Greek Prefixes

As he already knows Spanish Language it is one of the most talked about and important in the world. As we well know, this is a romance language which derives from Latin and the Greek language and that is why today we can find words with Greek roots or prefixes.

We can define the Greek prefix as a morpheme that is derived from the class of affixes and that is placed before a root, lexeme, or lexical base giving shape to a different word.

The prefixes in general were divided into two types that of Spanish that come from Latin and that of the Spanish of Greek origin.

For example, let's go through some examples of the prefixes of Greek origin used in Spanish: When we want to refer to books we generally use the Biblio prefix-, in your case we find several examples of derived words such as library (place where we find a large number of books), bibliophile (lover of the use of books), and bibliography, (a list of books).

When we refer to life we ​​use Biography- as in biography (study of someone's life), or biology (study of life).

While to refer to time is used Crono-, we find it in words such as chronometer (instrument to measure times), and chronology (study or count of a certain space of time).

These are just a few examples, Greek prefixes have allowed the enrichment with new words that we can use to expand our way of expressing ourselves each day. Now that you know what Greek prefixes are, show your friends all your wisdom ...


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