Earth Science Prefixes

• di-/dis- = apart, negative
• a-/an= not, without
• alto= height
• anthrop= humans
• anti= against
• aqui= water
• aster= stars
• atmost= vapor, air
• baro= pressure
• bentho= deep ocean
• bi= two, both
• bor= north
• carto= map, pictures
• centi= one hundred
• chron= time
• clastic= shrapnel, fragments
• dendro= tree
• epi= above, on top
• equi= value, balance
• exo= outside
• geo= Earth
• glaci= ice
• halo= salt
• helio= sun
• hemi= half
• hydro= water
• hyper= more than, excess
• hypo= below normal
• inter= between
• intra= within
• lati= sides
• luna= moon
• macro= large, big
• mare= sea
• meso= middle
• meta= change, after, beyond, between
• micro= very small, short, minute
• milli= one thousandth
• paleo= ancient
• peri= around, enclosing