Prefix definitions

Prefix definitions, etymology & examples

[[category:Grammar]

A-B-C

ana-

• 1. up, upward, through (in place or time)
• 2. back, backward, against
• 3. again, anew
  • by itself, "ana" means "an equal quantity"
• origin
  • PIE *an- for "on, upon, above"
• examples
  • anabaptism for "a second" or "renewed" baptism
  • analysis for
    • ana- "up" + *leu "loosen, divide, cut apart" thus "cut or divided up"
  • analog
    • log = from "logos" thus "through or again words or logic"
  • analogy
    • log -y "through or separate words or logic" (that mean the same thing)

D-E-F

= put in the state of

• examples
  • empathy

S-T-U

sym-

• sym-
  • = alike, with, together, mutual, reciprocal, at the same time
  • cognate (related/assimilated) with syn-
  • used instead of syn-' with words beginning with -b-, -m-, -p-, -ph-, -ps-
  • from PIE *ksun- for "with"
• examples
  • symbiosis, symbol, sympathetic,

syn-

• syn-
  • alike, with, together, mutual, reciprocal, at the same time
• examples
  • synagogue, synthesis, synthetic,