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Prefixes

Overview: In this lesson you will learn some commonly used prefixes, their meanings, & origin (where they originally come from).

 Stem                                    Definition                                            Origin                                                                                

                        hydro                                                  water                                                         Greek
                        photo                                                  light                                                           Greek
                        pan                                                     all                                                              Greek
                        penta                                                  five                                                            Greek
                        tele                                                     far                                                             Greek
                        vid                                                      look                                                            Latin
                        omni                                                   all                                                               Latin
                        ex                                                       out                                                             Latin
                        poly                                                     many                                                          Greek
                        bio                                                      life                                                             Greek
                        auto                                                    self                                                             Greek
                        port                                                     carry                                                          Latin
                        scrib                                                    write                                                          Latin
                        logy                                                     science                                                        Greek
                        dict                                                     say                                                              Latin
                        cred                                                    believe                                                         Latin
                        cent                                                    one hundred                                                  Latin
                        neo                                                     new                                                             Greek
                        ad                                                       to                                                                Latin
                        morph                                                  shape                                                           Greek
                        vest                                                     clothes                                                          Latin
                        bene                                                    good                                                             Latin
                        pond                                                    weight                                                          Latin
                        corp                                                     body                                                             Latin
                        dorm                                                    sleep                                                            Latin
                        pater                                                    father                                                          Latin
                        nov                                                      new                                                             Latin
                        punct                                                    point                                                           Latin
                        ject                                                     throw                                                           Latin
                        tion                                                     act or state                                                   Latin
                        loco                                                     place                                                            Latin
                        dox                                                     opinion                                                         Greek
                        amphi                                                  both                                                            Greek
                        magn                                                   great                                                           Latin
                        eu                                                       good                                                            Greek
                        endo                                                    within                                                          Greek
                        phoibia                                                faer                                                             Greek
                        ortho                                                   straight                                                       Greek
                        put                                                     think                                                            Latin