Numbers Prefixes
Moms and Birth
100

This Latin and Greek prefix means three as in a three-wheeled cycle.

What is tri-?

100

This is the condition of giving birth.

What is maternity?

200

This Latin prefix means one as in one form of dress for all students

What is uni-?

200

This word refers to a mother's caring and protective instinct.

What is maternal?

300

This prefix means four and has two spellings.

What is quadri or quadru?

300

This word refers to your "mother school" or the one that you graduated from.

What is your alma mater?

400

This Greek prefix means one and has two spellings.

What is mon- or mono-?

400

This word refers to the mother of all material that makes up the universe.

What is matter?

500

This prefix is Greek for two as in two letters that come together to make one sound.

What is di-?

500
This word refers to the period of twenty years or so around your birth year that makes up the group of people whose birth is associated with yours.

What is your generation?

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