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Stories of Human Rights
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Pre xes (before the root)
Pre x
De nition
Examples
Origin
de
reduce down away from
defeat, deform, decrease
Latin
mis
bad or badly wrong or wrongly
misbehave, misread, misspell
Latin
over
too much, above
overdone, overhead
Anglo-Saxon
under
too little, below
underfed, underground
Anglo-Saxon
uni
one, single
unicorn, unicycle, uniform
Latin
bi
two
bicycle, binocular
Latin
tri
three
tricycle, triangle
Latin/Greek
non
not
nonfat, nonsense
Latin
oct
eight
octagon, octopus
Latin/Greek
quad
four
quadrilateral, quadrant
Latin
deci
ten
decathlon, decade, decimal, decimeter
Latin/Greek
deca
ten
decathlon, decade, decimal, decimeter
Latin/Greek
centi
100
centimeter, centipede
Latin
milli
1,000
millennium, millimeter
Latin
kilo
1,000
kilogram, kilowatt
Greek
mille
1,000
millennium, millimeter
Latin
fore
before, earlier
forearm, foreword
Anglo-Saxon
en
to cause to be, to put into or onto, to go into or onto
encounter, enable, encircle
Latin
em
to cause to be, to put into or onto, to go into or onto
employ, embark
Latin
sub
under, beneath, below, secondary
subway, subsoil, sub itute
Latin
fore
before, earlier
forearm, foreword
Anglo-Saxon
anti
opposite, again
antibiotic, antifreeze
Greek
auto
self
autograph, automatic
Greek
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