Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots

omni-

• everywhere or all

• somewhere or few

• nowhere or none

• anywhere or many

retro-

• forward, ahead, or front

• backward, behind, or back

• sideways, lateral, or adjacent

• upward, above, or over

ob-

• in the way of, against, or toward

• in favor of

• away from

• alongside

mors/mort

• to live; life

• to die; death

• to sleep; rest

• to fight; battle

pro-

• backward

• forth or forward

• sideways

• upward

scrib/script

• to write

• to read

• to speak

• to draw

-ship

• the art or skill of.

• a type of relationship.

• a form of leadership.

• a method of partnership.

spec/spect

• to see or to look; appearance

• to hear or to listen; sound

• to touch or to feel; texture

• to taste or to savor; flavor

non-

• not

• never

• always

• sometimes

tang/ting/tact

• to touch

• to see

• to hear

• to smell