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It’s Greek to Me: Prefixes and Suffixes
Greek prefix
Basic Meaning
a-, an-
without
anti-, ant-
opposite; opposing
auto-
self, same
bio-, bi-
life, living organism
geo-
Earth; geography
hyper-
excessive, excessively
micro-
small
mono-
one, single, alone
neo-
new, recent
pan-
all
Example words (3-5)
Sentence containing one of the English
words with this prefix
It’s Greek to Me: Prefixes and Suffixes
Greek suffix
Basic Meaning
-ism
forms nouns and means
“the act, state, or theory
of”
-ist
forms agent nouns* from
verbs ending in –ize or
nouns ending in –ism and
is used like –er
forms verbs from nouns
and adjectives
-ize
-gram
something written or
drawn, a record
-graph
something written or
drawn; an instrument for
writing, drawing, or
recording
speech, discourse; to speak
-logue, -log
-logy
discourse, expression;
science, theory, study
-meter, -metry
measuring device; measure
-oid
forms adjectives and nouns
and means “like,
resembling” or “shape,
form”
one that loves or has a
strong affinity for; loving
-phile
-phobe, -phobia
-phone
Example words (3-5)
Sentence containing one of the English
words with this suffix
one that fears a specific
thing; an intense fear of a
specified thing
sound; device that receives
or emits sound; speaker of
a language
*a noun denoting someone or something that performs the action of a verb, typically ending in -er or -or, e.g.,
worker, accelerator.