Word part · Latin prefix
The Latin prefix in-
Means: in, or into.
At a glance
- Part
- in-
- Meaning
- in, or into
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
- Also spelled
- im
Spelled like the in- that means not, so check the meaning: import brings goods in, but incorrect means not correct.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- im (prefix)+port (root or base)→import
carry goods into a country
im + port: the prefix changes to match → import
- in (prefix)+spect (root or base)→inspect
look closely into
- in (prefix)+spect (root or base)+or (suffix)→inspector
a person who looks closely at things to check them
- in (prefix)+spect (root or base)+ion (suffix)→inspection
a close look to check something
- in (prefix)+struct (root or base)→instruct
teach; build knowledge into someone
- in (prefix)+struct (root or base)+or (suffix)→instructor
a person who teaches a skill
- in (prefix)+struct (root or base)+ion (suffix)→instruction
teaching; a step that tells what to do
- in (prefix)+scribe (root or base)→inscribe
write or carve words into something
- in (prefix)+script (root or base)+ion (suffix)→inscription
words carved or written on something
- in (prefix)+form (root or base)→inform
put facts into someone's mind; tell
- in (prefix)+form (root or base)+ation (suffix)→information
facts that tell about something
- in (prefix)+ject (root or base)→inject
push liquid into something, such as medicine through a needle
Original word lists and meanings written by Literacy Trail.
Taught alongside
Parts that share a lesson with in-.
- re-again, or back
- -tionthe act of, or the result of
- ex-out
- trans-across, or from one place to another
- -ora person or thing that does something
- -era person or thing that does something
- dis-not, the opposite of, or apart
- -ablecan be, or able to be
- -ivetending to, or having the quality of
- sub-under, or below
- con-with, or together
- pre-before
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