Prefix Meaning Example spectrum" (more)

a- "not" asymmetric, "not symmetric" inter- "between" interobserver, "between

acro- "high" acrophobia, "fear of heights" observers" (more)
(more) intra- "within" intracellular, "inside a cell"
allo- "other" allotransplantation, (more)
"transplant of tissue from ir- "not" irregular, "not regular"
another person" (more)
an- "not/without" anaerobic, "not requiring air macr "large-scale" macroeconomics, "workings
to live" o- of entire economies" (more)
ante- "before" antebellum, "before a war" mal- "bad", "wrong" malocclusion, "bad
anti- "against" anti-inflammatory, "against occlusion" (more)
inflammation" (more) maxi- "big", "as big as maxi-single, "single with
auto- "self" automobile, "moves itself" possible" extras" (more)
(more) meso "middle" mesoamerican, "middle of
bi- "two" bicentennial, "consisting of - the Americas" (more)
or occurring every two micro "small-scale" micrometer, "small-
centuries" - measurement instrument"
co- "together" cooperation, "working (more)
together" mid- "middle" midportion, "middle part"
contr "against" contraindication, "against (more)
a- indication" (more) mini- "small" miniature, "small"; "smaller
count "against" countermeasure, "action version" (more)
er- against" (more) mis- "bad", "wrong" misspelling, "incorrect
de- "negative, deactivate, "stop from spelling" (more)
remove" working" mono "one" monotheism, "belief in one
di- "two" diatomic, "two atoms" - god" (more)
dis- "negative, disappear, "vanish" (more) multi- "many", "more multiplex, "many signals in
remove" than one" one circuit" (more)
down "down"; "reduce" downshift, "shift to a lower non- "no", "not" nonstop, "without stopping"
- gear" (more)
downregulation, "regulation octo- "eight" octopus, "eight-footed"
toward lessened expression" (more)
(more) over- "excess", "too overexpression, "too much
dys- "negative, badly, dysfunction, "bad function" much"; expression"
wrongly" (more) "on top" overcoat, "outer coat"
epi- "on, above" epidural, "outside the dura (more)
mater" (more) pan- "all" pancytopenia, "low counts
extra- "outside" extracellular, "outside a cell" across all cell types"
(more) pan-American, "involving all
hemi- "half" hemisphere, "half of a of the Americas"
sphere" (more) (more)
hexa- "six" hexagon, "six-sided polygon" para- "beside"; paranormal, "beyond the
(more) "beyond"; normal"
hyper "a lot"; "too hypercalcemia, "too much "related to"; paresthesia, "altered
- much" calcium in the blood" (more) "altered" sensation"
hypo- "a little"; "not hypokalemia, "not enough paramilitary, "military-like"
enough" potassium in the blood" (more)
(more) penta "five" pentateuch, "the five books
ig- "not" ignoble, "not noble" - of Moses" (more)
ignorant, (from roots per- "through"; percutaneous, "through the
meaning) "not knowing" "throughout" skin" (more)
(more) peri- "around" pericardial, "around the
il- "not" illegal, "not legal" (more) heart" (more)
im- "not" imbalance, "lack of balance" poly- "many" polyglot, "many languages"
(more) (more)
in- "not" inactive, "not active" post- "after" postoperative, "after
infra- "below" infrared, "below red on the surgery" (more)
pre- "before"; preassembled, "already built" tetra- "four" tetravalent, "four valence
"already" (more) electrons" (more)
pro- "in favor of" pro-science, "in favor of trans- "across"; transatlantic, "across the
science" (more) "connecting" Atlantic Ocean" (more)
proto "first"; Proto-Indo-European, tri- "three" tripartite, "three parts"
- "primitive"; "precursor of Indo- (more)
"precursor" European" (more) ultra- "beyond"; ultraviolet, "beyond violet on
pseu "false", pseudonym, "fake name" "extremely" the spectrum" (more)
do- "specious" (more) un- "not"; "remove"; unopened, "not opened"
quadr "four" quadrilateral, "four-sided" "opposite" (more)
i- (more) under "beneath"; "not underexposure, "not enough
quasi- "somewhat", quasiparticulate, "resembling - enough" exposure" (more)
"resembling" particles" (more) up- "up"; "increase" upshift, "shift to a higher
re- "again" reestablish, "establish again" gear"
(more) upregulation, "regulation
self- "[acting on or by] self-cleaning, "cleans itself" toward increased
oneself" (more) expression" (more)
semi- "partial"; semiarid, "somewhat arid" xeno- "foreign" xenophobia, "fear of
"somewhat"; (more) strangers or foreigners"
"half" xenotransplantation,
sub- "below" subzero, "below zero" (more) "transplant from another
super "above"; "more supermarket, "big market" species" (more)
- than"; "great" (more)
supra "above" supraorbital, "above the eye
- sockets" (more)
Inflectional suffixes do not change the word class of the word after inflection. [4] Inflectional suffixes in modern English include:

 -s third person singular present

 -ed past tense
 -t past tense
 -ing progressive/continuous
 -en past participle
 -s plural
 -en plural (irregular)
 -er comparative
 -est superlative
 -n't negative
Derivational suffixes can be divided into two categories, namely class-changing derivation and class-maintaining derivation.
[5]
 Derivational suffixes in modern English include:

 -ise/-ize (usually changes nouns into verbs)

 -fy (usually changes nouns into verbs)
 -ly (usually changes adjectives into adverbs)
 -ful (usually changes nouns into adjectives)
 -able/-ible (usually changes verbs into adjectives)
 -hood (usually class-maintaining, with the word class remaining a noun)
 -ess (usually class-maintaining, with the word class remaining a noun)
 -ness (usually changes adjectives into nouns)
 -less (usually changes nouns into adjectives)
 -ism (usually class-maintaining, with the word class remaining a noun)
 -ment (usually changes verbs into nouns)
 -ist (usually class-maintaining, with the word class remaining a noun)
 -al (usually changes nouns into adjectives)
 -ish (usually changes nouns into adjectives/ class-maintaining, with the word class remaining an adjective)
 -tion (usually changes verbs into noun)
 -logy/-ology (usually class-maintaining, with the word class remaining a noun)