Place & direction
Roots that locate things: under, over, between, before, after.
23 roots in this category ยท Built for grades 4 through 8
Greek roots
- peri-prefixGreek
around
perimeter, periscope, period
- tele-prefixGreek
far or distant
telephone, telescope, television
- endo-prefixGreek
inside, within
endoskeleton, endothermic, endoscope
- exo-prefixGreek
outside, external
exoskeleton, exothermic, exotic
- para-prefixGreek
beside, alongside, similar
parallel, paragraph, paramedic
Latin roots
- sub-prefixLatin
under or below
submarine, submerge, subway
- super-prefixLatin
above or beyond
supervise, supersonic, superhuman
- trans-prefixLatin
across or through
transport, transparent, translate
- inter-prefixLatin
between
internet, international, interrupt
- intra-prefixLatin
within or inside
introvert, introduce, intramural
- pre-prefixLatin
before
preview, predict, prehistoric
- post-prefixLatin
after
postscript, postpone, postwar
- circum-prefixLatin
around
circumference, circumnavigate, circumstance
- ex-prefixLatin
out or out of
exit, extract, exclaim
- in-prefixLatin
in or into
inject, import, include
- ad-prefixLatin
to or toward
attract, advance, advocate
- de-prefixLatin
down or away from
descend, deport, describe
- con-prefixLatin
with or together
connect, convene, cooperate
- per-prefixLatin
through or thoroughly
percent, perspective, perforate
- re-prefixLatin
again or back
replay, return, rebel
- ab-prefixLatin
away from, off
abnormal, abduct, abstract
- em-prefixLatin
within, put into
empower, embrace, encircle
- intro-prefixLatin
into, inward
introduce, introvert, introspection
Where to start
Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.
- Level 1 ยท most common ยท 9 roots in this category
- Level 2 ยท expanding ยท 8 roots in this category
- Level 3 ยท challenge ยท 6 roots in this category