Prefix definitions
Prefix definitions, etymology & examples
[[category:Grammar]
A-B-C[edit | edit source]
D-E-F[edit | edit source]
- em-**
- = put in the state of
- examples
- empathy
G-H-I[edit | edit source]
J-K-L[edit | edit source]
M-N=O[edit | edit source]
P-Q-R[edit | edit source]
S-T-U[edit | edit source]
sym-[edit | edit source]
- 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-[edit | edit source]
- syn-
- alike, with, together, mutual, reciprocal, at the same time
- examples
- synagogue, synthesis, synthetic,