micro-

From New Latin micro- (“small”), from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).

micro- + Cebus → Microcebus


micro-

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.
English micro-

etymon

micro- + organism → microorganism

micro- + gram → microgram


micro-

micro- + wiki → MicroWiki

(micronationalism) Pertaining to an aspect of micronationalism; micronational.


micro-

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).


kilo-

From French, kilo- irregularly derived from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “one thousand”). The etymologically "correct" form would be chili- or chilo-, resulting in forms such as chiliasme (“chiliasm”) or chilopode (“centipede”); but the French, when creating the prefix, had to avoid a possible (standard) pronunciation of chi as /ʃi/, too close to the vulgar verb chier.

der

International System of Units
International System of Units

In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1,000. Symbol: k

(computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ (1024)


kilo-

Borrowed from French kilo-, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”).

kilo- (SI prefix expressing 10³ of the base unit)


kilo-

Internationalism, from French kilo-, ultimately from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “one thousand”).


kilo-

kilo- + méter (“meter”) → kilométer (“kilometer”)


mega-

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).

Used with taxon names to form other taxon names, usually for a morphologically similar taxon differing only in size


mega-

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with Latin magnus, Sanskrit मह (maha, “great, massive, large-scale, epic”), and with Germanic words: Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils), Old English micel, Middle English muchel, English much, Old High German mihhil, Old Norse mikill, Danish meget.

cog

In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (10⁶.) SI Symbol: M.

(computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2²⁰ (= 1,048,576, the binary number closest to a million). Computing symbol: Mi.

(computing, marketing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ × 10³ (= 1,024,000, the binary round number closest to a million).

What?! I'm not sure if I scream that out loud or if my inner voice bounces off the insides of my skull. Why is Archie once again meandering over to Team Nadine? Sounds like I'm not the only one who's mega-confused.

2014, Michael Griffo, Starfall (The Darkborn Legacy), New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, pages 93–94:

(slang, augmentative) Really, very, uber-, super-.


mega-

Derived from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).


mega-

Mia var jo megasød.

2014, Thomas Halling, Mia & Marcus, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

Netop derfor, sagde Wolf, – netop fordi det er så stort, så fandens megastort.

2015, Kjell Eriksson, Natravnen, Klim, →ISBN:

Precisely for that reason, Wolf said, - precisely because it is so large, so damn huge.


mega-

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”).


mega-

International System of Units
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mega- (in the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (10⁶.))


mega-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέγα- (méga-).


mega-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).

bor+

mega- (multiplication factor of one million)


ante-

From Latin ante (“preposition and prefix”); akin to Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí), Sanskrit अन्ति (anti), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳- (and-), 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰- (anda-) (only in compounds), 𐌰𐌽𐌳- (and-), 𐍉𐌽𐌳- (ōnd-), (only in compounds): compare answer, along, German ant-, ent- (in compounds). Doublet of and- and anti-.

antebellum

antechamber


ante-

ante- + penúltimo (“penultimate”) → antepenúltimo (“antepenultimate”)


ambi-

From Latin ambo (“both”). Doublet of amphi-. More at umbe.

ambidirectional, ambipolar, ambispective, ambifix

ambifix, ambilateral, ambilineal

ambisense, ambivert, ambisyllabicity

ambilocal, ambivalent, ambiquitous


ambi-

From Latin ambi- (“both”), from ambo (“both”).


ambi-

From Proto-Italic *amβi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi; compare ambō.

(with nominal or adjectival bases) both, ambi-


ambi-

[ʔaːm˧˧ ʔɓi˧˧]

[ʔaːm˧˧ ʔɓɪj˧˧]

[ʔaːm˧˧ ʔɓɪj˧˧]

Borrowed from Latin ambi- (“both”), from ambo (“both”).


ambi-

desctree

Proto-Brythonic: *amm-
Breton: am-
Cornish: am-
Welsh: am-

Old Irish: imm-, imme- (in relative verb forms)
Irish: im-

Gaulish: Ambiorix (personal name)


quadr-

Alternative form of quadri- used before a vowel.


duo-

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Latin duo (“two”).


hemi-

From Ancient Greek prefix ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”), from ἥμισυς (hḗmisus, “half”). Doublet of semi-.


hemi-

hemi- + sfære → hemisfære


hemi-

hemi- + celuloza → hemiceluloza


hemi-

From Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”).


hemi-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”).


demi-

From Middle English demi (“half, half-sized, partial”), from Anglo-Norman demi (“half”), from Vulgar Latin *dimedius, from Latin dīmidius, from dis- (“apart; in two”) + medius (“middle”).


hexa-

From Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”).


hexa-

From Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”).

hexa- (forming compound words with the sense of "six")


hexa-

Italian: esa-


tetra-

From Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-), combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), from τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).

Which is how Kit first heard about the T.W.I.T. back in London, and of the ghostly neo-Pythagorean cult of tetralatry or worship of the number four, currently the rage in certain European circles

2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 665: [cf. -latry]

tetra-

forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’


tetra-

From Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).


tetra-

tetra- + -logia → tetralogia


circum-

Combining form of circum (“round about”, “in a circle around”, adverb and preposition).


uni-

From Latin uni-, combining form of unus (“one”).


uni-

Learned borrowing from Latin ūni- (“uni-”), itself from Latin ūnus (“one”).


xylo-

From Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”).


octa-

From Ancient Greek ὀκτα- (okta-, “eight”); compare ὀκτώ (oktṓ).


anti-

From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”). Doublet of and- and ante-.

anti- + abortion → antiabortion

anti- + racism → antiracism

anti- + aircraft → antiaircraft

anti- + freeze → antifreeze

anti- + bacterial → antibacterial

anti- + hero → antihero (“a protagonist who acts in an unheroic manner”)

anti- + climax → anticlimax (“a failed or reverse climax”)

anti- + chess → antichess (“a variant of chess where the goal is to lose all of one's pieces”)

The opposite of what is typically expected.

anti- + clockwise → anticlockwise

anti- + Arctic → Antarctic

Physically opposite, reverse in position or direction.

anti- + pope → antipope (“a person who claims to be the real pope”)

anti- + Christ → Antichrist

anti- + electron → antielectron

anti- + galaxy → antigalaxy

(particle physics) Composed of antimatter.

anti- + rabbit → antirabbit

anti- + horse → antihorse

(immunology) Reacting with immunoglobins found in the specified animal.


anti-

→ Indonesian: anti-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-).


anti-

Derived from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).


anti-

Internationalism (see English anti-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-).


anti-

From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).


anti-

From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”), influenced by Latin borrowings from Greek beginning with anti- (like Antichristus) and German borrowings from Latin or Greek.


anti-

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).


anti-

Borrowed from English anti-, French anti-, German anti-, Italian anti-, Spanish anti-, Russian анти- (anti-), all ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí).

anti- + toxino (“toxin”) → antitoxino (“antitoxin”)

anti-, contra-, counter- (for use mainly in scientific terms)


anti-

Borrowed from Dutch anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

the opposite of what is typically expected.

physically opposite, reverse in position or direction

(particle physics) composed of antimatter

(immunology) reacting with immunoglobins found in the specified animal


anti-

From Dutch anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

Antikomunisme

Anti-Amerika


anti-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).

bor+

(particle physics) anti- (related to antiparticles or antimatter)


anti-

anti-; against, opposite, protecting against


hex-

Alternative form of hexa- used before a vowel.


pent-

Alternative form of penta- used before a vowel.


quin-

From one combining form of Latin quinque (“five”). See, e.g., quindecim.


quin-

Object prefix for verbs; it indicates that the object is third-person plural; them.

quim-

before a vowel or a consonant which is labial


oct-

Form of octa- or octo- used before a vowel.


hept-

Alternative form of hepta- used before a vowel.


thermo-

From Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “warm, hot”).


thermo-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós). Many German terms prefixed with thermo- are borrowings from other European languages, especially French.


mono-

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).


mono-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).


mono-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only”).


mono-

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).


mono-

Derived from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).

der+

mono- + -gram → monogram


mono-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).


octo-

octo- (canonical)
before a vowel oct- (canonical)

From Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) and Latin octō (“eight”).


octo-

From Latin octō (“eight”) or Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”).


bi-

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
Borrowed from Latin bi-, from Proto-Italic *dwi-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwi-. Doublet of twi- and di-.

noun (m. sg.) + בן שתי + noun (f. pl.) (e.g. בניין בן שתי קומות, "a two-story building")

noun (m. sg.) + בן שתי + noun (m. pl.) (e.g. ספר בן שני חלקים, "a two-part book")

noun (f. sg.) + בת שתי + noun (f. pl.) (e.g. קואליציה בת שתי מפלגות, "a two-party coalition")

noun (f. sg.) + בת שני + noun (m. pl.) (e.g. מערכת בת שני גופים, "a two-body system")

གཉིས་ལྡན (gnyis ldan, literally “having two”)

ཟུང་ལྡན (zung ldan, literally “having a pair”)

གཉིས་མ (gnyis ma, literally “both, double”)

གཉིས་རེ (gnyis re, literally “every two”)

ལྡབ་གཉིས (ldab gnyis, literally “twice”)

biarticular is affecting, or connecting two joints; biaxial is along two axes; bicoloured is of two colours

biangular is having two angles or corners, biantheriferous is having two anthers, bicardial is having two separate hearts, bikont is a eukaryotic cell with two flagella; thought to be the ancestor of all plants

Having or possessing two of the root word's quality.

biacetabular is relating to both acetabula, biallelic is of or pertaining to both alleles of a gene, bicaval is relating to both veins of the vena cava

biadjoint is adjoint in two different ways, biaffine is affine in two different ways, biclonal is having cell markers from two different cell lines

Being different in two ways with respect to the root.

bifurcate is to divide or fork into two channels or branches, bicapitate is to divide something equally between two people or organisations, bicarinate is dividing into two points at the end

Forked, divided by two, halved; (chemistry, proscribed) half

bialgebroid is a double algebroid, bifarious is twofold, double, biarticulated is doubly articulated

bicentric is having a bisexual bias or basis, biphobia is antipathy towards bisexuals, biromantic is romantically attracted to both males and females

(LGBT) Bisexual, relating to bisexuality.

biconcave is having both sides concave, biballism is ballism that affects both sides of the body

(anatomy) Bilateral, on both sides of the body.

biannual is occurring twice a year, biannual is something occurring twice each year, biconjugate is paired twice

biannual is occurring once every two years; biennial, bicentennial is occurring every two hundred (200) years

bibrow is a pair of eyebrows which do not meet in the middle, as opposed to a unibrow, bicomplex is composed of a pair of complex numbers having certain defined properties


bi-

biont is a living organism

(before a vowel) Alternative form of bio-


bi-

Internationalism (see English bi-), ultimately from Latin bis.


bi-

bi- (mutation mutation-radical)
bhi- (lenition mutation)
mbi- (eclipsis mutation)

Alternative form of bith-, used before a slender T.


bi-

From Proto-Italic *dwi-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (“two-; twice-”), prefix form corresponding to the numeral *dwóh₁ (“two”); the origin in PIE of the *i here is uncertain.


bi-

bi- + adab (“manners”) → biadab (“impolite”)

-less; prefix expressing the lack of the root word.


bi-

bienial


bi-

English: be-

Scots: be-

Inherited from Old English be-, from Proto-West Germanic *bi-, from Proto-Germanic *bi-, from *bi-; compare by-.
The pronunciation /bi-/ (instead of expected /bə-/) is probably due to the influence of the preposition by.

A prefix forming transitive verbs from any content word, often denoting completion or thoroughness.

A prefix forming prepositions, often denoting adjacency, position, or relation.


bi-

forms the affirmative subjunctive mood of verbs.


bi-

desctree

Middle English: by-, bi-
English: by-, be-
Scots: by-, be-

bi- + nama → bīnama (“pronoun”)

bi- + word → bīword (“proverb, byword”)

bīleofa

support, sustenance, nourishment, capital


bi-

be-

An unstressed form of bī, from Proto-West Germanic *bī-.

bi- + brekan → bibrekan (“to break”)

bi- + brengian → bibrengian (“to accomplish”)

bi- + dēlian → bidēlian (“to deprive”)

bi- + delvan → bidelvan (“to bury”)

bi- + dempian → bidempian (“to suffocate”)

bi- + dernian → bidernian (“to conceal, to hide”)

bi- + dōdian → bidōdian (“to kill”)

bi- + driogan → bidriogan (“to deceive”)

bi- + drōragon → bidrōragon (“to bleed to death”)

bi- + dumbilian → bidumbilian (“to make a fool”)

bi- + *dwellian → bidwellian (“to hinder”)

bi- + fāhan → bifāhan (“to embrace, seize”)

bi- + fallan → bifallan (“to befall”)

bi- + felhan → bifelhan (“to recommend, give over, confide”)

bi- + fellian → bifellian (“to throw down”)

bi- + findan → bifindan (“to notice, find out”)

bi- + gangan → bigān, bigangan (“to celebrate”)

bi- + gehan → bigehan (“to dare, confess”)

A productive prefix usually used to form verbs and adjectives, especially verbs with the sense “around, throughout” or makes transitive verbs from intransitive verbs, adjectives and nouns.


bi-

bi- + word → bīword (“proverb, byword”)

prefix meaning near, around (compare Latin para-), occurring primarily in nouns


bi-

bi- + -gamia → bigamia


bi-

by-, next to, near, by the side, aside; same as English by- and German bei-; see also the rare preposition bi

bi-, two, dual; from Latin bis (“twice”)


bi-

bi- + -nu (“this, these”) → binu (“these (class 8)”)

[[Appendix:Tooro_noun_classes#Class_8|class 8]] pronominal concord

bi- + -kora (“to do”) → bikora (“they (class 8) do”)

they; [[Appendix:Tooro_noun_classes#Class_8|class 8]] subject concord

bi- + -ha (“to give”) → biha (“give them (class 8)”)

positive imperative form of -bi- (“them; [[Appendix:Tooro_noun_classes#Class_8|class 8]] object concord”)


bi-

(obsolete, unproductive) -less, un-, in-.


quadri-

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-, with -twr- developing into -dr-; compare the full form quattuor, ultimately from *kʷetwóres. Analogous to Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-) vs. τέτταρες (téttares, “four”).


hepta-

From Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”).


hepta-

From Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. Doublet of sapta-.


hepta-

hepta- + metr → heptametr


multi-

From late Middle English multi-, from Latin multī, from multus.

More than one; pertaining to more than one thing.


cor-

From the Latin cor-, the prerhotic form of con-.


penta-

PIE word
 *pénkʷe
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Persian پنج, Northern Kurdish pênc, Ossetian фондз (fonʒ), Pashto پنځه (pindzə), Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan). Doublet of five, which was inherited from Proto-Germanic.


penta-

From Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).


penta-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).


penta-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”).


penta-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”). Doublet of cinco.


col-

Alternative form of co- / con- (before l).


col-

Alternative form of colo- (before a vowel).


counter-

From Middle English counter-, cownter-, countre-, from Anglo-Norman countre-, from Old French contre, ultimately from Latin contra (“against”).


andro-

From Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr).

android

androgyny


andro-

Internationalism (see English andro-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós).


andro-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós).


andro-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós).


poly-

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“much, many”).

der

polydactyl, polyglot, polyvalent

polyacetal, polyethene, polyether

polycule, polyphobia, polyfamily


poly-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”).


poly-

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“much, many”). Related to full and fleire.


contra-

From Latin contra (“against”). Doublet of counter-.


cyber-

Relating to the Internet or cyberspace, or to computers more generally.


cyber-

Internationalism; compare English cyber-.

cyber- + atak → cyberatak


com-

From Latin com (“with”), an archaic form of cum (“with”).

The form of con- used before b, m, and p


com-

con- (pretonic)
ɔ (abbreviation)
com- (mutation mutation-radical)
chom- (mutation mutation-nasal)
com- (mutation)

Irish: comh-

Manx: co-

Scottish Gaelic: co-

as·ren (“pays off”) + com- → as·comren (“has paid off”)

fris·ort (“he/she offended”) + com- → fris·comart (“he/she has offended”) (forms of fris·oirc (“to offend”))

augment used instead of ro- in compounds of orcaid and a few other verbs


semi-

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-semi.wav

Borrowed from Latin semi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi/*sēmi-. Cognate to English sam, and to hemi- (via Ancient Greek).

Nothing like a nice hot ethnic dish before you go to see that semi-expensive, semi-meaningful Off-Broadway show.

1994, Eric Bogosian, Pounding nails in the floor with my forehead:


semi-

semi- + finále → semifinále


semi-

From Latin sēmi-, from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi (“half”).


semi-

→ English: semi-, semi

→ French: semi-

→ Italian: semi-

→ Portuguese: semi-

→ Spanish: semi-

From Proto-Indo-European *sēmi-. Cognate with Sanskrit सामि (sāmí), Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), Old High German sami-.


extra-

From Latin extra (“outside, except, beyond”, adverb and preposition), from exter (“being on the outside”).

uder

extramarital: outside of marriage


extra-

Borrowed from Latin extra. Doublet of stra-, which was inherited.


extra-

Borrowed from Latin extra (“outside, except, beyond”, adverb and preposition), from exter (“being on the outside”).


extra-

Learned borrowing from Latin extrā-, from extrā (“outside, beyond”).


extra-

Borrowed from Latin extrā-, from extrā (“outside, beyond”).


hetero-

From Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”).

bor

heterogamous is in which a plant has male and female flowers, heterochromatic is having more than one colour, heterogender is involving people with different genders, heteroglossia is the coexistence of distinct linguistic varieties

Varied, heterogeneous; a set that has variety with respect to the root.

heteroalkene is any analogue of an alkene in which a doubly bonded carbon atom is replaced by a heteroatom, heteroaddition is any addition reaction that introduces a heteroatom, heterofullerene is any compound formally derived from a fullerene by replacing one or more carbon atom by a heteroatom, heteroaromatic is having the characteristics of an aromatic compound whilst having at least one non-carbon atom in the ring

(organic chemistry) Heterocyclic: a cyclic compound with multiple elements in its ring. The non-carbon atoms are known as heteroatoms.

heterofunctionalization is any reaction in which two different functional groups are added at the same time, heterofibril is a fibril composed of two or more types of collagen, heterodimeric is produced from two similar but different monomers

heterochrome is of different colors, heterocladic is relating to branches of different arteries, heteroexchange is the exchange of different entities (eg acidic and basic amino acids, heterocoordination is coordination between different metal atoms

Across, spanning multiple distinct kinds of the root, different.

heterocentric is having a heterosexual bias or basis, heteroamorous is characterized by love with another of the opposite sex; heteroromantic, heterofemale is a woman who is heterosexual

allo-

sometimes synonymous; differentiated in transplantation sense, intraspecies versus interspecies

heteroadministered is administered by a clinician on behalf of a patient, heterobiography is biography written by another person (not autobiography), heterocentric is focused on other people (as opposed to the self), heteroencapsidation is the encapsidation of the genetic material of one type of virus with the coat protein of another

heterodromous is spiralling in opposite directions on a stem or branch, heterofacial is on opposite faces, heterodirectional is that moves or operates in the opposite direction as another, heterochiral is reversed (as a mirror image), but otherwise identical

heterogenetic is of a disease: produced by infection from outside the body, heterocephaly is the appointment of the governing body by an outside authority, heterodiegetic is of or relating to a narrator that does not take part in the plot

(transplantation) Outside; Synonym of xeno-.

heterogangliate is having the ganglia of the nervous system arranged in an asymmetrical manner, heteracanth is having the spines of the dorsal fin asymmetrical, heterocercal is a fish's tail's shape that is vertically asymmetric

heterochylia is the irregular production of gastric juices, heterodynamic is describing a lifecycle in which the organism is sometimes active and sometimes dormant, heterochronic is occurring at different times or intermittently

Inconsistent, irregular, or intermittent.

heterogamous is characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature, heteroclitic is signifying a Proto-Indo-European stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case


hetero-

heterosexisme, heteronormativ


hetero-

Internationalism (see English hetero-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros).


hetero-

Derived from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros).

der+

hetero- + -gamia → heterogamia


bio-

From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

biochild; biodad; biofamily; biofather; biokid; biomom; biomother; bioparent; biosib; biosibling; bioson


bio-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).


bio-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).


bio-

bio- (concerning or associated with life)


bio-

bio- + genezo (“genesis”) → biogenezo (“biogenesis”)

bio- + kemio (“chemistry”) → biokemio (“biochemistry”)

bio- + diverseco (“diversity”) → biodiverseco (“biodiversity”)

bio- + industrio (“industry”) → bioindustrio (“bioindustry”)

bio- + maso (“mass”) → biomaso (“biomass”)

bio- + sintezo (“synthesis”) → biosintezo (“biosynthesis”)

bio- + tekniko (“technique”) → biotekniko (“biotechnique”)


bio-

Internationalism (see English bio-), ultimately from Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-).


bio-

organically produced, or otherwise environmentally friendly


bio-

Borrowed from English bio-, French bio-, German bio-, Italian bio-, Spanish bio-, Portuguese bio-, French bio-, Portuguese bio-, English bio-, Russian био- (bio-), all ultimately from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).


bio-

bio- (mutation mutation-radical)
bhio- (lenition mutation)
mbio- (eclipsis mutation)

Alternative form of bith-, used before a broad T.


bio-

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”), either from *gʷih₃wós (“alive, living”), with the suffix *-wós, or from βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ or *gʷih₃-etos (“life”), both from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).


bio-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-).

lbor

bio- + geografia → biogeografia


bio-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos). Doublet of zoo-.


bio-

bio- (mutation mutation-radical)
fio- (mutation mutation-soft)
mio- (mutation mutation-nasal)

bio- + amrywiaeth (“variety, diversity”) → bioamrywiaeth (“biodiversity”)

bio- + cemeg (“chemistry”) → biocemeg (“biochemistry”)

bio- + diraddio (“to degrade”) → bioddiraddio (“to biodegrade”)

bio- + -leg (“-logy”) → bioleg (“biology”)


tele-

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from”).

der

telegram

telerobot

telecast

telefantasy

telethon

telepost

teletape

teletypewriter

telecheck

telesales

telebooth

telemarketing


tele-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).


tele-

Internationalism (see English tele-), ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).


tele-

ház (“house”) → teleház (“telecenter”)


tele-

pakol (“to pack”) → telepakol (“to fill up something fully with something”)

firkál (“to scribble”) → telefirkál (“to scribble all over, to fill the available space completely with scribble”)

(verbal prefix) to the brim, fully, over an entire extent


tele-

tele-; bridging large distances (e.g. telepati, telefon, telepresens)

tele-; pertaining to telecommunications (e.g. televerk, telebolag, teleingenjör)


hypno-

From Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).

IN HYPNO-VISION

1999 April, Matt Groening, “Episode Two: The Series Has Landed”, in Futurama, season 1, episode 2, opening title:

Related to hypnosis, often in the form of hypnotherapy.


necro-

From Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead body”), from the Proto-Indo-European suffixed full-grade *nekro- of *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”); see also Middle Welsh angheu (“death”), Breton ankou, Old Irish éc, Latin noxius (“harmful”), nocēo (“to hurt, harm”), nex (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors), Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 (vi-n-θ-y-t-y /vi-nathayatiy/, “he injures”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nasiieⁱti, “disappears”), 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎- (nasu-, “corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”).


necro-

From Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”).


biblio-

From Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet, small book”) or its descendant Latin Biblia (“the Bible”).


biblio-

From Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet, small book”).


biblio-

From Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”).


biblio-

biblio- + -mania → bibliomania


aero-

From Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros), the genitive singular of ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).


aero-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros), the genitive singular of ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).


aero-

Derived from Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros).

der+

aero- + klub → aeroklub


aero-

From Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros), the genitive singular of ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Doublet of ar.


homo-

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”).


homo-

Of or pertaining to homosexuals or homosexuality.


homo-

(organic chemistry) Used to form the names of compounds derived from simpler ones by addition of a methylene group.


homo-

homo- (of or pertaining to homosexuality)


homo-

Second sense abstracted from homoseksualitet or homoseksuel.

ægteskab (“marriage”) + homo- → homoægteskab (“same-sex marriage”)

-fobi (“-phobia”) + homo- → homofobi (“homophobia”)


homo-

A clipping of words formed from Greek ὁμο- (homo-, meaning same).


homo-

Internationalism (see English homo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós).

homo- (same; only in loanwords directly adapted from a term in which "homo-" appears in this sense, e.g. homogeeninen, homoseksuaali, homonyymi)

homo-, gay (homosexual; with common language words, e.g. homobaari, homoliitto, homomies)


homo-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”).

homo- + sexuell (“sexual”) → homosexuell (“homosexual”)


homo-

homo- + Ehe (“marriage”) → Homoehe (“same-sex marriage”)

homo- + -phobie (“-phobia”) → Homophobie (“homophobia”)


homo-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”); found only in words borrowed from other languages (compare English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese homo-, Italian omo-).


homo-

Derived from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós). Doublet of samo-.

homo- + chroniczny → homochroniczny


homo-

homo- + äktenskap (“marriage”) → homoäktenskap (“same-sex marriage”)

homo- + -fobi (“-phobia”) → homofobi (“homophobia”)


homo-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. Doublet of hem.


re-

From Middle English re-, from Old French re-, from Latin re-, red- (“back; anew; again; against”), of uncertain origin but conjectured by Watkins to be from Proto-Indo-European *wret-, a metathetic alteration of *wert- (“to turn”). Displaced native English ed-, eft-, a-, with-/wither-, gain-/again-.

re- + new → renew (“to make something new again”)

re- + commit → recommit (“to commit an act again”)

re- + heat → reheat (“to heat something that has cooled off”)

reletter, relead, rebronze (examples from: )

a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out

reject, reply, resist


re-

re- + fer (“to do”) → refer (“to redo”)

re- + vell (“old”) → revell (“very old”)

re- + nebot (“nephew”) → renebot (“grandnephew”)

great-, grand- (used to denote the removal of one generation)


re-

(subject marker for tense modifying adverbs) they


re-

indicates a return to previous state, back

indicates an action performed reciprocally, back (e.g., to hit back, to talk back)


re-

Attaches to verbs, often adding a sense of repetition or reversion.


re-

re- + marcher (“to function”) → remarcher (“to function again”)

meaningless generic derivation prefix, especially as r-. From semantic bleaching of sense 1 followed by the unprefixed terms becoming obsolete or diverging in meaning.


re-

again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.


re-

Borrowed from Latin re-. The prefix re- is borrowed from Latin, while the variant ri- is inherited from Latin.


re-

Catalan: re-

→ English: re-

French: re-, ré-, r-

Galician: re-

Interlingua: re-

Italian: re-, ri-

Norman: re-, èr-

Occitan: re-

Picard: ar-

Portuguese: re-

Romanian: ră-, re-

Spanish: re-

From Proto-Italic *wre- (“again”), which has a parallel in Umbrian re-, but its further etymology is uncertain (OED).
While it carries a general sense of "back" or "backwards", its precise sense is not always clear, and its great productivity in classical Latin has the tendency to obscure its original meaning.
Watkins proposes a metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”), while de Vaan suggests Proto-Indo-European *ure- (“back”), which may be found in Proto-Slavic *rakъ (“crayfish, lobster”) (tentatively, in an original sense *“looking backwards”) and Albanian rrë- (“back”, preverb), unless the latter is borrowed from Latin.

cog

re- + glūtinō (“glue”) → reglūtinō (“unglue, separate”)

re- + neō (“spin, weave, entwine”) → reneō (“unspin, unravel”)

re- + gelō (“freeze, congeal”) → regelō (“thaw, unfreeze”)


re-

From Old Galician-Portuguese re-, from Latin re-.

re- + fazer (“to do”) → refazer (“to redo”)

re- (forms verbs indicating that the action is being done again)


re-

Borrowed from Latin re-. The form ră- only appears in a few inherited words.


re-

re- + construir → reconstruir

re- + fluir → refluir

re- + pugnar → repugnar


re-

Of Proto-Celtic origin, cognate with Irish ró- (“very”).

re- + bueno (“good”) → rebueno (“great”)

re- + chulo (“cute”) → rechulo (“very cute”)


dipl-

Alternative form of diplo- used before a vowel.


deuter-

Alternative form of deutero- used before a vowel.


Euro-

Shortened unetymologically from Europe or Europo- in compounds. 20th-century formation, perhaps echoing terms like Afro-, Indo-, Sino- etc.
An early attestation is the 1911 title The "Euro-Asian" or "Anglo-Indian", but the word Eurasian is attested in English from 1844.
In finance, the term is a generalisation of Eurobond, which originally referred to bonds denominated in dollars but issued in Europe.

Pertaining to Europe, especially as a political entity.

Euro- + Sterling → Eurosterling

Eurocurrency markets are active in other major currencies as well, including Eurosterling, Euroyen, and euro-denominated Eurocurrencies (sometimes called “Euroeuros”).

2012, Kirt C. Butler, Multinational Finance: Evaluating Opportunities, Costs, and Risks of Operations, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

(finance, of a financial instrument) Denominated in a currency other than that of the country in which it is issued.


dys-

From New Latin dys-, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “hard, difficult, bad”).

der

dyschezia, dysacusis, dysbasia, dyslexia, dyscopia

dysaemia, dyscognitive

dysejaculation, dysuria

dysbalanced, dyschloremia, dysdifferentiation

dysgraphia, dysphasia, dysoxic

dysphoria, dystopia

dysgnathic, dysafferentation, dysesthesia

dysautoregulation

dyscontrol, dysmetria

dysendocrinism, dysexecutive, dysautonomia, dysbarism

dysfluent


dys-

From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) expressing the idea of difficulty, or bad status.


dys-

Used to convey the idea of being difficult, impaired, abnormal, or bad


dys-

dys- + harmonia → dysharmonia


dodeca-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”).


diplo-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos), διπλοῦς (diploûs, “double”).

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary


astro-

From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “celestial body”).

der

celestial bodies: fixed stars, wandering stars (planets), etc.; space; astronomy

astro- + centric → astrocentric


astro-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron).


astro-

Internationalism (see English astro-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron).


astro-

From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”).


astro-

astro- + fizyka → astrofizyka


deutero-

From Ancient Greek δεύτερος (deúteros, “second (of two)”).

cog

deutero- + -gamy → deuterogamy (“second marriage”)

deutero- + benzene → deuterobenzene


dia-

From Ancient Greek prefix δια- (dia-), from διά (diá, “through, across, by, over”).


dia-

From Ancient Greek δια- (dia-), from διά (diá, “through, across, by, over”).


dia-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δια- (dia-).

lbor

dia- + -chroniczny → diachroniczny


deka-

Internationalism (see English deca-), ultimately from Late Latin decas.


deka-

deka- + gramm (“gram”) → dekagramm (“decagram”)


deka-

From Dutch deca-, from French déca-, from Late Latin decas (“(set of) ten”), from Ancient Greek δέκας (dékas), from δέκα (déka, “ten”). Doublet of dasa-.


deka-

deka- + gram → dekagram


eigen-

Borrowed from German eigen (“own”). Many of the compounds represent partial translations from German, e.g. eigenvalue from German Eigenwert. Doublet of own.

(linear algebra) Forms terms pertaining to or related to eigenvectors, eigenvalues; especially for naming mathematical objects which are not affected by a given linear transformation except for by scalar multiplication.


neo-

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”).

new. (Often used to form clade or taxonomic names indicating more recent branching than a morphologically or otherwise similar group.)


neo-

From Ancient Greek prefix νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, “new, young”).

(organic chemistry) Having a structure, similar to that of neopentane, in which each hydrogen atom of a methyl group has been replaced by an alkyl group

(organic chemistry) Being a newly-discovered or -synthesized variant of an existing compound


neo-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-, prefix), from νέος (néos, “new, young”).


neo-

Internationalism (see English neo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek νέος (néos).


neo-

From Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, “new, young”).

(organic chemistry) Having a structure, similar to that of neopentane, in which each hydrogen atom of a methyl group has been replaced by an alkyl group.

(organic chemistry) Being a newly-discovered or -synthesized variant of an existing compound.


neo-

Derived from Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos).


neo-

Nova Zelândia (“New Zealand”) → neozelandês (“New Zealander”)

forms demonyms corresponding to placenames that contain novo or nova (“new”)


neo-

From Old Irish nem- (compare Irish neamh-, Manx neu-).


equi-

From Latin aequi-, from aequus. See also equ-.


ecto-

From Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”).


ethno-

From Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company, later a people, nation”).

der

race; ethnicity (in the sense of classification of human beings).


fluor-

(organic chemistry) Alternative form of fluoro- used before a vowel.


gastr-

gastrectomy

(prevocalic) Alternative form of gastro-.


gastr-

(prevocalic) Alternative form of gastro-


eur-

Eurasian


franco-

Franco- (relating to France, the ethnic French, the French language, or the Franks)


franco-

Franco- (relating to France, the French or the Franks)


em-

place of articulation
place of articulation

The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation.


em-

The first element of a few compound pronouns and adverbs. The compounds were formed by syntagmatic fusion, the role of the prefix is emphasis.


em-

Class 9 adjective concord; form of en- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.


em-

forms verbs indicating motion or transformation into the prefixed noun; in-


em-

Alternative form of en- used before b or p; em-


endo-

From Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “inner; internal”).


endo-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “inner; internal”).


endo-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “inner, internal”).


endo-

From Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “in, within”), from Proto-Hellenic *éndon, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm, from *h₁n̥dó (“into, inside”), from both *h₁én (“in”) and *do (and but; towards).

bor

endo-, end- (internal, within, inside, into)


endo-

endo- + -gamia → endogamia


geo-

From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).


geo-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).


geo-

Derived from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).


geo-

Internationalism (see English geo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-).


geo-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).

geo- + Politik (“politics”) → Geopolitik (“geopolitics”)

geo- + Wissenschaften (“sciences”) → Geowissenschaften (“geoscience”)

geo- (global, pertaining to the Earth, pertaining to geography)


geo-

From Dutch geo-, from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).


geo-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-).

lbor

geo- + -logia → geologia


geo-

geo- + climático → geoclimático

geo- + política → geopolítica


ferro-

Coordinate term: ferri-

(chemistry) ferrous:
Iron (the metal).
Iron of oxidation number 2.


ferro-

From chemin de fer (literally “iron paths”).


ferro-

forms terms relating to railways/railroads


ferro-

ferro- + magnetyzm → ferromagnetyzm


ferro-

From ferrum (“iron”). The "railroad" sense comes from ferrocarril (“railroad”, literally “iron path”).

forms terms relating to railroads: ferro-


electro-

Initially from French électro- and Latin electro-, ultimately from electrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”). Equivalent to and later based upon electric, electricity, &c. + -o-.

der

Combining form of electric and electrical.


electro-

Borrowed from Latin electrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”) (a natural resin, which — when rubbed — produces static electricity).


electro-

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of eletro-. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.


epi-

From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on top of”).

epilittoral is above a littoral zone, epinasal is above the nose, epinecral is above a necral layer

epibenthos is benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment, epipetric is growing on rocks, epispinal is on the spinal cord

Upon, atop, directly on top of in terms of position.

epichromosomal is outside of a chromosome, epiclone is an epigenetic clone, epigenome is the total epigenetic state of a cell

epilanguage is a second language used regularly for some purpose or purposes, epiphenomenon is an activity, process, or state that is the result of another, epitoxoid is a toxoid that generates less of an immune response than an original one

Secondary: a consequence, by-product, additional, or lesser version.

epikarst is the upper part of a karst system, epiphase is the upper phase of a multiphase system, episternum is the upper segment of the sternum

A part or segment that is located on the upper part of an object.

epidermis is the outer layer of the skin of vertebrates, epipleuron is the outer margin of an elytron of a beetle, epitrochlea is a projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus

A part or locatation that is outer, particularly an outer layer.

epicedrol is an epimer of cedrol, epicholesterol is the 3α- isomer of cholesterol, epitestosterone is an inactive epimer of the steroid hormone testosterone

epifascial is on the surface of a fascia, epilimnion is on the surface layer of a liquid body, epixylous is growing or living on the surface of wood

epiparasitism is behaviour of epibiotic parasites, episymbiont is an epibiotic symbiont, episymbiotic is of or relating to an epibiotic symbiotic relationship

(zoology) Epibiotic: an organism that lives on another organism.

epignathous is hook-billed, epinasty is a nastic movement which bends a plant part outwards, epipod is a small projection arising from the thoracic legs of a crustacean

epicadmium is used attributively to describe kinetic energies above that at which cadmium has a large neutron cross section, epidemic is an occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period, epimenorrhagia is excessive menstruation

More, above a usual quantity, additional in quantity.

epimuscular is relating to the transmission of force without the use of muscles, epilanguage is a more subconscious, self-imposed, form of metalanguage, epitheory is a theory based on a more fundamental theory or on a metatheory

epizootic is an epidemic among animals, epornitic is pertaining to a disease of high morbidity that is occasionally present in a bird population

epicellular is when bacteria live in close proximity to but not inside a host cell, epistellar is when a gas giant has a close orbit to its parent star, epituberculosis is abnormal symptoms near the site of a tuberculous lesion

epifamily is a rank between family and superfamily, epiphyletic is mostly monophyletic but containing some hybrids, eparchy was an administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece

epifascicular is surrounding a fascicle, epimacular is surrounding, or on the edge of the macula, epiperimetric is surrounding a perimeter

Surrounding in position: the edges of the root entity.

epiglottis is a cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, epispore is the thickish outer coat of certain spores, episcope is a form of projector that projects images of opaque objects

epiclassical is coming after the classical period and, epigenesis is changes in the mineral content of rock after its formation, Epipaleolithic is the Mesolithic period (post-Paleolithic)

epilobous is having overlapping lobes, epipharynx is a structure that overlaps the mouth in certain insects, epipole is the intersection of the baselines of two cameras used to form a stereo image

epimorphism is a morphism analogous to a surjective function epiplexis is a rhetorical device where a sequence of rhetorical questions is used to elicit an emotional response, episememe is the meaning expressed by a tagmeme

Mapping onto, passing along, resolving to.

epipelagic is of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the water from the surface of the sea down to 200 metres, epiplankton is plankton normally living in the top hundred fathoms of a body of water (at a depth of about 180 metres or less), epivalve is the apical (top) valve of a diatom

Top: a part that is positioned at the uppermost of multiple levels.

epicnemial is relating to the anterior of the tibia, epiplastron is either of the foremost pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles, episternum is the anterior part of the pleuron of an insect

epichaperome is a network of chaperomes present in cancer cells, epiorganism is a group of organisms (such as a hive of bees, epicrisis is a critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history

Entirety, a system being referred to as a whole.

epidural is of or pertaining to the space immediately outside the dura mater, episkeletal is above or outside the endoskeleton, epicycloid is the locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on the circumference of another circle

epithermal is describing deposits of minerals formed from warm water at shallow depth, epicortex is a thin layer of polysaccharide on the surface of the cortex, epigeous is growing on, or close to, the ground

epimorphic is that becomes segmented prior to hatching, epiascidiate is in the form of a tube, epicalyx is a group of bracts resembling a calyx

Similar, in the same form of, resembling.

epiphallus is in some gastropods, an enlargement of the vas deferens that continues beyond the apex of the penis, epifilm is an epitaxial film, epigrowth is epitaxial growth


epi-

From Dutch epi-, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on top of”).


epi-

epi- + -graf → epigraf


gastro-

Coined based on Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”).

gastroenteritis

gastrointestinal

gastronomy


gastro-

gastro- + -skop → gastroskop

gastro- + -nomia → gastronomia


お

御: honorific prefix to make a word polite


fore-

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

From Middle English fore-, from Old English fore-, from Proto-West Germanic *forē-, from Proto-Germanic *fura-, *furai- (“before, in front of, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, formerly; through, throughout”).
Akin to Old Saxon and Old High German fora-, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰- (faura-) (see 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (faura)), Dutch voor- (“fore-”).

inh

foreshadow is to occur beforehand, forewarn is to warn beforehand, forechosen is chosen beforehand

Before: the root is happening earlier in time.

foredawn is the time just before dawn, foreday is the morning or afternoon, foreyear is the earlier part of the year

Before with respect to time; earlier.
The early stage of the root time period

forebirth is that which precedes birth, foreking is a preceding king, forehammer is a large sledge which strikes right before a smaller one

Directly or immediately preceding in time.

forebooth is a booth positioned near the front, foregear is any gear located in a front or forward position, forehew is to hew in front

Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior.

forecabin is a cabin located toward the front of a vessel, forebridge is a raised platform or pilothouse at the front of the bridge, foreboom is the boom of the foremast

forebrain is the anterior part of the brain, forehoof is a front hoof, foregear is armour for the front of the body

forebeam is the leading portion of a remote signal from a moving source, forefront is the leading position or edge, forebreast is the furthest part of a mine where the mining is actively happening, forearm is the part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow

Outer: the leading, outward portion of a wave or effort; or a distal part of a body.

forebody is the forepart of a vehicle, forecourt is the front part of the court in racket sports, forehand is all of the part of a horse which is before the rider

Forepart: the front part of an object or area.

foredune is a kind of dune ridge that runs parallel to the shore of a body of water, foreland is the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited, forby is near, beside, or close to

forebeach is the area of beach nearest the water's edge; the foreshore or intertidal zone, forefield is the nearest part of a field (as of view or of combat), forend is part of a rifle, underneath the barrel, where it is supported by the hand

Nearest: the part of the root which is nearest/closest.

foredawn is to anticipate dawning, foreglimpse is a glimpse of the future, forecast is an estimation of a future condition

Forward in temporal direction, anticipating.

forehearth is the forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace, forebite is a condition where the front teeth are set too far forward in the mouth, foregaze is to gaze forward

Forward in direction.
Forward in spatial direction.

forecry is to cry forth, forehand is a stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke, foreleader is one who leads others by example

Forward in direction.
Outward in spatial direction.

foredescribed is described earlier in the same document, forebook is a prelude to a book or series of books, forebelief is a previous belief

Before with respect to order or rank: first, prior, superior, ahead.

Previous or earlier in order or sequence.

forebell is the first of a series of bells, forefinger is the index (first) finger, foredeal is the first place

forehand is superiority or advantage, forechoice is a motive which is in agreement with correct desire, forby is superior

forecolour is any colour which stands out among others, forehand is the chief or most important part, foreground is the software application a user is currently interacting with

Prominent, most important, foremost or greatest in rank

forebear is an ancestor, forefather is ancestor, fore-elder is an ancestor


fore-

forelay is to waylay

Used to indicate error, exclusion, or inadequacy; Alternative form of for-.


fore-

"Occurring only in words adopted from French, as forcatch v., forfeit n., forprise n., represents Old French for-, fors-, identical with fors adv. (modern French hors) outside, out."

foreclose is to shut out


fore-

Middle English: fore-

English: fore-

From Proto-West Germanic *forē-, from Proto-Germanic *furai-.

fore- + cwide → forecwide (“introduction, heading; prophecy”)

fore- + manian → foremanian (“to forewarn, admonish”)

fore- + mǣrlīċ → foremǣrlīċ (“eminent, foreboding”)

fore- + rīm → forerīm (“prologue”)

fore- + cnēoris → forecnēoris (“progeny”)

fore- + frēfrend → forefrēfrend (“proconsul”)

fore- + costiġan → forecostigan (“to profane”)

fore- + ġehāt → foreġehāt (“vow”)

fore- + mearcung → foremearcung (“title, chapter”)

fore- + seld → foreseld (“first seat”)

first, prime, occupying a prominent position

fore- + maniġ → foremaniġ (“very many”)

fore- + mihtiġ → foremihtiġ (“most mighty”)


an-

From Middle English an-, from Old English an-, on- (“on-”), from Proto-West Germanic *ana-, from Proto-Germanic *ana- (“on”). More at on.

ancome, aneal, anent


an-

From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-). Doublet of un- and in- .

not; used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. Used with stems that begin with vowels and "h".

anoxia (without oxygen), anandrous (without male parts)


an-

Subject prefix for verbs; it indicates that the subject is second-person plural; you, you all.

am-

when followed by a vowel or a consonant which is labial


an-

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel).


an-

in-, an-. Alternative form of a- before a vowel or h


an-

From the preposition an, from Middle High German an(e), from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana. Compare Dutch aan-, English on-.

an- + schrauben (“to screw”) → anschrauben (“to screw on, attach by screwing”)

an- + schreien (“to shout”) → anschreien (“to shout at”)

an- + bauen (“to build”) → anbauen (“to attach, expand, build next to”)

an- + ziehen (“to pull”) → anziehen (“to attract, pull towards one”)

an- + kaufen (“to buy”) → ankaufen (“to buy so as to form a stock, buy up”)

an- + knabbern (“to nibble”) → anknabbern (“to nibble part of, start to nibble”)

an- + braten (“to fry”) → anbraten (“to sear, fry outwardly or slightly”)

an- + zahlen (“to pay”) → anzahlen (“to pay down, pay part of”)

expresses a beginning, partial or slight action

an- + stellen (“to put”) → anstellen (“to turn on”)


an-

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“un-, not”), zero-grade form of *ne (“not”).

forming words with the sense of negation, an-


an-

From Old Irish an-, from Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

(with adjectives, always spelled with a hyphen) very

(with adjectives) over-, excessively, intensely


an-

From Old Irish an-, in-, from Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

ain-

used before slender vowels and consonants


an-

an- (mutation mutation-radical)
n-an- (eclipsis mutation)
han- (mutation prothesis-h)
t-an- (mutation prothesis-t)


an-

Alternative form of a- indicating lack or loss


an-

From the preposition an, from Proto-Germanic *in. Compare German ein-, English in-.

in- (indicates physical or metaphorical motion into something)


an-

Welsh: an-, af-

From Proto-Brythonic *an-, from Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.


an-

From Proto-West Germanic *aina-, from Proto-Germanic *aina- (“one, uni-”), equivalent to Old English ān (“one”).

ān- + -hende (“handed”) → ānhende (“one-handed”)

ān- + horn (“horn”) → ānhorn (“unicorn”)

ān- + -īeġe (“-eyed”) → ānīeġe (“one-eyed”)

ān- + -mōd (“-minded”) → ānmōd (“unanimous”)

ān- + -nes (“-ness”) → ānnes (“unity”)

ān- + wīġ (“battle”) → ānwīġ (“duel”)

ān- + -wille (“-willed”) → ānwille (“stubborn”)

ān- + -wintre (“years old”) → ānwintre (“one year old”)

ān- + *genġa (“walker”) → āngenġa (“loner”)

ān- + *setla (“settler”) → ānsetla (“hermit”)


an-

Irish: an-

Scottish Gaelic: an-

From Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.


an-

Irish: an-

Scottish Gaelic: an-

Uncertain. Maybe related to Welsh en- and Gaulish ande- in proper names Andecarus (literally “very dear”) and Anderoudus (literally “very red”). Considered the same word as an- (“un-”) by DIL (see Further reading).


an-

Irish: an-

Scottish Gaelic: an-

denoting a movement away from some reference point, used to form adverbs of place, for example anúas (“from above”)


an-

Alternative form of a- used before words beginning with vowels


an-

Antekitit tik ne mil?

(personal) you, second-person plural subject marker.


an-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-).


an-

From Old Frisian an-, from Proto-West Germanic *ana-. Cognates include West Frisian oan- and German an-.


an-

From the Old Swedish and- meaning “against/towards”.


an-

From Middle Welsh an-, from Proto-Brythonic *an-, from Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. Cognate with Cornish an-.

an- + parch (“respect”) → amarch (“disrespect”)

an- + prisiadwy (“valuable”) → amhrisiadwy (“invaluable”)

an- + teg (“fair”) → annheg (“unfair”)

an- + cofio (“to remember”) → anghofio (“to forget”)

an- + diwedd (“end”) → anniwedd (“endless”)

an- + gwybod (“to know”) → anwybod (“ignorance”)

an- + mantais (“advantage”) → anfantais (“disadvantage”)

af-

used before ''gl'', ''ll'', ''rh'', and consonantal ''i''

not, un-, non-, an-, dis-, negative prefix


an-

an- (mutation mutation-radical)
han- (mutation prothesis-h)

From Proto-Celtic *ande-, *ando- (“inside”).


an-

allomorph of ön- (negative/sociative irrealis prefix) used for stems that begin with a or e


an-

desctree

Proto-Brythonic: *an-
Breton: an-
Middle Welsh: an-
Welsh: an-, af-

Old Irish: an-, am-, é-, in-
Irish: an-
Scottish Gaelic: an-


an-

Breton: an-

Middle Welsh: an-
Welsh: an-, af-

From earlier an- (found in andagin (“worthless”, accusative singular feminine) of the Bath curse tablets), from Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.


an-

Avestan: 𐬀𐬥 (an)

Northern Kurdish: ne-

Old Persian: 𐎠𐎴 (a-n /an/)

Middle Persian: ʾn (an-)

Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫗 (ʾn)

desc

Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾn)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *a-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.


de-

From Latin dē-, from the preposition dē (“of”, “from”). For sense development, compare Old English æf-, which was a similar prefix.

de- + couple → decouple

de- + align → dealign

de- + ice → de-ice

de- + baptize → debaptize

de- + bus → debus

de- + bark → debark

de- + benzylate → debenzylate

de- + arterialization → dearterialization

de- + fraud → defraud

de- + complex → decomplex

de- + numerate → denumerate

de- + pauperize → depauperize

de- + prostrate → deprostrate

de- + specificate → despecificate

de- + substantival → desubstantival

de- + verbal → deverbal

de- + mise → demise


de-

From Proto-North Iroquoian *te, ultimately from Proto-Iroquoian *teː.


de-

de- + nuclearizzare (“to nuclearize”) → denuclearizzare (“to denuclearize”)

de- + grado (“grade”, “level”) → degradare (“to gradually diminish in height”)

de- + trarre (“to draw, extract”) → detrarre (“to subtract”)

de- + crescita (“growth”) → decrescita (“degrowth”)

de- + limitare (“to contain, restrict”) → delimitare (“to delimit”)

de- + carbossilazione (“carboxylation”) → decarbossilazione (“decarboxylation”)

(chemistry) denoting subtraction of one or more atoms, radicals or molecules:


de-

→ English: de-

French: de-, dé- (partially)

Italian: de-

Spanish: de-

→ Swedish: de-


de-

From English de-, from Latin dē (“of, from”).

deaktifkan

(obsolete) de- (reversal, undoing or removing)


de-

English: de-

Borrowed from Old French de-, from a combination of Latin de- and dis-.

Forms words denoting negativity, reversal or removal; dis-, de-.

Intensifies words with a negative connotation; dis-, de-.


de-

French: dé-

de- + brisier (“to break”) → debrisier (“to break”)

indicating that an action is done more strongly or more vigorously


de-

aktywować + de- → dezaktywować


de-

From Latin dē-, from the preposition dē (“of”, “from”), through loan words mainly from French.


de-

de- + baterya (“battery”) → de-baterya (“with battery; powered by battery”)

de- + gulong (“wheel”) → de-gulong (“with wheels”)

de- + kahoy (“wood”) → de-kahoy (“wooden”)

de- + koryente (“electricity”) → de-koryente (“electrical”)

prepositional particle added to indicate possession of quality or object


ひ

ひ + 弱い (yowai) → ひ弱い (hiyowai)

(emphatic, before an adjective, non-productive) indeed, truly


dis-

From Middle English dis-, borrowed from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.

dis- + agree → disagree

dis- + connect → disconnect

dis- + satisfied → dissatisfied

dis- + interested → disinterested

dis- + honour → dishonour

Not, the reverse of. (Especially forming words with a negative connotation)

dis- + card → discard (“to throw out a card”)

dis- + bar → disbar (“to expel from the bar”)

dis- + franchise → disfranchise (“to remove one's franchise, to prevent from voting”)

dis- + embowel → disembowel

dis- + annul → disannul (“to annul”)

dis- + function → disfunction


dis-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-).

disfàsia


dis-

Borrowed from Latin dis-. Compare the inherited des-.

dis- + sort (“luck”) → dissort (“misfortune”)


dis-

Borrowed from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.

shows separation, dissemination, e.g. semi (“sow”) > dissemi (“disseminate”) ; ŝiri (“tear”) > disŝiri (“tear to pieces”).


dis-

Borrowed from Latin dis-. Compare the inherited dé-.


dis-

From Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís. See also s-.

dis- + sglonfâ (“to inflate”) → disglonfâ (“to deflate”)

dis- + florî (“to bloom”) → disflorî (“to wither”)

dis- + sfidâ (“to challenge”) → disfidâ (“to compete”)

dis- + scuvierzi (“to discover, to uncover”) → discuvierzi (“to find out, to unveil”)


dis-

Borrowed from Esperanto dis-, from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.


dis-

From Dutch dis-, from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.


dis-

dis- (mutation mutation-radical)
dhis- (lenition mutation)
ndis- (eclipsis mutation)


dis-

dis- + fare (“do”) → disfare (“undo”)

dis- + organizzare (“organize”) → disorganizzare (“disorganize”)


dis-

Catalan: des-; → dis-

→ English: dis-

⇒ English: disrespect, disparage

desctree

⇒ English: diss
→ Chinese: diss
→ Dutch: diss, dissen
→ German: dissen
→ Polish: diss
→ Swedish: diss

→ Esperanto: dis-

Franco-Provençal: dè-

French: dé-, dés-; → dis-

Friulian: dis-

→ Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐍃- (dis-)

Italian: dis-, s-

Norman: des-

Occitan: des-

Portuguese: des-; → dis-

Romanian: des-, dez-

Sicilian: sdi-, s-

Spanish: des-; → dis-

Seemingly a mix of Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad”), Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (“two”) (doublet of bi-) and Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, in two”) (doublet of bis), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”). De Vaan proposes that either Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad”) was reformed to Proto-Italic *dis- by analogy with Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (“two”), or that *dwis- was changed to *dis- by dissimilation before roots starting with *w. Cognate with Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-), Ancient Greek διά (diá), Ancient Greek δίς (dís), Sanskrit द्विस् (dvis).

inh

dīmittō

discēdō

dissimulō

differtus


dis-

q

obsolete <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">des-</i>

English: dis- (obsolete des-)

Borrowed from Old French des- and its source Latin dis-.

Forms words denoting reversal or removal; dis-, de-.


dis-

Borrowed from New Latin dys-, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, hard”).

(medicine) dys- (forms the names of conditions characterised by difficult or inadequate function)


dis-

dis- (mutation mutation-radical)
ddis- (mutation mutation-soft)
nis- (mutation mutation-nasal)

dis- + taw (“quiet, silent”) → distaw (“silent, noiseless”)

dis- + pwyll (“consideration”) → disbwyll (“discretion, prudence”)

dis- + cloff (“lame”) → disgloff (“sure footed, agile”)


eco-

From French éco-, from Latin oeco-, from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house, household”).

uder

ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense)


eco-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house, household”).

bor+

eco- (forming words concerning ecology or the environment)


eco-

Borrowed from Latin echō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “echo”).

echo- (forming words related to echos or other reflected waves)


eco-

eco- (concerning ecology or the environment)


eco-

From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house, household”).

eco- + sistema (“system”) → ecosistema (“ecosystem”)

eco-; forms words concerning ecology or the environment


eco-

From Latin echō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “echo”).

eco- + cardiograma (“cardiogram”) → ecocardiograma (“echocardiogram”)

forms words relating to echos or other reflected waves


en-

From Middle English en- (“en-, in-”). Originally from Old French en- (also an-), from Latin in- (“in, into”); but also from an alteration of in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in- (“in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *in (“in”). Both the Latin and the Germanic forms are from Proto-Indo-European *en (“in, into”). Intensive use of Old French en-, an- is due to confluence with Frankish *an- (intensive prefix), related to Old English on- (intensive prefix). More at in-, on-.

em-

before certain consonants, principally b or p

encrypt

neologism from κρυπτός (kruptós; ) or κρύπτω (krúptō, )

embrocate

from embrocatus, from ἐμβροχή (embrokhḗ, )

empiric

via empirique and empiricus from ἐμπειρικός (empeirikós; )

encaustic

probably neologism after καυστικός (kaustikós; )

energy

via énergie and energia from ἐνέργεια (enérgeia; )

embathe, enquire, enlist

Forms a transitive verb whose meaning is to make the attached adjective

embark, enplane, enthrone

enclothe, embalm, enseam

enslave, embetter, engloom

empower

entangle, enwisen, enhamper


en-

Inherited from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); see en.


en-

Inherited from Old French en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); see en.


en-

From Old Galician-Portuguese en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); compare en.


en-

en- + irar (“to go”) → enirar (“to go in; enter”)

en- + swichar (“to switch”) → enswichar (“to switch on”)


en-

From Old Spanish en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of in (“in, into”).


en-

English: en- (in-)

Borrowed from Old French en-, from Latin in-.

Forms words, usually verbs, meaning "in", "on", or "around"; en-.


en-

From Old French en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); see en.


en-

From Old Occitan en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); see en.


en-

From Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”). Influenced by Frankish *an- (intensive prefix), related to Old English on- (intensive prefix).


en-

Galician: en-

Portuguese: en-

From Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”).


en-

ēnkunni (“only, unique”)


en-

From Old Galician-Portuguese en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); compare em.


en-

Inherited from Old Spanish en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); see en.


en-

en- (mutation mutation-radical)
hen- (mutation prothesis-h)

en- + mawr (“big”) → enfawr (“huge”)

en- + pyd (“danger”) → enbyd (“dangerous, exceeding, pressing”)

affirmative prefix, emphasises prefixed word


en-

From a- (“relative”) + n- (“class 9 basic noun prefix”).


ex-

unhyphened with primary or secondary stress

From Middle English, from words borrowed from Middle French; from Latin ex (“out of, from”), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵ-, *eǵs- (“out”), *eǵʰs. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex, “out of, from”), Transalpine Gaulish ex- (“out”), Old Irish ess- (“out”), Old Church Slavonic изъ (izŭ, “out”), Russian из (iz, “from, out of”).

borrowed from Latin: extract, expel, except, expression, exclusion

ex-directory; borrowed from Latin: exterior

ex-husband, ex-president, ex-wife

This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to see its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies. It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.

1969 December 7, “Full Frontal Nudity”, in Monty Python's Flying Circus, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Mr Praline (John Cleese), Dead Parrot sketch:

excaudate, exstipulate


ex-

Borrowed from French ex-, from Latin ex-.


ex-

ex-aviomies

ex-pomo


ex-

ex- + femme → ex-femme


ex-

French: é-

Italian: s-, es-

Old Occitan:

Occitan: es-

Polish: eks-, eks

Portuguese: es-, ex-

Sicilian: s- (before consonant), sc- (before vowel)

Spanish: es-

The preposition ex, ē used in combination.

ē- + veniō → ēveniō

ex- + clāmō (“call, shout”) → exclāmō (“call out, exclaim”)

ex- + eō (“go”) → exeō (“exit, depart”)

ē- + dormiō → ēdormiō

ē- + pōtō (“drink”) → ēpōtō (“drink up”)

ē- + dūrus → ēdūrō

ex- + acuō → exacuō

ex- + ōrō → exōrō

ex- + pugnō (“battle, fight, combat”) → expugnō (“capture, conquer”)

ex- + aggerō → exaggerō

ex- + struō (“pile, arrange”) → exstruō (“heap up, build up, construct”)

ex- + anima (“air, breath, soul, life”) → exanimō (“deprive of air, deprive of life”)

ex- + sanguis (“blood”) → exsanguis (“deprived of blood, bloodless”)


ex-

ef- + flouren → efflouren


for-

From Middle English for-, vor-, from Old English for-, fer-, fær-, fyr- (“far, away, completely”, prefix), from the merger of Proto-Germanic *fra- ("away, away from"; see fro, from) and Proto-Germanic *fur-, *far- (“through, completely, fully”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, *per-, *pr-. Cognate with Scots for-, West Frisian fer-, for-, Dutch ver-, German ver-, Swedish för-, Danish for-, Norwegian for-, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰- (fra-), Latin pro-. More at for.

forsteal is to steal away, forloppin is being a runaway, forban is to exile, fordrive is to drive away, fortake is to take away, forthrow is to throw off, forshake is to shake off, forhow is to cast off

(no longer productive) Forth: prefixed to verbs to indicate a direction of 'away', 'off', 'forth'.

forsing is to sing to exhaustion, forwander is to wander until weary, fortravel is to tire by travelling

(no longer productive) Exhausting: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wearing or exhausting one's self.

forhang is to hang to death, forthink is to cause distress or regret to, fordo is to kill

(no longer productive) Destructively: prefixed to verbs with the sense of destruction or pain.

forteach is to misteach, forswear is to commit perjury, forworship is to worship wrongly, forlead is to mislead, forlive is to live pervertedly

(no longer productive) Wrongly: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wrongly, amorally.

forslip is to allow someone or something to escape by letting them slip by; forslug is to lose, neglect, or destroy by sluggishness; forslack is to lose or spoil by slackness

(no longer productive) Neglectfully: prefixed to verbs with the sense of abstaining from or neglecting.

forblack is extremely black, forswollen is excessively swollen

(no longer productive) Very: intensifying adjectives.

fordote is to make foolish or doting, forguilt is to bring into a state of guilt

(no longer productive) Making: prefixed to verbs to indicate the subject takes the character of the verb.

forwax is to grow to excess, forgrow is to grow to excess, forhare is to affright or harry exceedingly

(no longer productive) Excessively: prefixed to verbs with the sense of doing so in excessive or overwhelm.

forjudge is to exclude by a judgment, forshut is to shut off or out, forbar is to exclude

(no longer productive) Excluding: prefixed to verbs to give the sense of prohibition or exclusion.

forbeat is to beat, fordread is to be in dread of, forlay is to lie in wait for

forgrow is to become grown over or become covered with growth, forbathe is to bathe abundantly or thoroughly, forseek is to seek thoroughly, forwrap is to wrap up

(no longer productive) Thoroughly: prefixed to verbs with the sense of thoroughly, all over.


for-

From Old English for-, which is identical with the preposition "for". In "Old English and Middle English it occurs frequently as a variant of fore- prefix, with the senses ‘before’, ‘in front’, ‘on behalf of’, etc.; cf. Old English for-, forecuman to come before, Middle English forganger and foreganger n."

forstand is to stand in front of so as to bar the way, fordede is a deed done for another, forlead is alternative form of forelead (“lead forward, lead before”)


for-

"Occurring only in words adopted from French, as forcatch v., forfeit n., forprise n., represents Old French for-, fors-, identical with fors adv. (modern French hors) outside, out."

foreclose is to shut out, forprise is an exception or reservation, forfeit is that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed


for-

From Old Norse for-, from Proto-Germanic *fra-.

for- + skøn (“beautiful”) + -e (infinitive suffix) → forskønne (“beautify”)

for- + sød (“sweet”) + -e → forsøde (“sweeten”)

for- + uren (“unclean”) + -e → forurene (“pollute”)

Makes verbs from adjectives meaning "to cause to be [adjective]".

for- + bore (“drill”) → forbore (“drill a hole for screwing”)

for- + arbejde (“work”) → forarbejde (“preparatory work”)

Denotes initial or preparatory action; pre-.


for-

for- + pafi (“to shoot”) → forpafi (“to frighten off”)

for- + veturi (“to drive”) → forveturi (“to drive away”)

for- + akrigi (“to sharpen”) → forakrigi (“to file down”)

for- + leki (“to lick”) → forleki (“to lick off”)


for-

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French for-, partially from Late Latin forīs, taken as an adaptation of the adverb forīs (“outdoors, outside”) and used to calque Frankish words prefixed by *fur- (“for-”) (compare Late Latin foris faciō (“to do wrong”) = Old High German firwirken (“to do wrong”), forisfactus (“evil deed”) = Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (frawaurhts, “evil deed”), foris coⁿsilio (“to mislead”) = Old High German firleitan (“to mislead”), etc.), and partially continuing from Proto-Germanic *fur-, *fer-, *fra- (“away, from, off”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, *per-, *pr-. See for-. Related to French fors (“except”), French hors (“outside”).

cog

(nonproductive) prefix used to express error, exclusion, or inadequacy


for-

for- + síða (“page”) → forsíða (“front page”)


for-

for- (mutation mutation-radical)
fhor- (lenition mutation)
bhfor- (eclipsis mutation)


for-

English: for-

Scots: for-

From Old English for-, from Proto-West Germanic *fra-, from Proto-Germanic *fra-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-.
The Old English prefix was reinforced by Proto-West Germanic *furi-, from Proto-Germanic *furi-; In Middle English, this prefix is further reinforced by Old French for-, from Latin foris.

Forms verbs meaning "far", "out" or with an intensive sense; for-.

Forms verbs denoting a failure or error; for-.

(no longer productive) Forms nouns with varying sense.


for-

for- + side (“page”) → forside (“front page”)


for-

desctree

Middle English: for-, far-, fer-, vor-
English: for-
Scots: for-

From Proto-West Germanic *fra-.
Cognates
Cognate with Old Frisian for-, Old Saxon far-, for-, Dutch ver-, Old High German fir-, far- (German ver-), and, outside Germanic, with Ancient Greek περί (perí), Latin per-, Old Church Slavonic пре- (pre-) (Russian пе́ре- (pére-)).

forwyrcan

forstandan

forweorpan

forstelan

fordēman

forlǣdan

wrongly, away from, astray, abstention, prohibition, perversion, destruction (verbal prefix)

forblāwan

forbrecan

forstoppian

forworen

used to create intensified adjectives and verbs from other adjectives and verbs, with the sense of completely or fully; compare Modern English use of up

forlȳtel


for-

From Proto-Celtic *uɸor-. Prefix form of for.


い

(Old Okinawan, Middle Okinawan) attaches to verbs and adjectives. Further details are uncertain. The derived terms do not appear to have any difference in meaning than their original terms.

いくとぅば
ikutuba
legend (< kutuba "word")

attaches to nouns to give a special value


uber-

Borrowed from German über-. Doublet of over-.

And Gisele Bündchen was known as an uber-model, over and above super-models.

Uber-fans forget that even a sporting arena is a public place, not the living room; and that in public places certain rules of conduct apply.

(slang, augmentative) Super; really; mega-.


た

阿波旎辭摩異椰敷多那羅弭阿豆枳辭摩異椰敷多那羅弭豫呂辭枳辭摩之魔儾伽多佐例阿羅智之吉備那流伊慕塢阿比瀰菟流慕能

Thou Island of Ahaji / With thy double ranges; / Thou Island of Adzuki / With thy double ranges / Ye good islands / Ye have seen face to face / My spouse of Kibi. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nihongi:_Chronicles_of_Japan_from_the_Earliest_Times_to_A.D._697/Book_X

Apadi-sima iya putanarabi Aduki₁-sima iya putanarabi yo₂ro₂siki₁ simasima ta ka ta-sarearatisi Ki₁bi₂ naru imo wo api₁mi₁turu mono₂

prefixed to a verb, adjective, or adverb to indicate an adjusting tone


ご

御: honorific prefix used before on'yomi nouns


ど

ど (canonical)
ド (canonical)
do- (romanization)

Appears to be a relatively recent innovation. In mainstream Japanese, this prefix is used as an intensifier. In the Kansai region, the meaning has further developed to convey more negative overtones.
The ultimate derivation is unclear. This may be an extension of the noun 度 (do, “degree, extent”).

どあほ


ど

何: indeterminate prefix, used to form question words such as 何れ (dore, “which”, literally “which one”) or 何処 (doko, “where”, literally “what place”)


di-

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
Borrowed from Latin di-, from Ancient Greek δι- (di-, “two”).

diacetate is any salt or ester having two acetate groups, dialkene is any alkene having two double bonds, diarchy is a state under the rule of two people; the form of government of such state, diactinal is having two rays

diglossia is the presence of a cleft or doubled tongue, dicatalectic is doubly catalectic, at both the middle and the end of the verse, dichoree is a double choree

diblock is of or pertaining to two blocks together, dimeson is a bound pair of mesons, dijet is a pair of jets

dikinetic is having both metakinetic and mesokinetic joints, dialetheism is the theory that statements can be both true and false at the same time and in the same sense, dianalytic is describing a function that is analytic or antianalytic with regards to both the domain and codomain

Both, possessing two distinct (possibly opposing) qualities.


di-

divide is to split or separate (something) into two or more parts, diverge is to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions

Alternative form of dis-: split, to split; shortened before l, m, n, r, s (followed by a consonant), and v; also often shortened before g, and sometimes before j.


di-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ- (di-), from Ancient Greek δῐά (diá, “through”).

diactinic is capable of transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light, dielectric is an electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, ie its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field

Alternative form of dia-: across or through, before a vowel.


di-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).


di-

dioxide

dipool
diople


di-

Internationalism (see English di-), ultimately from Ancient Greek δι- (di-).


di-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).


di-

From Malay di-, from Classical Malay di-, from Late Old Malay di-, from Early Old Malay ni-, from Proto-Malayic *ni-, a metathesis of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-in-, from Proto-Austronesian *-in- (“verb perfective infix for object focus”). Doublet of -in-.

inh

dimakan

(transitive) Patient focus, used in an OVA sentence.


di-

From Latin de- (“indicating removal or descent”).


di-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ- (di-), from δίς (dís, “twice, doubly”).


di-

head

di- (Jawi spelling before consonant-initial stems د-, Jawi spelling before vowel-initial stems دأ-)

before consonant-initial stems د- (Jawi)
before vowel-initial stems دأ- (Jawi)

From Late Old Malay ni-, from Early Old Malay ni-, from Proto-Malayic *ni-, a metathesis of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-in-, from Proto-Austronesian *-in- (“verb perfective infix for object focus”). Doublet of -in-.

di- + buka (“to open”) → dibuka (“was opened”)

Pintu itu dibuka (oleh) ayah.

(third person) Patient focus or passive voice marker of a verb.


di-

Represents multiple homophonous thematic and aspectual prefixes of position I and VI, whose exact meaning and etymology remain mostly speculative.

diidiłjeeh

diidiłjeeh

dilʼéés

dilwosh

disééh

yidiitsʼį́į́h

dinilgai

yą́ą́ʼdíłgééd

bidizóóh

diyin

kʼiidilé

yidiséí

hadii-

díní- (prolongative)

tádi- (diversative)

bibadi-

Unclassified, often entering in the formation of other prefix compounds

dighááh

Forms a number of inceptive verbs, with a (∅/si) paradigm.

dah diighááh

Forms a number of inchoative verbs, with prepounded dah and a transitional (yii/yii) paradigm.

doogááł

didoogááł

dah didoogááł

Forms the future mode of all active verbs along with the progressive yi-.

dijool


di-

Probably cognate with a prefix of similar shape occurring in other Athabascan languages a reflexive possessive pronoun.
Probably cognate with classifier -d- marking passive and reflexive verbs.

yishchʼid

nishchʼid

ádíshchʼid

ánáádíshchʼid

Personal prefix used in combination with the prefix of position I à-, marking the reflexive verbs. It always triggers a classifier shift (∅ → d, ł → l).


di-

From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.


di-

di- + chromatyczny → dichromatyczny


di-

di- (mutation mutation-radical)
ddi- (mutation mutation-soft)
ni- (mutation mutation-nasal)

Proto-Celtic *dī- (“from, of”), from Proto-Indo-European *de. Cognate with Cornish di-.

di- + goddef → dioddef

di- + golwch → diolch

di- + enw (“name”) → dienw (“anonymous”)

di- + paid (“pause, respite”) → di-baid (“ceaseless, incessant”)

di- + swydd (“job, office”) + -o → diswyddo (“dismiss, discharge, sack, make redundant”)

without, -less, de-, a-, negative prefix


saint

From the pattern of naming various parishes and other places for Christian saints.

(toponymy) Capitalized and placed before another term, particularly personal names, to create placename without direct association to any religious character.


いと

Likely from Old Japanese [Term?]. Attested from at least the mid-ninth century.

(archaic) affixed to a noun referring to a person, indicating early childhood


가

가— (canonical)
ga- (romanization)
假 (hanja)

the hanja entry at 假 for Sino-Korean compounds of 가


y-

From Middle English y-, from Old English ġe- (perfective and associative prefix); see those entries for more. Cognate with German ge-, Yiddish גע־ (ge-).

inh

ybarred, yclept, yclad, ybaptized, yslain, yronne

(not productive, obsolete) Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles (this prefix does not occur independently and is no longer productive).


y-

Used together with the suffix -i to create masculine agent nouns.


y-

he or she (used for conjugating verbs to the subjective or nominative case of the personal pronoun)


y-

English: y-, a-, i- (obsolete)

Yola: ee-

From Old English ġe- (perfective and associative prefix), from unstressed Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“with”). Cognate with Old Frisian e-, Central Franconian je-, Old Saxon gi-, Dutch ge-, Old High German ga- (German ge-), Old Norse g-, Gothic 𐌲𐌰- (ga-). See also ker-.

alternative form of þe due to typographic variation:

In contrast

ȝe- / y- is pronounced /jə/, /i/, consistent with the Old English pronunciation of ge- as /je/; it is usually dropped in Modern English except in archaisms (though note enough)

the standalone Middle English definite article ye is pronounced

and is effectively an alternative spelling of þe

Added to verbs as a perfective prefix or intensifier.

Used to form nouns of association similar to English co-.

Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles.


y-

y- + efubike (“to cover oneself”) → yefubike (“may he/she cover himself/herself”)

Form used before a verb affixed with -a- or subjunctive -e- of a-

y- + efubike (“to cover oneself”) → yefubike (“may they (class 4) cover themselves; may it (class 9) cover itself”)

Form used before a verb affixed with -a- or subjunctive -e- of e-


y-

ewü (first-person pronoun)
y- (first-person)
ü- (first-person)
u- (first-person)
w- (agent first-person transitive)
w- (agent-like first-person intransitive)
wi- (agent first-person transitive)
wi- (agent-like first-person intransitive)
küwü (dual first-person inclusive pronoun)
k- (agent-like dual first-person inclusive intransitive patient-like)
k- (direct-object dual first-person inclusive postpositional)
k- (dual first-person inclusive patient transitive)
k- (dual first-person inclusive possessive)
k- (dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument)
kü- (agent-like dual first-person inclusive intransitive patient-like)
kü- (direct-object dual first-person inclusive postpositional)
kü- (dual first-person inclusive patient transitive)
kü- (dual first-person inclusive possessive)
kü- (dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument)
ku- (agent-like dual first-person inclusive intransitive patient-like)
ku- (direct-object dual first-person inclusive postpositional)
ku- (dual first-person inclusive patient transitive)
ku- (dual first-person inclusive possessive)
ku- (dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument)
ki- (agent-like dual first-person inclusive intransitive patient-like)
ki- (direct-object dual first-person inclusive postpositional)
ki- (dual first-person inclusive patient transitive)
ki- (dual first-person inclusive possessive)
ki- (dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument)
k- (agent dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kii- (agent dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
ki- (agent dual first-person inclusive series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
amödö (pronoun second-person)
ö- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
ö- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
ö- (patient second-person transitive)
ö- (possessive second-person)
ö- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
öy- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
öy- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
öy- (patient second-person transitive)
öy- (possessive second-person)
öy- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
ödh- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
ödh- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
ödh- (patient second-person transitive)
ödh- (possessive second-person)
ödh- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
o- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
o- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
o- (patient second-person transitive)
o- (possessive second-person)
o- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
oy- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
oy- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
oy- (patient second-person transitive)
oy- (possessive second-person)
oy- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
odh- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
odh- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
odh- (patient second-person transitive)
odh- (possessive second-person)
odh- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
a- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
a- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
a- (patient second-person transitive)
a- (possessive second-person)
a- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
ay- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
ay- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
ay- (patient second-person transitive)
ay- (possessive second-person)
ay- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
adh- (direct-object postpositional second-person)
adh- (intransitive patient-like second-person)
adh- (patient second-person transitive)
adh- (possessive second-person)
adh- (second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
m- (agent second-person series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
m- (agent-like intransitive second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
mi- (agent second-person series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
mi- (agent-like intransitive second-person series-ii-verb-argument)
nña (dual exclusive first-person pronoun)
y- (dual exclusive first-person)
dh- (dual exclusive first-person)
ch- (dual exclusive first-person)
i- (dual exclusive first-person)
chö- (direct-object dual exclusive first-person postpositional)
n- (agent dual exclusive first-person series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
n- (agent-like dual exclusive first-person intransitive patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
ni- (agent dual exclusive first-person series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
ni- (agent-like dual exclusive first-person intransitive patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
tüwü (pronoun third-person)
y- (third-person)
dh- (third-person)
ch- (third-person)
i- (third-person)
chö- (direct-object postpositional third-person)
n- (patient series-ii-verb-argument third-person transitive)
ni- (patient series-ii-verb-argument third-person transitive)
n- (agent series-ii-verb-argument third-person transitive)
n- (agent-like intransitive patient-like series-ii-verb-argument third-person)
ni- (agent series-ii-verb-argument third-person transitive)
ni- (agent-like intransitive patient-like series-ii-verb-argument third-person)
tüwü (distant-past past pronoun)
kün- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kün- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
kun- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kun- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
kin- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kin- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
ken- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
ken- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
küm- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
küm- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
kum- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kum- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
kim- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kim- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
kini- (agent distant-past past patient series-ii-verb-argument transitive)
kini- (agent-like distant-past intransitive past patient-like series-ii-verb-argument)
t- (direct-object postpositional reflexive)
t- (possessive reflexive)
t- (reflexive series-ii-verb-argument)
tü- (direct-object postpositional reflexive)
tü- (possessive reflexive)
tü- (reflexive series-ii-verb-argument)
tu- (direct-object postpositional reflexive)
tu- (possessive reflexive)
tu- (reflexive series-ii-verb-argument)
ti- (direct-object postpositional reflexive)
ti- (possessive reflexive)
ti- (reflexive series-ii-verb-argument)
te- (direct-object postpositional reflexive)
te- (possessive reflexive)
te- (reflexive series-ii-verb-argument)
öö- (agent patient reciprocal transitive)
öö- (agent-like intransitive patient-like reciprocal)
öö- (direct-object postpositional reciprocal)
mön- (agent first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
man- (agent first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
mon- (agent first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
möm- (agent first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
möni- (agent first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
mön- (agent dual exclusive first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
man- (agent dual exclusive first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
mon- (agent dual exclusive first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
möm- (agent dual exclusive first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
möni- (agent dual exclusive first-person object-second-person patient transitive)
k- (agent object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
kü- (agent object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
ku- (agent object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
ki- (agent object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
k- (agent object-dual object-exclusive object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
kü- (agent object-dual object-exclusive object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
ku- (agent object-dual object-exclusive object-first-person patient second-person transitive)
ki- (agent object-dual object-exclusive object-first-person patient second-person transitive)

Marks a noun as having a first-person possessor.

Marks a postposition as having a first-person object.

Marks a transitive verb as having a first-person patient/object when the agent/subject is of third person with verb forms that take series I markers.

Marks a transitive verb as having a first-person patient/object when the agent/subject is unspecified with verb forms that take series II markers.

Marks an intransitive verb with patient-like argument as having a first-person argument/subject with verb forms that take series I markers (excepting a few verbs that take w-) and on all intransitive verbs with verb forms that take series II markers.

Marks a verb form derived with n- and -dü or -'jüdü as having a first-person agent/subject.


y-

The allomorphs ∅- and i- are direct descendants of the original Proto-Cariban *i-, used before consonants. However, Proto-Cariban had ∅- on vowel-initial stems; the Ye'kwana forms y- and ch- are innovations that it shares with certain other Cariban languages. For the former, compare Apalaí, Bakairí, and Chaima y-. The latter, meanwhile, derives from an earlier form *it- also found in several languages of the Venezuelan Cariban branch.

Marks a noun as having a third-person possessor.

Marks a postposition as having a third-person object.

Marks a transitive verb as having a third-person patient/object with verb forms that take series II markers.

Marks an intransitive verb as having a third-person argument/subject with verb forms that take series II markers.

Marks a verb as having third-person arguments when marked with the admonitive -'no, prohibitive -i, or uncertain future -tai suffixes.


con-

Inherited from Middle English con-, from Latin con-, from cum (“with”).

並

add a notion similar to those conveyed by with, together, or joint

concorporate is united into a single body, conglobulate is to collect together into a globule, conglutination is to glue together into a glutination

Unite: to unite into a collection indicated by the root word.

conarticular is that articulates together, conjubilant is rejoicing together, consubsistence is subsistence together

confamilial is belonging to the same taxonomic family, contypic is relating to the same type, conspecific is relating to the same species

Having commonality, having the same property indicated by the root.

Belonging to the same group indicated by the root.

connascent is born together, concreate is to create at the same time, congeneration is simultaneous generation (as of heat and light from the same action)

Synchronous or simultaneous with the root.

concitizen is a fellow citizen, condisciple is a fellow disciple, concelebrant is one who concelebrates

confocal is having the same foci, consimilar is having similarities in common, conterminant is having the same termination

convivify is to gain eternal life, confix is to make firm, constrict is to limit or restrict

congenial is very genial, connatural is inherent (very natural), convicinity is immediate vicinity (very close)

consalazinic acid is a lichen acid found together with salazinic acid, conphaseolin is a protein found with phaseolin, connegative is a verb form used with a negative verb in certain languages

Found with. What is found with the root.

consequence as what comes from the sequence, convicine is a glycoside coming from vicine, connatal is an anomaly present at birth

Indicating a common origin:
From, coming from the root.

conplastic is produced by introducing the genetic material from one strain into the cytoplasm of another; contour is a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another; converb is a verb with a stressed, separable prefix

When one entity is put into another, or one entity affects the other.

confraternization is mutual fraternization, confated is fated with something else, connascence is a relationship between two or more elements of software in which changing one necessitates changing the others in order to maintain overall correctness

Mutuality, indicating a reciprocal relationship or influence

constrict is to coil around prey in order to asphyxiate it, constellate is to adorn with constellations

concolorate is having a uniform colour


con-

Back-formation from conlang, short for "constructed language".

attached to certain words to obtain new, informal, subcultural words in which con- conveys a notion of:


con-

Inherited from Latin con-, from cum (“with”).


con-

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *kom- (“with, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm. Cognate with Old Irish com-, Welsh cyf-, Breton kev- or kem-.

inh+

kontowtos, Komargos, Komgenno, Kongennolitanos, Kobrunos, kondate, Kongestlos, Komeliꟈꟈos, Kowiros, Kobnertus, Komaros, etc.

Used in compounds to indicate community, participation, relation, connection


con-

coeō, colloquor, convīvor, etc.: colligō, compōnō, condō, etc.

Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects

commaculō, commendō, concitō, comminuō, concerpō, concīdō, convellō, etc.

Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word


con-

English: con-

Scots: con-

Borrowed from Old French con- and Latin con-.


pre-

From Middle English pre-, borrowed from Latin prae-, from the preposition prae (“before”).

d'avant

to form adjectives, for example a pre-1960 car - une voiture d'avant 1960;before a number

avant

to form adverbs, for example to go back pre-1960 - retourner avant 1960

Before; physically in front of; (anatomy) anterior.


pre-

before; used to form words meaning "in front of" or "before"

before; used to form words meaning superiority or excellence


pre-

Borrowed from English pre-, French pré-, Italian pre-, Spanish pre-, Russian пред- (pred-), пре- (pre-).


pre-

(Medieval Latin) Alternative form of prae-


pre-

Inherited from Latin per-, with a few cases influenced by prae. Doublet of prea-.

used with verbs to indicate repetition or insistence


pre-

dug / predug

Prefix prepended to adjectives and adverbs to denote excess of a feature; too, excessively, over-

trpati / pretrpati

Prefix prepended to verbs to indicate an action being done excessively, again or differently; re-, over-

prepoloviti

Prefix prepended to verbs to indicate change in form, especially through partition

Spavat ću u hotelu. Prespavao sam u hotelu.

I will sleep in a hotel. I slept (over) in a hotel.

Prefix prepended to imperfective verbs to make them perfective; to indicate that the action has been carried out


pre-

pre- + zráčiti (“to ventilate”) → prezráčiti (“to ventilate”)

Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:

pre- + grísti (“to bite”) → pregrísti (“to bite through”)

pre- + bȃrvati (“to paint”) → prebȃrvati (“to repaint”)

pre- + plačáti (“to pay”) → preplačáti (“to overpay”)

pre- + sedẹ́ti (“to sit”) → presedẹ́ti (“to sit for a certain time”)


pre-

Borrowed from Latin prae- (“before”), from the Latin preposition prae.


metro-

metro-link, metro-bus, metro-rail

metropolitan: of or relating to the city.


metro-

From metra, medical English, via New Latin, via Ancient Greek μήτρα (mḗtra), "uterus".