Latin and Greek Prefixes Denoting Number

Latin and Greek Prefixes Denoting Number

Latin and Greek number prefixes (and their variants) are listed below, with meanings, examples in words. Some of the prefixes denoting number are quite common and are found in frequently used words. Other number prefixes are used mostly in technical literature where they denote very large or very small numbers.

Latin	Greek	Meanings
Uni	Mono	One
prim, prima	proto, prot	First
bi, bin	Di	Two
du, duo	dy, dyo	Two
Tri	Tri	Three
ter, terti		3 times; third
quadri, quadr	tetra, tetr	Four
Quart		Fourth
quin, quint	penta, pent	Five
sex, ses	hexa, hex	Six
sept, septi	Hepta	Seven
octa, octo, oct	octa, octo, oct	Eight
non, nona, nove	Ennea	Nine
dec, deci	deca, dec	Ten
cent, centi	hecto, hect	Hundred
Centi		one hundredth part
mil, mill	Kilo	Thousand
Milli		one thousandth part

Latin	Greek	Meanings
	Myria	ten thousand
	Mega	large, great; million
	Micro	small; one millionth part
	Macro	large, long
	Giga	giant; billion
nano, nan	nano, nan	dwarf; one billionth part
	Tera	Trillion
Pico		one trillionth part
Femto		one quadrillionth part

 

Latin	Greek	Meanings
Ambi	Amphi	both, two
Equi	İso	Equal
Multi	Poly	Many
	oligo, olig	few, little, not many
nihil, nil		nothing, zero
Nulli		not any, none
Omni		All
semi, demi	Hemi	Half