Section 5 Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes

-escent

• becoming

• land, earth

• jaw

• angle, corner

eso-

• iron

• step

• inward, within, inner

• female

eu-

• break

• tongue

• naked, bare

• well, good, true, normal

eury-

• record, writing

• widen

• eyeball

• split, divided into

ex-

• marriage

• producer, former

• out of, away from

• ring, circle, spiral

extra-

• stomach

• leaf

• bend

• beyond, outside

-fer-

• bear, carry, produce

• jaw

• female

• eyeball

ferro-

• origin, birth

• tongue

• buttock

• iron

fibr-

• marriage

• stomach

• fiber, thread

• ball, round

-fid, fiss-

• split, divided into

• flow

• well, good, true, normal

• step