Study of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
We write words prefix-root-suffix Example: re port er
We define them suffix-root-prefix.
Example: er port re
This is a mirror image. Port means to carry. Re means back or again. Or or Er at the end of any word means a person who. Therefore reporter (Prefix) re +(Root) port +(Suffix) er is decoded as (Suffix) person who+ (Root) carries + (Prefix) back. Reporter= a person who carries back. If you think about it a reporter is a person who carries information back; therefore, this definition although imperfect makes sense.
Another Example
Porter= a person who carries
Additional Example
Report= to carry back.
The study of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Day 1
1. jac, jact, ject = cast, throw
2. ob, op = against
3. re = back, again
4. sub, sus, sup = under, lesser
5. de = down, away, apart, from
6. inter = between
7. in, im, ir, il, = in, into, not
8. pro = forward, toward
9. e, ex = out
10. port = carry
11. trans = across, beyond, through, into, over
12. due, duc, duct = lead, draw
13. urb = city
14. merse, merge = plunge
15. scribe, script = write
16. or, er = one who takes part in
17. a, an= not, without
18. neo= new, recent
Day 2
1. fer = bear, carry
2. mit, mis, miss = send
3. gress, gred, grad = step
4. fus = pour
5. a, ab, an = away, without, not
6. con, com, cor, col = with, together
7. intro, intra = within, into
8. aqua, aque = water
9. via = way
10. pre = before
11. post = after
12. ad = to, toward
13. terr = earth, land
14. medi = middle
15. agog, agogue= leader
16. pan= all, every
17. proto= first
Day 3
1. graph, gram = write
2. auto = self
3. bio = life
4. photo = light
5. phono = sound
6. tele = far, distant
7. dia = across
8. mobile = that which moves
9. ops, opt = eye, see
10. pon, pos = put, place
11. dis, div = apart
12. pel, pul = drive
13. vert, vers = turn
14. extro_= out
15. ambi, amphi = both
16. vac= empty
Day 4
1. fid = faith, belief
2. fac, fact, fec, fic, fea, fash, fy = do make
3. bene_ = good, well
4. mani, manu = hand
5. mort = death
6. ced, ces = go
7. dict = speak, say, tell, word
8. fix =fasten
9. judice = judgment
10. se = aside
11. contra = against
12. ver = truth
13. male = bad
14. tract, trac, trea = draw
15. at = to, toward
16. simil= same
Day 5
1. ven, vent = come
2. uni = one
3. son = sound
4. anim = mind, spirit
5. mono = one, single, alone, solitary
6. arch = ruler, chief, leader
7. gamy = marriage
8. logue, log, logy = speak, say, study, word, story
9. mania = madness, compulsion
10. the, theo = god
11. ism = belief
12. ocl, ocle = eye
13. semi = half
14. anni, annu, enni = year
15. fin =end
16. neuro= nerve
Day 6
1. bi = two, twice
2. sect = cut
3. cycle = circle, wheel
4. tri = three
5. pod, ped = feet
6. cent = hundred
7. meter, metr = measure
8. per = by, through
9. quad = four
10. geo = earth
11. epi =upon
12. pyro = fire
13. klepto = steal
14. dipso = drink
15. mega, megalo, magn =great, greatness
16. al= pertaining to
17. centro, centri= around, center
18. dys= ill, difficult, bad
Day 7
1. chron = time
2. thermo = heat
3. peri = around
4. scop, scope = see, view
5. cor, cord, card, cour = heart
6. ium, eum = membrane
7. octe, osteo = bone
8. ton, tone = abdomen
9. cept, capt, cap, cip, ceive = take, seize
10. pater, patr = father
11. cide = kill, murder
12. mater, matr = mother
13. polis = city
14. fater, fratr = brother
15. macro= large
16. demo= people
Day 8
1. ux, uxor = wife
2. homo, homi = human
3. geno = race
4. reg, rex = king
5. sui = self
6. soror = sister
7. cogni = know, known
8. cred = belief, believe
9. micro = small
10. aud = hear
11. gnosti = know, knowledge
12. esthet = feelings
13. onym = name
14. path = feel, disease
15. vis, vid = see
16. super = over, above, beyond
Day 9
1. viv, vit = life
2. car, carn, carne = flesh, meat
3. val = farewell
4. vor = eat
5. onym = name
6. pseudo = false
7. syn = same
8. ant, anti = opposite
9. homo_ = same
10. poly = many
11. psycho = mind, soul
12. flect, flex = bend, twist
13. frag, fract = break
14. circum = around
15. ia, y= act, state
16. derm= skin
17. dox= belief, opinion
18. equ= equal
Day 10
1. sens, sent = feel
2. spec, spect, spic = look, see
3. retro = back, backward
4. dit = obtain, deliver
5. tain, ten, tent = hold, contain
6. tens, tent, tend = stretch
7. voc, vok = call
8. spire = breathe
9. scend, scent, scando = climb
10. fore = before, previous
11. ics = science of
12. econom = management
13. mechan = machine
14. phys = nature
15. ic, tic, ical, ac= having to do with
16. biblio= book
17. crypt= hidden
Day 11
1. Domini = Lord
2. mut = change
3. grat, grac = thank, favor, pleasing
4. capit = head
5. corp, corpor, corpus = body
6. dent = tooth
7. nas = nose
8. dorm = sleep
9. sanct = holy
10. seren = calm
11. enm = enemy
12. pend, pens = hang
13. clud, clos, clus = shut, close
14. rupt = break
15. sta, stit, stet, sist = stand
16. al= pertaining to
17. ory= place where
18. ity= state, quality, condition of being
19. phobia = fear of
20. phil = love, tendency toward
We define them suffix-root-prefix.
Example: er port re
This is a mirror image. Port means to carry. Re means back or again. Or or Er at the end of any word means a person who. Therefore reporter (Prefix) re +(Root) port +(Suffix) er is decoded as (Suffix) person who+ (Root) carries + (Prefix) back. Reporter= a person who carries back. If you think about it a reporter is a person who carries information back; therefore, this definition although imperfect makes sense.
Another Example
Porter= a person who carries
- Er-a person who.
- Port- carry
Additional Example
Report= to carry back.
- Port- carry
- Re- back
The study of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Day 1
1. jac, jact, ject = cast, throw
2. ob, op = against
3. re = back, again
4. sub, sus, sup = under, lesser
5. de = down, away, apart, from
6. inter = between
7. in, im, ir, il, = in, into, not
8. pro = forward, toward
9. e, ex = out
10. port = carry
11. trans = across, beyond, through, into, over
12. due, duc, duct = lead, draw
13. urb = city
14. merse, merge = plunge
15. scribe, script = write
16. or, er = one who takes part in
17. a, an= not, without
18. neo= new, recent
Day 2
1. fer = bear, carry
2. mit, mis, miss = send
3. gress, gred, grad = step
4. fus = pour
5. a, ab, an = away, without, not
6. con, com, cor, col = with, together
7. intro, intra = within, into
8. aqua, aque = water
9. via = way
10. pre = before
11. post = after
12. ad = to, toward
13. terr = earth, land
14. medi = middle
15. agog, agogue= leader
16. pan= all, every
17. proto= first
Day 3
1. graph, gram = write
2. auto = self
3. bio = life
4. photo = light
5. phono = sound
6. tele = far, distant
7. dia = across
8. mobile = that which moves
9. ops, opt = eye, see
10. pon, pos = put, place
11. dis, div = apart
12. pel, pul = drive
13. vert, vers = turn
14. extro_= out
15. ambi, amphi = both
16. vac= empty
Day 4
1. fid = faith, belief
2. fac, fact, fec, fic, fea, fash, fy = do make
3. bene_ = good, well
4. mani, manu = hand
5. mort = death
6. ced, ces = go
7. dict = speak, say, tell, word
8. fix =fasten
9. judice = judgment
10. se = aside
11. contra = against
12. ver = truth
13. male = bad
14. tract, trac, trea = draw
15. at = to, toward
16. simil= same
Day 5
1. ven, vent = come
2. uni = one
3. son = sound
4. anim = mind, spirit
5. mono = one, single, alone, solitary
6. arch = ruler, chief, leader
7. gamy = marriage
8. logue, log, logy = speak, say, study, word, story
9. mania = madness, compulsion
10. the, theo = god
11. ism = belief
12. ocl, ocle = eye
13. semi = half
14. anni, annu, enni = year
15. fin =end
16. neuro= nerve
Day 6
1. bi = two, twice
2. sect = cut
3. cycle = circle, wheel
4. tri = three
5. pod, ped = feet
6. cent = hundred
7. meter, metr = measure
8. per = by, through
9. quad = four
10. geo = earth
11. epi =upon
12. pyro = fire
13. klepto = steal
14. dipso = drink
15. mega, megalo, magn =great, greatness
16. al= pertaining to
17. centro, centri= around, center
18. dys= ill, difficult, bad
Day 7
1. chron = time
2. thermo = heat
3. peri = around
4. scop, scope = see, view
5. cor, cord, card, cour = heart
6. ium, eum = membrane
7. octe, osteo = bone
8. ton, tone = abdomen
9. cept, capt, cap, cip, ceive = take, seize
10. pater, patr = father
11. cide = kill, murder
12. mater, matr = mother
13. polis = city
14. fater, fratr = brother
15. macro= large
16. demo= people
Day 8
1. ux, uxor = wife
2. homo, homi = human
3. geno = race
4. reg, rex = king
5. sui = self
6. soror = sister
7. cogni = know, known
8. cred = belief, believe
9. micro = small
10. aud = hear
11. gnosti = know, knowledge
12. esthet = feelings
13. onym = name
14. path = feel, disease
15. vis, vid = see
16. super = over, above, beyond
Day 9
1. viv, vit = life
2. car, carn, carne = flesh, meat
3. val = farewell
4. vor = eat
5. onym = name
6. pseudo = false
7. syn = same
8. ant, anti = opposite
9. homo_ = same
10. poly = many
11. psycho = mind, soul
12. flect, flex = bend, twist
13. frag, fract = break
14. circum = around
15. ia, y= act, state
16. derm= skin
17. dox= belief, opinion
18. equ= equal
Day 10
1. sens, sent = feel
2. spec, spect, spic = look, see
3. retro = back, backward
4. dit = obtain, deliver
5. tain, ten, tent = hold, contain
6. tens, tent, tend = stretch
7. voc, vok = call
8. spire = breathe
9. scend, scent, scando = climb
10. fore = before, previous
11. ics = science of
12. econom = management
13. mechan = machine
14. phys = nature
15. ic, tic, ical, ac= having to do with
16. biblio= book
17. crypt= hidden
Day 11
1. Domini = Lord
2. mut = change
3. grat, grac = thank, favor, pleasing
4. capit = head
5. corp, corpor, corpus = body
6. dent = tooth
7. nas = nose
8. dorm = sleep
9. sanct = holy
10. seren = calm
11. enm = enemy
12. pend, pens = hang
13. clud, clos, clus = shut, close
14. rupt = break
15. sta, stit, stet, sist = stand
16. al= pertaining to
17. ory= place where
18. ity= state, quality, condition of being
19. phobia = fear of
20. phil = love, tendency toward