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
  Home Introduction About the author Types of affixes Search the site   A B C D E F G H I JK L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z   Up to themes index  

Thematic index of Time

afore-Before or previously.
ante-Before or preceding.
après-A period following some activity.
archaeo-Ancient or prehistoric times.
-ceneA division of geological time.
-chronicTime.
chron(o)-Time.
-enniumA period of years.
eo-Early, primeval.
palae(o)-Ancient.
pali(n)-Again.
post-After in time or order.
pre-Prior to; before; earlier; in front of.
proto-Original or first; primitive or ancestral.
synchro-Synchronous.
ur-Primitive; original; earliest.
yester-Yesterday.
-zoic1Relating to a given geological aeon or era.

Visit Michael Quinion’s World Wide Words site for 2000+ articles on English!

Copyright © Michael Quinion 2008–. All rights reserved. Your comments are very welcome.