Another prefix post! This installment focuses on Greek and Latin prefixes beginning with “E” and “H.” (There are none beginning with “F” or “G.”)
Prefixes are morphemes that you can attach to word stems to form completely new words. Prefixes in particular tend to change a word’s meaning (rather than a word’s part of speech). If you’d like, you can read more about English root words derived from Greek and Latin. Those are the stems or base words to which these prefixes can (theoretically) be added.
Here are previous entries in this series on prefixes:
- Greek and Latin Prefixes: A and B
- Greek and Latin Prefixes: C and D
| Prefix | Meaning | Example |
| e, ef, ex | out, out of; very | emit, effective, exceed |
| em, en | in, on | emblem, encircle |
| epi | upon, to, in addition to | epidermis |
| eu, ev | good, well | eulogy, evangelist |
| hypo | below, under, up from under | hypothermia |