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January 10, 2015 by Mike Bergin

Roots2Words Affix of the Week: NEO-

Looking to add a lot more words your personal lexicon or just want to better understand the English language? Learn the common roots, prefixes, and suffixes that so many of our words are based on, and you’ll have the tools to recognize familiar words or decode unfamiliar ones. That’s what Roots2Words is all about!

 

Your Roots2Words Affix of the Week is NEO-:

roots2wordssquare200NEO- is a prefix meaning new, recent, or modern.
(Prefixes appear at the beginning of words)

 
**EXAMPLES**

neologism (noun) – a newly coined word or phrase
BREAKDOWN: NEO- (new) + LOG- (word) + -ISM (practice or state)

neonatal (noun) – of or pertaining to the period of time immediately following birth
BREAKDOWN: NEO- (new) + NAT- (birth) + -AL (pertaining to)
— a neonate is a newborn child

neophilia (noun) – love of new things
BREAKDOWN: NEO- (new) + -PHILIA (love of)

neophyte (noun) – a beginner or novice; one who is new to a subject, skill, or belief
BREAKDOWN: NEO- (new) + -PHYTE (plant; that which grows)

neoteny (noun) – retention of juvenile characteristics in adult life
BREAKDOWN: NEO- (new) + TEN- (hold or extend) + -Y (act or state)

Neotropics (noun) – the warmer equatorial portions of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.
BREAKDOWN: NEO- (new) + TROP- (turn or change) + -IC (pertaining to) + -S (plural)

 
**ROOT RELATIONSHIPS**

The prefix NEO– is related to the root NOV-, which also means new in words like innovate, novelty, and renovation.

 
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