| A | B |
| gon (pentagon; tetragone, triagonal) | angle |
| hedron (tetrahedron; octahedron) | sided object |
| kilo (kilometer; kilowatt; kilogram) | thousand |
| milli (millimeter; million; millimicron) | thousandth |
| nano (nanosecond; nanosomia; nanogram) | billionth |
| pico (picosecond; picogram) | trillionth |
| uni (unicycle; unit; uniform) | one |
| mono (monocle; monogamy; monomania) | one |
| bi (bicycle; biped; binary) | two |
| di (diverge; dilemma; diencephalon) | two |
| tri (triangle; trimester; trichotomy) | three |
| penta (pentagon; pentagram) | five |
| quadr (quadrilateral; quadruped; quadrant) | four |
| hexa (hexagram; hexagon; hexapod; hexahedron) | six |
| sept (September; septenniel; septangular; septuagenarian) | seven |
| octa (octagon; octopus; October; octogenerian) | eight |
| dec (decade; decimeter; December) | ten |
| tetra (tetragon; tetrahedron) | four |
| cent (centimeter; centipede; century) | hundred |
| quin (quintet; quintuple; quintillion) | five |