Morphology Wall

5th Grade
Prefix	Suffix	Root	Definition	Examples	Origin	Additional Information
en-, em-			to cause to be, to put into or onto, to go into or onto	encounter, enable, employ, embark, encircle	Latin
sub-			under, beneath, below secondary	subway, subsoil, substitute	Latin
fore-			before, earlier	forearm, foreword	Anglo-Saxon
semi-			half	semicircle, semicolon	Latin
anti-			opposite, against	antibiotic, antifreeze	Greek
auto-			self	autograph, automatic	Greek
multi-			many/ much	multicolor, multifamily	Latin
poly-			many/ much	polygon, polysyllable	Greek
deca- deci-			ten	decathlon, decade, decimal, decimeter	Latin/ Greek
kilo-			1,000	kilogram, kilowatt	Greek
milli- mille-			1,000	millennium, millimeter	Latin
centi-			100	centimeter, centipede	Latin
	-ion, -tion, -ation, -ition		act of/ state of/ result of	tension, attention, elevation, union	Anglo-Saxon	Usually a noun The real suffix is –ion. Putting s or t in front of –ion is simply determined by the spelling of the root
	-able -ible		can be done	enjoyable, sensible, likable	Latin	-able ending words have roots that can stand alone.(enjoyable) -ible ending words have roots that can not stand alone. (sensible)
	-ive -ative -tive		inclined/ tending toward an action	festive, talkative, active, sensitive	Latin	Words that end with –de (intrude) change the –de to s then add –ive (intrusive). Words that end with silent e (create) drop the e then add –ive (creative).
	-logy, -ology		science of/ study of	biology, chronology	Greek
	-ence -ance		act/ condition of	persistence, excellence, assistance, importance	Latin	Usually a noun –ence and –ance sound alike because of the schwa. –ence is used somewhat more often than –ance.
	-an, -an		one having a certain skill/ relating to/ belonging to	electrician, magician, American, suburban	Latin	Usually a noun
		ject	to throw	inject, objection, project	Latin
		struct	to build	construct, instructor	Latin
		vis	to see	vision, evidence	Latin
		vid	see	video, evidence, provide, providence	Latin
		jur juris	judge, oath law	jury, jurisdiction	Latin
		log logue	word	prologue, apology, dialogue, eulogy, monologue	Greek
		path	feeling/ suffering/ disease	apathetic, pathology	Greek
		ast astr	star	astronaut, astronomy, disaster, asterisk	Greek
		mit	to send	emit, transmit, admit, remit	Latin
		audi (aud)	hear	audience, auditorium, audiovisual	Latin
		dict	to say, tell	diction, dictator	Latin