Affixes and Root Words

An element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning (a prefix or suffix).

• affix
• prefix
• suffix
• root word
• baseword

an affix that comes before a root word to change its meaning

• prefix
• affix
• suffix
• root word
• baseword

An affix placed after the root word to change its meaning

• suffix
• root word
• baseword
• prefix
• affix

what's left of a word when all the affixes are removed. Root words are often categorized by their origin (EX: Bio)

• root word
• suffix
• prefix
• baseword
• affix

words that can stand alone without any affixes. These words have meaning on their own, but they can also have prefixes and suffixes added to them to make new words (EX: Friend)

• base word
• affix
• prefix
• suffix
• root word

Latin root meaning "to build"

• struct
• cred

Latin root meaning to write

• scrib
• aud

Latin root meaning to pull or drag

• tract
• port

Latin root meaning to see or watch

• spec

• vis

Latin root meaning to throw

• ject
• phon