Affixes & Roots - Part A

ante-

(antebellum, antecedent)

• in front of, before

• after

• during

• beside

co-, con-, com-

(cooperate. combine)

What does this prefix mean?

• together, with

• against

• before

• after

deca-, deci-

(decade, decimeter)

What does this prefix represent?

• 5 (five)

• 10 (ten)

• 15 (fifteen)

• 20 (twenty)

pro-

(proceed, prohibit)

• forward

• after

• against

• before

centi

(centipede, centimeter)

• 50 (fifty)

• 100 (one hundred)

• 200 (two hundred)

• 10 (ten)

fore-

(forefathers, foreshadow)

• after, later

• before, earlier

• during, now

• above, higher

inter-

(interstate, interview)

• among

• between

• within

• against

multi-

(multicolored, multitask)

• few, little

• many, much

• some, several

• none, zero

trans-

(transcontinental, transform)

• across

• change

• through

• between

homo-

(homophone, homonym)

• different

• same

• opposite

• varied