8th Roots & Affixes

Front

aesth / esth

Back

feeling, perception, sensation (e.g., aesthetic – relating to beauty or the senses)

Front

agon

Back

struggle, contest (e.g., antagonist – one who struggles against another)

Front

corp

Back

body (e.g., corpse – a dead body)

Front

dent / odon

Back

tooth (e.g., dentist – tooth doctor; orthodontist – tooth straightener)

Front

derm

Back

skin (e.g., dermatologist – skin doctor)

Front

dur

Back

hard, lasting (e.g., durable – able to last a long time)

Front

ev / aev

Back

age, time (e.g., medieval – from the Middle Ages; longevity – long life/time)

Front

flu / fluct / flux

Back

flow (e.g., fluid – something that flows; fluctuate – to shift back and forth)

Front

grad / gred / gress

Back

step, go (e.g., graduate – to move up a step; progress – to go forward)

Front

her / hes

Back

stick, cling (e.g., adhere – to stick to; cohesive – sticking together)