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morpheme meaning examples

arch, archy rulling, taking the ethnarch monarchy tetrarch
lead, government,
ruler
center, centr, center, central, centripetal centrifugal centrobaric
centri, centro centrally
cur, cura care, cure heal curator curatrix curative
curr, cur,curs run curricle curriculum recurrence
ante before, previous antecede anteroom antedate, anticipate
calli, cali, beauty calligraphy calligram callisthetics
kali,callo
bar, baro weight, pressure baromacrometer barology barometer
ant, anti opposite, against, in antidote antibody anticaustic,
exchange, instead, antifebrile
rivalling, simulating
dem, demo people demagogue democracy demography
amphi both, of both kinds, amphibia amphitheatre amphibiology
on both sides, about,
around
caco bad, evil caco-demon cacoepy cacography
dendro, dendr tree dendrology dendriform dendrophilous
bi, bin, bis two, pair, couple binate binary bissannual
aud, audi hear audible audiometer audiophile,
chron time chronogram chronopher audiophone
chronomastix
ann year annals annual annuity
ad, an to, toward, near, very admit annex adoral
ideo, idea idea ideography ideopraxist ideology
later, lateral side lateral multilateral equilateral
chrom, colour chromascope chromatic chromatism
chromo,
chromat
meter, metr measure chronometer barometer symmetry
metr mother metropolis metronym
calor, calour heat, warmth caloricity caloriduct calorify
mono, mon alone, one, single monarch monopoly
cap, cip, capt, take recipe recipient
cept
morph, morpho form, shape morphology morphosis amorphous
gam, gamo, marriage polygamy mongamy
gamy
doc, doct teach doctrine doctrinate doctrinaire
gyn, gynaec, woman gynaecology gynarchy misogynist
gyneo
anim life, spirit, mind, soul animate animosity equanimity
etym true, meaning, word etymology etymon etymologicon
dyn, dynam, power, force dynameter dynamism
dyanmo
frica, frict rub frication friction fricative
archae, ancient, primitive, archaeography archaeology archaeolatry
archaeo, beginning
archeo
hemi half, one half hemisphere hemisect hemistich
bi, bio life, course o way of biogenetic biognosy biometry
living)
hydr, hydro water hydrophoby hydrosphere hydrotherapeutic
bi twice, two, doubly bilateral bilamellate biennal
her, hes stick, cling inherent adhere cohesion
biblio, bibl book biblioclasm bibliotheca bibliopegy
lun, luna moon lunar lunatic lunation
aer, aero air aerodrome aeronaut aerostat
mim, mimo, imitate mimeograph mime mimicry
mimeo
crit judge critic criticaster hypercritical

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morpheme meaning examples

liter, litera letter literary literate literacy
algia, agly pain cephalalgy neuralgia nostalgia
liqu fluid liquate liquefacient liquefy
anthropo man, mankind anthropocentric anthropogenic anthropoid
integer, integr, whole, entire integrity integrant
integri
astr, astro, star astrognosy astronomy astrology
aster
aster inferior criticaster poetaster
junct join junction juncture
crat, cracy, power, rule, plutocracy technocracy bureaucracy
cratic government
jur, just, juris
law, right jural jurisprudence just
auto self, one's own, autocrat autonomy autopsy
indopendently
log, logy word, speech, study, eulogy archaeology philology
science
amb, ambi both, round, on both ambidexter ambient ambiguous
side
jace lie, lie down jacent adjacent
derm, dermat, skin, hide, leather dematology hypodermic taxidermy
dermato
antho flower anthology anthoid anthologist
cord heart cordial cordiform cordiality
am, amor love, liking, amialbe amorous amicable
lat friendiness
hide latent latency
glyph, glypt, carving glyphography glyptography hieroglyphic
glypto
leg, lig, lect choose, gather, levy legion, legume delectus, elect electant, select
leg, lect read legible, legit lectern, lector lecture, lection
leg law legislate legitime legitimate
cumul, cumli, heap cumulate cumulative
cumulus
cardio, cardi heart cardialgy cardiograph cardioid
dia across, through, diagonal diameter
during, throughly
dict say dictum dictograph dictator
lin, linea line linear lineation lineature
acro terminal, topmost, a acrobat acrolith acropolis
tip, a peak
digit finger, toe digit digitally digitize
meso, mes middle mesopotomia mesothesis mesology
dent, denti, tooth dentifrice dentine dentist
dento
dors, dorsi, back, of, to, on the dorsal endorse/indorse dorsi gerous
dorso back
ichthyo, ichty fish ichthyomorphic ichthyology ichthyism
ge, geo earth gemancy geophagy georama
humid moist humid humify humidity
atim --by-- or --for-- verbatim gradtem literatim
aristo best aristocracy aristocratize
ex- , e- out, expel, remove, exclude, enervate excruciate, exorcize expatriate,
thoroughly excorticate
gloss, glott, language, tongue glossolalia polyglot glossology
glot
hibern winter hibernacle hibernaculum hinbernate
cephal, head cephalalgy cephalic cephaloid
cephalo
decem, decim, ten decennial decimate decimal
dec
auct, aug to increase, growth, auction augment
public sale in which
bids are increased

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morpheme meaning examples

dis apart, in different discredit distract disintegrate
direction
capit head capitation capitulate capitally
du two, double duarchy dualism
clast, clastic breaking, destroying, iconoclast cranioclast biblioclast
destroyer
dorm sleep dormitive dormant dormitory
limin threshold eliminate preliminary
chiro, chir hand chirognomy chiromancy chironomy
aur ear aural auricle auricular
lumin light luminate luminarist luminescent
athl, athlete conted for prize athletics pentathlete pentathlon
contra against, inoposition, contraband contradict controversy
oposite
fract, frag, break, breaking fracture fragile frangible
frang, fring
fug flee, dispatch fugacious fugitive
flu, fluc, fluct, flow, current, wave fluctuate fluent fluid
flux
fortu, fortun lock, chance, good fortunate fortunous
act, ag, ig do, act, move, drive actuate agent, cogent agenda, cogitate
jacul, ject throw jaculate inject ejaculate
de down, down from, deciduous demolish despise
lubr, lubric away
slippery lubricate lubric lubrify
hier, hiero sacred, holy, hierarch hieromancy hiergram
powerful,
supernatural
litig strife, lawsuit, dispute litigate litigant litigious
graph, gram, to write, to describe, cryptography cartographer stenography
graphy letter
heli, helio sun heliotherapy heliocentric heliophobous
latry, olatry worship, fanatical mariolatry heliolatry bibiolatry
devotion to sth
fall deceive, mistake fallacious fallacy
enn year sexennial quinquennial biennial
deb owe debit debtor debtee
cosm, cosmo order, ornament, cosmopolitan cosmography cosmology
world, universe
desider desire desidrate desideration
facil, fac easy facile facilitate
ambul walk ambulate ambulator ambulance
bib to drink bib bibacious bibacity
lav wash lave lavender laver
hom, homi, same, one and the homicide homonym homographic
homo same, similar
fisc, fisk treasury, purse, rush- fiscal fisc = fisk
basket
equi, aequi equal, fair equivocate equity equirotal
ethn, ethno nation ethnography ethnology ethnomaniac
lith, lite, litho stone lithagogue paleolithic lithograph
func perform function functionate functionary
crat bowl, mixing vessel crater crateriform
api bee apian apiary apiculture
gno, gnos know gonstic agnostic prognosticate
fiss, fisso to split, the condition fission fissiped fissure
of being cleft
miso hatred, hate misoneism misology misogamy
gust taste gust gustatory gustful
aur gold auriferous auricomous aurific
frater, fratr brother fraternal fratricide fraternize
iso equal isobar isocracy isomer
aqua water, liquid, solution aquamarine aquarium aquatic

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morpheme meaning examples

machy fighting, warfare, logomachy theomachy
dispute
itis inflammatory, appendicitis bronchitis tonsillitis
inflammation
ali other, another alias alibi alien
itiner journey itinerant itinerary itinerate
aeon age aeon aeonial
dub doubt dubious dubitancy
lustr light luster lustrous illustrate
inan empty inan inanition
apt to make fit, adapt apt aptitude
kine, kino movement, motion kinematics kinematograph
iter again iterate reiterate
kilo a thousand kilocycle kilometer
luc light, shine, clear lucid elucidate translucent
kal, kali, kale beautiful kaleidophone kaleidoscope
garrul chatter, talk garrulous garrulity
arbor tree arboriculture arboricole arborous
intra, intro on the inside, within intraocular intravenous intrapetilear
inter between, among, in interact interagent intercommune
between
equ horse equine equisetum equivorous
dis, di in two ways, twice, ditheism ditetragonal dithecous
double twice
err stray, wander, errant erratum erroneous
ramble, roam
mania a certain kind of kleptomania megalomania anglomania
madness
cresc, cret, cre grow crescent increment accretion
hagi, hagio holly, saintly hagiocracy hagiolatry hagiography
fatu folish, silly, insipid fatuous fatuity infatuate
dol grief, pain doleance doleful condole
laps, lapse slip lapsable collapse elapse
cumb, cub lie, recline cubicle cubiculum recumbent
langu weary, slack languid languish
cruc cross crucify cruciform
ben, bene, bon good, well benediction benefactor benevolent
carn, carni flesh carnage carnivorous carnification
grad, step gradatim retrogression gradation
gred,gress
megal, mega, great large megalophonous megalodont megalocephlic
megalo
can dog canine cancide canicule
deutero, deuto, second deuterogamist deuterogenic deuteropathy
deut
hyper over, beyond, hyperaemia hyperbole hypercritical
excessively
ana ‫به اسامی خاص‬ americana
‫میچسبد وکلمه به‬
‫ ادبیات وزبان‬،‫فرهنگ‬
‫ربط می دهد‬
hum ground, low, lowly humble exhume exhumate
fer, ferous bear, produce, carry auriferous frugiferous luciferous
laude praise laud laudator laudation
frustr in vain frustrate frustraneous frustratory
alb, albi, albo white albication albiflorous albumen
linqu to leave,to leave relinquish relinquent
entom behind
insect entomoid entomology entomophagous
mnem, men, memory, remember mnemonic mneme
eu, ev good, well, easily eudemonic euphony euphory
dactylo finger, toe dactylology dactylonomy dactyloscopy
extra situated outside sth extramundane extravagant extramural
mancy divination chiromancy hydromancy necromancy

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morpheme meaning examples

dign worth dignify dignitary
cid, cad fall down, off deciduous ricidivate
loqu speak soliloquy loquacious eloquent
cred believe credence credible credulous
lapid stone lapidary lapidate lapidify
clar clear clarify clarity
brevi, brev short,abridged,summarized breviary brevioloquence breviped
cent, centi hundred centigrade centipede centiloquy
gravi, grav, heavy gravitation gravimeter gravific
gravito
micr, micro small micracoustic microcephalic microcosm
colon, cult cultivate, dwell, colonize culture cult
worship, farm
dox, doxast opinion doxastic hetrodox orthodox
heter, hetero different, other, other heterogen, heterography
than usual heterogenous
con, com, co together concord correspond convene
arthr, arthro joint arthritis arthrology arthropod
hept, hepta seven heptaglot heptarchy heptasyllabic
fid, fidel faith fidelity fidejussor fidepromisser
lev high (in weight), raise levity levitate
levo left, on the left side levorotation levoversion
fod, foss dig fodient fossil fossor
arbitr, arbiter judge, decide arbiter arbitration
corpor body corporal corporate corporation
hect, hecto hundred hectogramme hectograph hectolitre
fel cat felid feliform feline
hort urge, encourage exhort exhorter
circum around, round circumference circumduction circumfuse
ard, ars to burn, burning ardency ardent
hyp, hypo under, below, too little hypodermic hypogeous hypocrisy
insul island insular insularity
lingu tongue, language linguiform lingua linguist
lucr, lucri gain lucrative lucre
infra below, under neath infrapose infrared infratemporal
blast, blasto germ,bud,sprout, blastema blastogenesis
gon short
angle, angled heptagon polygonal pentagon
cend, cens set fire, burn incense incend
hol, holo whole, entire, wholly holocaust holophrase holomictic
dulc sweet dulcet dulciloquy dulcify
lign wood ligneous ligniperdous lignocellulose
ennea nine enneacontahedral enneagynous enneateric
icon, icono image, figure, inconoclasm iconomachy iconize
representation
macro long, large macrology macrometer macroscopic
a-, an- without, not abyss apathetic aphonic
bov, buvi cattle, ox bovine boviform
ep, epy word; speech epyllion cacoepy orthoepy
cycle, cyclo circle cycloid cyclometer cyclone
ago act of carrying away, agog agogic
to lead
flect, flex bend flex flexanimous flexuose
lig, liga bind ligament ligate ligature
fasc bundle, sheaf, fasces fascism fascicle
assemblage
long long, end-foremost longevous longiloquence longitudinal
hort garden hortensial horticulture hortyard
igni fire ignipotent ignipuncture ignicolist
argent silver argent argentometer argentry
glauc grey, gleaming, glaucous glaucosis glaucope
bluish-green

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morpheme meaning examples

caust burn, conbustion caustic causiticity
bath, batho depth, lower, bathometer bathos
agon downward
struggle, contest, agony agonothet agonistic
mental struggle
crypto, crypt conceal, hide, secret cryptic cryptography cryptonym
epi, ep upon, at, among, epicarp epicdemic epigram
cand close
white, glwoing candent candid candidate
eth habit, moral character ethics ethos ethology
felic happy, lucky felicity felicitate felicitous
dei god deify deicide deism
gen, gener kind, race, origin, progeny genre heterogeneous
beat birth
happy, blessed beattitude beatify
hipp horse hippophagy hippogriff hippodame
idio own, personal, idiosyncracy idioticon idiograph
lud, lus private
play, deceive ludicrous elusion illustion
fulg shine, lighting fulgent fulgurate fulgurant
a-, ab-, abs- from, away off absent avert abstain
dot give dot; dote dotation
glomer ball, clue of yarn glomerate glomerule conglamerate
ferv heat, bubble, boil effervesce fervent fervour, fervor
erg, urg work thaumeturge ergophobia ergometer
histo, histi tissue histogenesis histography histology
cide kill, cut, slay lapicide regicide fratricide
flor flower floriferous florilegium, florilege floriculture
avi bird aviary aviation aviculture
celer swift, speed celerity accelerate decelerate
brachi, brachio arm brachiopod brachio-cephalic brachiopodist
aer, acer, ac sour, bitter, sharp acrid acrimonious acridness
haemato, blood haematology haemotometer haemorrhage
haem
flagr flame, burn, blaze flagrant conflagrate flagrancy
drom course dromic dromograph
ebr drink ebrious ebrisity inebriate
crass solid, thick, fat crass crassitude crassment
fac, fact, fic do, make, cause factotum benefactor soporific
glob sphere, drop globule globular
fol, foli leaf foliage foliate foliature
ala, ali, alae wing, armpit, side alate alation ala
apartement
carcer prison carcerist incarcerate carceral
culp blame culpable culpatory
lachrym,lachri tear lachrymose lachrymable lachrymist
m
dur hard duramater durity
gurg gulf, whirpool, abyss gurg gurgitation regurgitate
ciner ash, ahses cinerary cineritious incinerate
horr bristle horrent horrid horripilation
ether upper air ethereal etherealize ethereality
escent,escenc becoming, growing albescent nigrescent erubescent
e
casu chance, accident casualty casualism
atm, atmo vapour atmology atmometer atmosphere
hexa, hex six hexagon hexapody hexode
brachy short brachography brachycephalic brachylogy
fin end, boundry, limit finis finale confines
ced, cess go, go away, retire, cede cessation incessant
yield, cease
ferr, ferro iron; indicate the ferriferous ferrotype ferruginous
presence of iron
greg, gregari herd, gather, flock gregarious segregate
dys bad, difficult dysaesthesia dyspathy dyspepsia
juxta near, by the side of juxtaposition juxtaspinal
juvan young juvenescent juvenilia
ira, ire anger ireful ire

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morpheme meaning examples

mone, monet money, mint monetary monetize moneyage
man, manu hand manuscript manipulate manacle
nom, nomo, law, arrangement, nomographer metronome antinomy
nomy rule
norm, norma pattern, rule, subnormal abnormal normative
standard, regular
nov new novice novelize novator
nihil nothing nihil annihilate nihilism
oid, like, having the from asteroid cycloid anthropoid
oidal,oidism
non, nona of
ninth nonane nonagon nonahydrate
ndum to be addendum credendum memorandum
nasc, nat be born nascent notal nature
ortho straight, right, true, orthopraxy orthographize orthodox
correct
olig, oligo small, little, few, few oligarchy, oligemia, oligogene oligophagous
thing oligophrenia
migr move, travel migrate transmigration immigrate
mit, miss, mitt send, let go intermit mission missile
mob, mov, mot move, movement mobile motive movement
min, minu small, less minify minimus minutia
matr, mater mother matriarchy matricide matrimony
mis bad,badly,wrong,wro misadventure misalliance misapprehend
nebul nly
cloud, mist, vapour nebula nebular nebulous
osteo bone osteoclasis, osteometry,osteopat osteotomy
nigr, niger growing black osteology
nigrify hy
nigritude nigescence
ornith, ornitho bird ornithology ornithomancy ornithotomy
marin sea marine mericolous marigraph
nuga nonsense, trifling, jest nugacious nugatory nugae
merg, mers dip, plunge merge mersion submerge
anoma, onym, name anonymous, onomatology onomatopoeia
onomato anymous
molli, mollit soft mollify mollitious mollisol
op, opt, ops sight, eye, see optic necropsy optophone
mund world, earth mundane mundivagant mundanism
noct, nocti, night, druing the night noctambulation noctilucent nox
nocto
mat, matuta morning matutine matin
noc, nox, nocu harm, hurt nocent innocuous noxious
neo new, recent neophobia neology neophyte
my, myo, mya muscle myalgia myasthenia myograph
nau, nous ship nausea naumachia noufrage
myelo, myel, marrow myelogenic myeloid myelopathic
myelia
nutr, nutri to nourish, to suckle nutrify nutrient nutriture
mel, mell, melli honey mellifluous mellisonant meliphagous
neur nerve neuralgia neurasthenia neurility
melior better meliorism meliority ameliorate
moni, mon advise, warn monition monitor admonish
non not nonaquatic nonaromatic noncombant
mal badly, ill, wrong malevolent malformation malice, malefactor
nomen, nomin, name, reputation nominate nomenclature ignominy, cognate
gnome, gnat
mort death mortal mortiferous mortmain
mors, mord bite, catch mordant morse morsure
morb illness, disease morbific morbid morbillous
medi, medio middle medial mediate mediatrix
necro, necr dead body, corpse necromancy necrophagia necropolis
multi, mult much, many multifid multiloquy multivocal
novem, nov nine november novena novennial
magn, magni great, large magnanimous magniloquent magnify
mir wonder, look at miracle mirific admire

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morpheme meaning examples

monstr show remonstrate demonstrate
mendac speaking incorrectly, mendacity mendacious
defect, lie
mendic beg mendicant mendicate mendicity
misc, mix, mixt, mix, mixed miscegenation miscellanea mixt
mixo
mut change, alteration, mutable mutation mutoscope
vary, transform
min,minat,emin treaten, project minatory, minacious imminent eminent
mill, mille thousand millennium millefleurs millepede

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