Prefix definitions

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Prefix definitions, etymology & examples

[[category:Grammar]

Terms

  • assimilation
  • cognate
  • etymology
  • PIE


A-B-C[edit | edit source]

ana-[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

em-[edit | edit source]

  • put in or into, bring to the state of
    • assimilation from in- and into
  • examples
    • empathy
      • in the (same) state of pathos (emotions, feelings)
    • embitter
    • embody
    • emit
    • emotion

digi-[edit | edit source]

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]

  • alike, with, together, mutual, reciprocal, at the same time
    • assimilated with syn-
    • origin in PIE *ksun- for "with"
  • used instead of syn-' with words beginning with -b-, -m-, -p-, -ph-, -ps-
  • examples
    • symbiosis, symbol, sympathetic,

syn-[edit | edit source]

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

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