Latinroots Part I
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This document lists prefixes derived from Latin and Greek roots and their meanings. It groups prefixes under semantic categories like "water", "life", "birth", "mother", "see", "know", and others. Each category provides example English words that incorporate the prefix to demonstrate how the prefix modifies or contributes to the meaning of the base word.
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Latinroots Part I
- 1. aqua water Aqua, aqualung, aquamarine, aquarium
- 2. bio life Autobiography, biology, biography
- 3. gen birth Generate, generation, progeny
- 4. mater mother Alma mater, maternal, maternity
- 5. spec See, look Inspect, spectacle, spectator
- 6. cogn know Incognito, recognize, recognizable
- 7. loc place Dislocated, local, location
- 8. nat born Innate, nation, national, native, naturally
- 9. ped foot Biped, pedal, pedestrian
- 10. sign mark Signal, signature, significant
- 11. aud hear Audible, audience, audio, auditorium, inaudible
- 12. photo light Photocopy, photograph, photography, photographic, photosynthesis
- 13. struct build Construct, construction, infrastructure, structure
- 14. therm heat Thermometer, thermos, thermostat
- 15. vis see Television, vision, invisible, visual