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30 Root words, Prefixes, Suffixes

According to Brown and Cazden (1965), there are approximately 30 root words, prefixes, and suffixes that provide the basis for more than 14,000 commonly used words in the English language.
AB
abaway from
adto, toward
co, con, com, col, cortogether, with
deaway, down, out of
disnot, opposite
exout of, formerly
in, im, il, irin, not
prebefore
proforward
reback, again
unnot, opposite
ablecapable of, worthy of
ance, ence, ancy, encyact or fact of doing, state, quality
er, orperson or thing connected with, agent
fulfull of, abounding in
lesswithout, free from
lylike, characteristic of
mentstate of, quality of
tion, sion, xionaction, state, result
phonsound, speech
teledistance
metermeasure
capto seize, take, or contain
audioto hear
vid, visto see or look at
spectto observe, watch
interbetween
subunder
miswrong
transacross or beyond


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