aero-: air
agri-: field
ana-: up, back, again
anti-: against
auto-: self
biblio-: book
bio-: life
cardio-: heart
chron-: time
cide: kill
cyto-: cell
demo-: people
derm-: skin
dyna-: power
eco-: house, environment
geo-: earth
graph-: writing
hedon-: pleasure
hema- / hemato-: blood
hydro-: water
log-: word, study
morph-: form
neuro-: nerve
ophthalm-: eye
path-: feeling, disease
phon-: sound
photo-: light
psych-: mind
socio-: society
tele-: distant
thermo-: heat
zo-: animal
Latin Roots
aqua-: water
aud-: hear
bene-: good
cad- / cas-: fall
cede / ceed / cess: go, yield
clud- / clus-: close
cord-: heart
cred-: believe
dict-: speak
duc- / duct-: lead
fac- / fact-: make, do
fer-: carry
flect- / flex-: bend
form-: shape
fract- / frag-: break
gress-: step, go
hab- / habit-: have, hold
ject-: throw
leg- / lect-: read, choose
man-: hand
mit- / miss-: send
pater-: father
port-: carry
press-: press
reg-: rule
rupt-: break
scrib- / script-: write
sect-: cut
spect-: look
struct-: build
temp-: time
tract-: pull
vid- / vis-: see
Common Suffixes
-able / -ible: capable of (e.g., manageable)
-ation / -tion: the process of (e.g., celebration)
-cide: killing (e.g., homicide)
-cy: state of (e.g., infancy)
-dom: state or condition (e.g., kingdom)
-er / -or: one who (e.g., teacher)
-fy / -ify: to make (e.g., beautify)
-ism: belief or practice (e.g., realism)
-ist: one who practices (e.g., artist)
-ity / -ty: state of (e.g., purity)
-logy: study of (e.g., biology)
-ment: condition/result of (e.g., development)
-ness: state or quality (e.g., happiness)
-ous: full of (e.g., joyous)
-ship: state of being (e.g., friendship)
-y: characterized by (e.g., snowy)
Common Prefixes
a- / an-: not, without (e.g., asymmetrical)
anti-: against (e.g., antifreeze)
auto-: self (e.g., autobiography)
bi-: two (e.g., bicycle)
co- / con-: together, with (e.g., cooperate)
contra-: against (e.g., contradict)
de-: down, away, reverse (e.g., deactivate)
dis-: not, opposite (e.g., disagree)
ex-: out of, away from (e.g., exit)
hyper-: over, excessive (e.g., hyperactive)
inter-: between (e.g., international)
intra-: within (e.g., intravenous)
macro-: large (e.g., macroscopic)
micro-: small (e.g., microscopic)
neo-: new (e.g., neologism)
omni-: all (e.g., omniscient)
post-: after (e.g., postgraduate)
pre-: before (e.g., prenatal)
sub-: under, below (e.g., submarine)
super-: above, beyond (e.g., superhero)
trans-: across, change (e.g., transport)
uni-: one (e.g., unicycle)