MORPHEME SET 1

MORPHEME

GLOSS

EXAMPLE WORDS

anthrop

human

anthropology, philanthropy

bio

life

biology, macrobiotic

cac

bad

cacophony, caconym

chrom

color

monochrome, chromosome

chron

time

chronic, anachronistic

circum-

around

circumnavigate, circumspect

cosm

universe, order, ornament

cosmic, cosmopolitan

de-

in reverse, away, down

detract, decode, destruction

ecto-

outside

ectoderm, ectoplasm, ectomorph

endo-

inside

endogamy, endoscopy, endomorph

extra-

outside

extraordinary, extraterrestrial

gam

marriage, sexual union

monogamy, exogamous

iatr

treat, heal

psychiatry, pediatrician, geriatric

-ic

Noun/Adjective suffix

chronic, topic, photographic

idio

individual, own

idiom, idiolect, idiosyncrasy

infra-

below, after

infrared, infrastructure

inter-

between, among

international, interfere

intra-

within

introvert, intravenous

-ize

Verb suffix

Americanize, extemporize

log

study, speak

logic, eulogy, anthropology

macro-

long, large

macro-economics, macrocephalic

micro-

small

microscope, microcosm

mis

hate

misogamy, misogyny

morph

shape, form

morpheme, polymorphous

nom

law, system

astronomy, autonomy

path

feel, illness

pathology, sympathy, pathetic

peri-

around, close

perimeter, periscope, perihelion

phil

love, tendency

Anglophile, hemophilia, philosophy

phon

sound, speech sound

telephone, phonetic, euphony

pol

city, state

politics, monopoly, police

post-

after, behind

posterior, posterity, postposition

pre-

before

prehistoric, preadolescent

pseud

false

pseudonym, pseudoscience

psych

mind, spirit

psychiatry, psychic, psychology

pyr

fire, fever

pyromaniac, pyrotechnics

supra-

above, greater

suprastructure, supramolecular

theo

god

theology, polytheism, atheist

top

place

topography, topical, topology

xen

foreign

xenophobia, xenogamy

-y

Noun suffix

astronomy, sympathy, privacy