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- `lect`: to pick out, choose; to collect, gather; law; to say, to speak; count
(e.g. collect, lecture, lexicon, elect, select, neglect, dialect, idiolect)
- `leg`: the same as `lect` (e.g. delegate, legal, privilege, legend, legacy,
college, legislate)
college, legislate, decalogue)
- `legis`: the same as `leg` (e.g. legisation)
- `lex`: the same as `lect` (e.g. lexicon, lexicography)
- `lic`: to be allowed, be lawful (e.g. license)
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- `loc`: a place, spot (e.g. local, locality, locomote, matrilocal, allocate,
relocate)
- From Latin `locus`
- `log`: speech; to speek; word, speech, thought; the same as `lect` (e.g. logo,
logger, apology, catalogue)
- `locut`: the same as `log`
- `log`: speech; to speak; word, speech, thought; the same as `lect` (e.g. logo,
logger, apology, catalogue, waterlog, logarithm, syllogism, blog = weblog,
ideologue, homologue, decalogue, apology, dialog, logic, monologue, eulogy,
epilogue, neologize, slogan)
- From Greek `legein` = to speak, `logos` = word, speech, though
- From Latin `loqui` = to speak
- `logos`: the same as `log`
- `loqu`: the same as `log`
- `low`: low
- `lun`: moon (e.g. lunar)
- `main`: the same as `man` (e.g. maintain)
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- `sui`: one's own (e.g. suicide)
- From Latin sui "of oneself" (genitive of se "self")
- `swim`: swim
- `syl`: the same as `syn` (e.g. syllogism)
- `syn`: to place together, organize, form in order (e.g. synergy, syntactic)
- From stem of `synistanai`
- `sys`: the same as `syn` (e.g. system)
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- `cardio`: relating to the heart (e.g. cardiograph)
- `cephal`: head, uppermost or top part, source (e.g. cephalopod, encephalopathy)
- Modern Latin combining form of Greek `kephalē`
- `cata`: down; completely (e.g. catastrophe, catalyst)
- `cata`: down; completely (e.g. catastrophe, catalyst, catalog)
- `circum`: around, round about, all around, on all sides (e.g. circumstance)
- From Latin adverb and preposition circum "around, round about," literally
"in a circle," probably accusative form of circus "ring" (see circus).
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deduct, detail, determine, demand, deploy, deselect, deplete, desperate,
descend, despite, deactive, defeat, detain, dedicate, decedent)
- used to add the meaning "opposite", "remove", or "reduce" to a noun or verb:
- `deca`: ten (e.g. decalogue)
- `deci`: the same as `deca` (e.g. decimal)
- `demi`: the same as `semi` (e.g. demigod, demitasse)
- `detrite`: erosion (e.g. detrition)
- `di`: two, double, twice, twofold; apart, asunder(e.g. direct, divergence,
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- `endo`: inside, within, internal (e.g. endogenous, endocrine, endomixis)
- Word-forming element from Greek `endon` "in, within"
- `enter`: the same as `inter` (e.g. entertain)
- `epi`: on, upon, above;in addition to; toward, among; (e.g. epistemic)
- `epi`: on, upon, above;in addition to; toward, among; (e.g. epimetheus,
epistemic, episode, epilogue)
- Before vowels reduced to `ep-`, before aspirated vowels `eph-`
- `es`: to be (emphatic) (e.g. essence, espresso)
- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to be."
- `eu`: good, well (e.g. eupheme)
- `eu`: good, well, pleasant (e.g. eupheme, eulogy, euphony)
- `ex`: out of, from, upwards, completely, deprive of, former (e.g. express,
extra = `ex` + `trans`, extort, exact, exigent, explicit, escape)
- From Latin `ex` "out of, from within; from which time, since; according to;
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- `hemi`: the same as `semi` (e.g. hemicycle, hemisphere)
- `hetero`: other, opposite, different (e.g. heterogeneous, heterosexual,
heterocyclic)
- `homo`: one and the same (e.g. homogeneous, homosexual)
- `homo`: one and the same (e.g. homogeneous, homosexual, homologue)
- `homeo`: like, resembling, of the same kind; equal (e.g. homeopathy)
- Latinized from Greek `homio-`, from `homoios`
- `hypo`: under, less than usual, especially too little; the same as `sub-`, under
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- From Greek `pan-`, combining form of pas
- `para`: alongside, beyond; altered; contrary; irregular, abnormal; defense
against (e.g. paramedic, parastatal, paralegal, paraeducator, paranormal,
parachute)
parachute, paramount)
- From Greek `para-`, before vowels, par-, word-forming element.
- `per`: through; throughout; thoroughly; entirely, utterly; very (e.g. perfect,
perform, persist, permit, persevere)
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## Suffix

- `a`: noun (e.g formula, primipara, quota, plena, media, summa, visa, partita,
agenda = `ag` + `end` + `a`, per-capita)
agenda = `ag` + `end` + `a`, per-capita, apologia)
- `able`: adjective
- `ability`: noun (`able` + `i` + `ty`)
- `acle`: noun (e.g. obstacle, spectacle, manacle)
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