a new way of looking at old prefixes (WANTED Prefixes)

 

 

A list of prefixes is very useful.

Pre...

Trans..

Con..

De..

Di..

Bi..

Re..

Pro...

Contra..

Dia...

Mal...

Ben...

Dis...

Ba...

Super..

In...

Un...

Write the English equivalents of the prefixes or give an example.

Dia for example means opposite. As in day/night. Diagnosis requires knowing the encompassing opposite poles of knowledge to situate by, especially in medicine and mechanics. No good starting to fix a car before a diagnosis.

Compare: inspire, conspire, respire, aspire, transpire.

Spirare in Latin  means to breathe.

Conspire implies it takes two, breathing together. One cannot conspire alone. Inspire happens when one is motivated to life by something which makes you breathe in with love.

See how many words you can make up with each prefix  above without looking at a dictionary.