Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes Grade 5

Front

Root: bio

Back

Meaning: life Example: biography

Front

Root: decem, decim

Back

Meaning: ten (10) Example: decimal

Front

Root: later, latus

Back

Meaning: side Example: quadrilateral

Front

Root: nucleus

Back

Meaning: core Example: nuclear

Front

Root: pars, part

Back

Meaning: a little piece or part Example: particle

Front

Root: path(y)

Back

Meaning: feeling, emotion Example: sympathy

Front

Root: phon

Back

Meaning: sound Example: telephone

Front

Root: phobia

Back

Meaning: fear Example: claustrophobia

Front

Root: scope

Back

Meaning: look at Example: telescope

Front

Root: struct

Back

Meaning: build Example: construction