Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes Grade 8-12

Front

Root: amble

Back

Meaning: walk about, passage. Example: ambulance

Front

Root: anthro

Back

Meaning: mankind. Example: anthropology

Front

Root: colonus

Back

Meaning: farmer. Example: colony

Front

Root: compos

Back

Meaning: in control, mastery. Example: decompose

Front

Root: dens

Back

Meaning: thick. Example: condensation

Front

Root: duc, dus

Back

Meaning: to lead. Example: conduction

Front

Root: echo

Back

Meaning: sound. Example: echocardiogram

Front

Prefix: hetero-

Back

Meaning: other, different. Example: heterogeneous

Front

Prefix: homo-

Back

Meaning: same. Example: homogeneous

Front

Prefix: intra-

Back

Meaning: among, inside. Example: intracellular