| Term | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| quattor | Latin – four | quaternary |
| quinque | Latin – five | quintuplets |
| sex | Latin – six | sextuplets |
| centum | Latin – 100 | century |
| mille | Latin – 1000 | millenium |
| greg | Latin – herd | gregarious |
| hab | Latin – have, hold | habitat, habit |
| locut, loqui | Latin – speak | monologue |
| mal | Latin – bad | malodorous |
| mand | Latin – order | mandate, command |
| chromo | Latin – color | chromatography |
| dist | Latin – remote, distant | distal |
| dors | Latin – back | dorsal fin |
| xeros | Greek – dry | xeric, xerophyte |
| cyan | Greek – blue | cyanin (blue pigment) |
