Go to 'thermo-' entry Go to 'dino-' entry Go to 'chondro-' entry Go to 'aero-' entry Go to '-logy' entry Go to 'thaumato-' entry Go to 'nano-' entry Go to '-sophy' entry Go to 'bucco-' entry Go to '-ism' entry Go to '-lysis' entry Go to 'galacto-' entry Go to '-anthropy' entry Go to 'pneumo-' entry Go to '-ploitation' entry Go to '-lithic' entry Go to '-sepalous' entry Go to 'onco-' entry Go to '-parous' entry Go to 'dermato-' entry Go to 'multi-' entry Go to 'dodeca-' entry Go to '-zoon' entry Go to 'vermi-' entry Go to 'crystallo-' entry Go to 'biblio-' entry Go to 'eco-' entry Go to 'juxta-' entry Go to 'facio-' entry
Affixes: the building blocks of English
Affixes: the building blocks of English
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Thematic index of Numbers & multiples

atto-In units of measurement, a factor of 10-18.
bi-Two; having two; doubly.
centi-One hundredth; a multiple of a hundred.
chili-A thousand.
dec(a)-Ten.
decem-Ten.
deci-One tenth.
demi-Half; partially.
deuter(o)-Second; secondary.
di-Twice, two, double.
dodec(a)-Twelve.
du(o)-Two; having two.
duodeci-Twelve; twelfth.
ennea-Nine.
exa-In units of measurement, a factor of 1018.
femto-In units of measurement, a factor of 10-15.
giga-In units of measurement, a factor of one thousand million or 109. In computing, often a factor of 230 (1,073,741,824).
hect(o)-One hundred.
hemi-Half; a part.
hendeca-Eleven.
hepta-Seven.
hex(a)-Six.
icos-Twenty.
kilo-In units of measurement, a factor of a thousand.
micro-Small; a factor of one millionth.
milli-One thousandth; a thousand.
mon(o)-One; alone; single.
multiplesStandard systems of number prefixes.
nano-In units of measurement, a factor of 10-9.
nona-Nine; having nine.
number prefixesNumber prefixes derived from Latin and Greek.
number wordsWords for multiples of thousands.
octo-Eight; having eight.
pent(a)-Five; having five.
peta-In units of measurement, a factor of 1015.
pico-In units of measurement, a factor of 10-12.
-plexHaving a given number of parts or units.
quadr(i)-Four; having four parts; square.
quinqu(e)-Five; having five parts.
quint(i)-Five; the fifth in a series.
sept(i)-Seven.
sesqui-One and one half.
sex(i)-Six.
-some2A group of a specified number.
-teenForming the names of numerals from 13 to 19.
ter-Three; having three.
tera-In units of measurement, a factor of 1012, a million million.
tetr(a)-Four; having four.
-th1Forming ordinal and fractional numbers.
tri-Three; having three.
trito-Third.
-ty2Groups of ten.
undec(a)-Eleven.
uni-One; having or consisting of one.
viginti-Twenty.

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