Prefixes
Meaning "small"
micro-
Meaning "the study of"
-ology
Meaning "small"
min
Parts of the word that come before the root
Prefix
Prefix: "before"
pre-
Meaning "lack of" or "not"
dis-
Meaning "to kill"
-cide
Meaning "life"
bio
Parts of the word that follow the root
Suffix
Prefix: "different"
hetero-
Meaning "away from"
ab-
Meaning "state of"
-ness
Meaning "truth"
ver
The basic origin word that makes up larger words
Root (word)
Root: "earth"
terra
Meaning "to put into", "to cause to be", "to go into"
en-
Meaning "belief in"
-ism
Meaning "god"
theo
The punctuation that either comes before or follows the prefix or the suffix
Hyphen
Root: "sta", "stat"
stay in position
Meaning "false"
pseudo-
Meaning "leader"
-agogue
Meaning "fight"
pug
They may change the grammatical function or part of speech of the original word, or they may change its meaning
Suffix
Suffix: "state of"
-tude