Latin Roots
Prefixes
Suffixes
Greek Roots
Morphemes With Multiple Meanings
100

struct

to build

100

non

not or negative

100

-s

-es

more than one (plural)

3rd person singular

100

phon or phone

sound

100

in

not, oppsite of

in, on

200

rupt

to burst or break

200

un

not, opposite of

200

-ed

-ing

- ed =happened in the past

- ing = happening now

-ing = materials (nouns) ex. bedding

200

tele

distant or far

200

re

again, back

300

port

to carry

300

sub

under or below

300

-able

-ible

able, can do

makes an adjective

300

graph

to write or draw

300

de

opposite

remove from

reduce


400

tract

to pull or draw

400

mis

bad, wrong

400

-y

-ly

-y = inclined to; makes an adjective

-ly = like or manner of; makes adjectives and adverbs


400

photo

light

400

dis

not, opposite

apart

500

form

to shape

500

pre

before, earlier

500

-or

-er

-est

-er/-or =one who, that which

-est = most (superlative)


500

gram

to write or draw

500

a-

ab-

an-

a = on or in

a-, ab- = from or away

a-, an- = not or without

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