Chapter 1: concepts, suffixes, prefixes

• A root is a fundamental unit establishing basic meaning
• A compound word contains more than one root
• -ia

  condition of
• -ism

  condition of
• -sis

  condition of
• -y

  condition of
• -ac

  pertaining to, like, resembling
• -al

  pertaining to, like, resembling
• -ar

  pertaining to, like, resembling
• -ary

  pertaining to, like, resembling
• -form

  pertaining to, like, resembling
• -ic

  pertaining to, like, resembling
• -ical

  pertaining to, like, resembling
• -ile

  pertaining to, like, resembling
• -old

  pertaining to, like, resembling
• -ory

  pertaining to, like, resembling
• -ous

  pertaining to, like, resembling
• plural of "a"

  "ae"
• plural of "en"

  "na"
• plural of "ex,""ix,""yx"

  "ices"
• plural of "is"

  "es"
• plural of "ma"

  "mata"
• plural of "nx"

  "nges"
• plural of "on"

  "a"
• plural of "um"

  "a"
• plural of "us"

  "i"
• prim/i-

  first
• mon/o-

  one
• uni-

  one
• hemi-

  half, one side
• semi-

  half, partial
• dipl/o-

  double
• multi-

  many
• poly-

  many, much
• cyan/o-

  blue
• erythr/o-

  red
• leuk/o-

  white, colorless
• melan/o-

  black, dark
• xanth/o-

  yellow
• a-, an-

  not, lacking, without