Prefix Examples | Word formation in English
For example,
- prefix = pre (before) + fix (to place): A word-part attached to the beginning of a word. The prefix is placed before the root word.
- suffix = suff (derived from “sub,” below) + fix (to place): A word-part attached to the end of a word. The prefix is placed after the root word.
- overcoat = over (on top of) + coat (a type of garment): a garment worn on top of one’s other garments
- reform = re (to do again) + form (to make): significant changes to an item or organization
- renew (re- + new)
- multicultural (multi- + cultural)
- cybersecurity (cyber- + security)
- pseudonym (pseudo- + nym)
- Opposite: A, An, Un
- Not: Im, In, Non
- Pro: Favorable
- Against : Anti, Con
- After: Post
- Past: Ex
- Before: Ante, Pre
- Half: Demi, Semi
- Each: Per
- One: Uni
- Two: Bi, Di
- Three: Tri
- Good: Ben
- Bad: Mal
- High: Hyper
- Low: Hypo
- Love: Phil
- Hate: Mis
- Again: Re
- Canceled: De
- Similar: Psuedo, Quasi
anti - meaning against; antiwar (against war)
ben - meaning good; benefit (something that is good for you)
auto- meaning self; automatic ( starts by itself)
dis - meaning lack of; disrespect (lack of respect
extra- meaning outside or beyond; extraordinary (beyond ordinary)
in- (il-, im-, ir-) meaning not; incomplete (not complete, immobile (not mobile), illiterate (not literate), irreplaceable (not replaceable)
mis - meaning wrong; misplace (put in the wrong place)
co- (com-) meaning with; companion (someone you spend time with), concurrent (at the same time)
pro- meaning forward; promotion (moved forward in a job)
sub- meaning under; submarine (a ship that travels under the water)
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