I was clearing out old files and I stumbled across notes from a class I took in high school. On one of the pages was written:
Prefix Meaning
pre- before
de- away, down
inter- between, among
ob- against
in- into
mono- alone,one
epi- upon
ad- to, towards
un- not
non- not
re- back, again
pro- forward, for
in- not
dis- apart, not
over- above
sub- under
mis- wrong
trans- across, beyond
At the time, I never thought anything about it, but coming to it today, what immediately struck me was the lack of the prefix co- which means together, jointly, mutually. I wonder if that reflected the culture of the times, or if it still would not show up today as one of the most important prefixes...?
... here it is, leading. (Couldn't resist cocreating ;-)
Posted by: Cocreatr | December 20, 2010 at 04:31 PM
Yes, Yes!!!! Love it, Bernd! :-)
Posted by: Michelle | December 20, 2010 at 05:43 PM