Root Meanings
This root means "water."
Answer: What is "aqua"?
This word means "to carry" and is found in "import."
Answer: What is "port"?
This root meaning "bad" comes from Latin.
Answer: What is "mal"?
This prefix means "against."
Answer: What is "anti-"?
This suffix indicates a noun and means "the act of."
Answer: What is "-ion, -tion, -ation"?
This root means "to hear."
Answer: What is "aud"?
This word means "one hundred" and is used in "percent."
Answer: What is "cent"?
This root meaning "life" originates from Greek.
Answer: What is "bio"?
This prefix is found in the word "bicycle."
Answer: What is "bi-"?
This suffix means "full of."
Answer: What is "-ful"?
This root means "to look."
Answer: What is "spect"?
This word means "self" and is found in "autobiography."
Answer: What is "auto"?
This root meaning "around" comes from Latin.
Answer: What is "cir/circum"?
This prefix means "before."
Answer: What is "pre-"?
This suffix means "without."
Answer: What is "-less"?
This root means "small."
Answer: What is "micro"?
This word means "study of" and is found in "biology."
Answer: What is "logy"?
This root meaning "far off" comes from Greek.
Answer: What is "tele"?
This prefix means "under."
Answer: What is "sub-"?
This suffix means "like" or "similar to."
Answer: What is "-ish"?
This root means "shape."
Answer: What is "form"?
This word means "different" and is found in "heterogeneous."
Answer: What is "hetero"?
This root meaning "earth" comes from Greek.
Answer: What is "geo"?
This prefix means "many" or "much."
Answer: What is "multi-"?
This suffix indicates a noun and means "the process of."
Answer: What is "-ment"?