grow

occur, excursion, discourse, courier, course autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy create, crescent, accretion, increase creature, recreation, creation

creed, credo, credence, credit, credulous, incredulous, incredible

crescendo, concrete, increase, decrease, accrue

separate, choose critical, criterion, hypocrite run care wheel, circle, circular

current, concurrent, concur, incur, recur, occur, courier, precursor, cursive curator, curative, manicure

Cyclops, unicycle, bicycle, cyclone, cyclic

de

from, down, away, detach, deploy, derange, decrease, to do the opposite, deodorize, devoid, deflate, degenerate, against deice ten suitable God people tooth skin two

through, across, between say, speak

decimal, decade, decalogue, decimate, decathlon

decent decorate dignity

divinity, divine, deity, divination, deify democracy, demography, demagogue, epidemic

dental, denture, orthodontist, periodontal hypodermic, dermatology, epidermis, taxidermy

divide, diverge, diglycerides diameter, diagonal, dialogue dialect, dialectic, diagnosis, diachronic dictation, dictionary, dictate, dictator, Dictaphone, edict, predict, verdict, contradict, benediction

dec, deca dec, dign dei, div dem, demo dent, dont derm di dia

dic, dict, dit

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