Prefix definitions

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Prefix definitions, etymology & examples

[[category:Grammar]


A-B-C[edit | edit source]

ana-[edit | edit source]

D-E-F[edit | edit source]

em-[edit | edit source]

= put in the state of[edit | edit source]

  • 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,

V-X-Y-Z[edit | edit source]

prefix meaning origin/etymology examples example roots/definitions
ana- up, upward, through analysis ana