Latin Lessons

Prefixes and Suffixes

Ab-, a-, abs

• Away, from

• Abduct, abnormal

• Avert, abstract

Ad-, ac-,

• To, toward

• Adopt, admire, access, attract, allocate

Ambi-

• Both

• ambidextrous

Ante-

• Before, in front of

• Anteroom, antecedent

Circum-

• Around

• Circumference, circumscribe

Con-, com-, co-

• With, together, very

• connect, conduct

• Compose, compress

• Collect

• correspond

Contra-, contro-, counter-

• Against

• Contradict, controversy

• counteract

De-

• Down, off, thoroughly

• Descend, dejected

Dis, di-, dif-

• Apart, in different directions, not

• Dispute, differ, divorce

• Disable, divert

Ex-, e-, ef-

• Out, from

• completely

Extra-, extro-

• Outside, beyond

In-, im-, ig- [before n]

• not

In-, im-

• In, into, against

Infra-

• Below, beneath

Inter-

• Between or among

Intra-, intro-

• within

Non-

• not

Ob-

• Toward, against

• Face to face

• completely

Per-

• Through, wrongly, completely

post

• After, behind

pre

• Before

• In front of

pro

• Forward, in front of, for

Re-, red-

• Back, again

retro

• Backward, behind

Se-, sed-

• Aside, away

Sub, sus-, suc-

• Under, up from

• secretly

ultra

• Beyond, exceedingly

Al (ial, eal)

• Having to do with

• Pertaining to

-an (-ian,; -ean)

• Belonging to

• Coming from

• A person typical of

• A specialist in

-ar

• Pertaining to; full of

-ose, (iose)

• Full of

-ous

• Full of

-lent

• Full of

• Disposed to

-ic, -tic

• Pertaining to

• like

ary

• Pertaining to

• like

Ile, il

• Pertaining to; like

• Belonging to

• Having the character of