Prefixes
What does Ad- mean?
What does Bi- mean?
1. to or toward
2. two
What does Dom mean?
quality, realm, office, or state
What does cap, ceit, ceive, cep(t) mean and what does ject mean?
cap. etc. means to take
Ject means to throw or lie
What does the Greek word self mean?
What does biblio mean?
1. Self
2. book
What does scope mean?
to watch/see
1. What does contra- mean?
2. What does ex- mean?
1. Contra means against or opposite
2. Ex- means out or away
What does the suffix -en mean? Give an example with a word.
-en means to make.
Ex-. Frozen
What does mob, mot, mov mean? Provide an example of the word.
What does the Latin base to hang or weigh mean?
--Mob, etc. means to move
Pend, pens, pond means to hang or weigh
What does the Greek word bio mean and give an example using a word with bio.
What does crat, cracy mean? Give an example of how you remember the meaning of this word! Gesture, symbol, etc.
1. Bio-biologist
2. rule-answers vary.
What does distant mean and give an example with the word.
What does Post mean and provide a word that has the prefix post in it.
Post means after and an example is postnatal.
what does the suffix -ish mean? Give an example of a word that ends with ish.
ish means origin, nature, or resembling.
example of a word is babyish
What does the Latin base to fold mean?
What does sci mean and provide a word and its meaning use the Latin base sci
pli(c) , ply means to fold
sci means to know and scientific means pertaining to knowledge
What does graph, gram mean?
What does hydr(o) mean? Give an example of a word.
1. Writing
2. hydro-water-hydrated
What does therm(o) mean and give two words with it.
Therm(o) means heat or hot.
Thermometer
thermostat
What does Uni mean and provide two words that start with the prefix uni.
Uni means one.
Universal and unicorn
What does the suffix ant mean? Give two words that end with ant.
Ant means one who.
ex-. attendant, merchant
What does vis, vid mean?
Mrs. Fox goes to Starbucks to get her coffee (hint-Ven(t) ) what does vent venti mean?
Do a word sum for the word envisionment.
vis vid means to see, vent means to come.
en plus vis plus ion plus ment
What does (o) logy? mean and give a word with it.
What does meter, Metr mean? Give a word with it.
1. Study of. Morphology
2. Measure-thermometer.
What is the Greek word for earth?
Create a word sum using this morpheme.
What is Geo and geometry. Ex-.
What does Tri mean? Provide two words that start with tri and do a word sum for the word triangle.
tri means three and triceps, triangular,
tri Plus angle
means three angles
What does the suffix -hood mean?
Come up with two words that end with hood and do a word sum for the word neighborhood.
-hood means condition, state, or quality.
neighbor+hood-quality of a neighbor
What does the Latin word to turn mean?
What does duct mean and give an example of a word?
What does to bear, yield, or carry mean?
Do a word sum on your board with the Latin base that means bear, yield, carry.
1. vers, vert.
2. to lead-conductor
3. fer-word sums vary-transfer example
What does phon mean and give a word.
What does the Greek word for light and do a word sum with a word.
1. sound and phonics
2. photo and photosynthesis-answers vary
Everyone in class with their groups please do three word sums on their board using the following three Greek words. **this will be timed-whoever does it first wins.
1. crat/cracy
2. phobia
3. biblio
answers vary!