I just love etymology, which is the study of the history of words. Sometimes you can learn the meaning of the word by looking at its prefixes and that helps a lot when you\u2019re reading in Spanish without a dictionary (ever been through that?).<\/p>\n
Here are some very common prefixes in Spanish.<\/p>\n
aero<\/strong>-, \u201caire\u201d, aeropuerto See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I just love etymology, which is the study of the history of words. Sometimes you can learn the meaning of the word by looking at its prefixes and that helps a lot when you\u2019re reading in Spanish without a dictionary (ever been through that?). Here are some very common prefixes in Spanish. aero-, \u201caire\u201d, aeropuerto…<\/p>\n
\nbio<\/strong>-, \u201cvida”, biolog\u00eda
\ncosmo<\/strong>-, \u201cuniverso”, cosmopolita
\ncrono<\/strong>-, \u201ctiempo\u201d, cron\u00f3metro
\ndeca<\/strong>-, \u201cdiez”, dec\u00e1logo
\ndemo<\/strong>-, \u201c pueblo”, democracia
\nfono<\/strong>-, \u201c sonido”, fonoteca
\nfoto<\/strong>-, \u201cluz”, fotografia
\nhecto<\/strong>-, \u201cciento\u201d, hect\u00f3metro
\nmacro<\/strong>-, \u201cgrande\u201d, macrocosmo
\nmaxi<\/strong>-, \u201cgrande\u201d, m\u00e1ximo
\nmicro<\/strong>-, \u201cpeque\u00f1o”, microcosmo
\nmulti<\/strong>-, \u201cmuchos” , multicentro
\nneo<\/strong>-, \u201cnuevo”. ne\u00f3fito
\nomni<\/strong>-, \u201ctodo”, omipotente
\npenta<\/strong>-, \u201ccinco”, pent\u00e1gono
\npluri<\/strong>-, \u201dvarios”, pluricelular
\npoli <\/strong>-, \u201cmuchos”, polifac\u00e9tico
\npsico<\/strong>-, \u201cmente\u201d, psicoan\u00e1lisis
\nseudo<\/strong>-, \u201cfalso\u201d, seud\u00f3nimo
\ntele<\/strong>-, \u201clejos”, telescopio<\/p>\n