Word formation - prefixes (3)



This list of  Latin and Greek prefixes all denote various numbers. Here's an example. How many members do these music groups have?
 
punkt octet
punkt quartet
punkt quintet
punkt septet
punkt sestet
punkt sextet

 


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Prefix   Examples

mono-
uni-
 

one

monologue
monopoly
monotype
monotheist
unicorn
uniform
unilateral
universe
 
bi-
di-
two biannual
bicycle
bifocal
biped
dioxide
 
tri- three triangle
tricycle
trifocal
trinity
trilateral
trilogy
trimaran
triplets
tripod
 
quad-

qua-
four quadrangle
quadrillion
quadruplets
quarterly
quartet
 
penta-
quint-
 
five pentagon
pentagram
pentathlon
quintet
quintillion
quintuplets
Quintus
 
hex-
sex-

ses-
six hexagon
hexameter
sextant
sestet
sextuplets
sextillion
 
sept- seven September
septet
septennial
septillion
septuplets
 
octo-

oct-
octa-
eight octagon
octane
octave
October
octogenarian
octillion
octopus
octuplets
 
non-

nov-
nine nonagon
nonagenarian
nonillion
November
 
dec- ten decade
decathlon
December
decimal
decillion
 
cent- hundred centennial
century
centipede
centillion
 
kilo-
mill-
 
thousand, 10^3 kilobyte
kilogramme
kilohertz
millennium
 
mega- million, 10^6 megabyte
megastar
megaton
 
giga- billion, 10^9 gigabyte
gigantic
 
tera- trillion, 10^12 terabyte
teraflop
 
peta- quadrillion, 10^15 petabyte
 
exa- quintillion, 10^18 exabyte
 
zetta- sextillion, 10^21 zettabyte
 
yotta- septilion, 10^24 yottabyte
 
milli- thousandth, 10^-3 millisecond
milligramme
millisecond
 
micro- millionth, 10^-6 microgramme
microvolt
 
nano- billionth, 10^-9 nanosecond
nanotechnology
 
pico- trillionth, 10^-12 picosecond
picocurie
 
femto- quadrillionth, 10^-15 femtosecond
 
atto- quintillionth, 10^-18 attosecond
attometer
 
zepto- sextillionth, 10^-21 zeptosecond
 
yocto- septillionth, 10^-24 yoctosecond