Appendix:English comparative affixes

This appendix covers affixes (prefixes, suffixes, infixes, etc) that are used for comparison.

Direction

Anatomical position system:

• medio-: the midline of an animal
• latero-: the sides of an animal
  • dextro-: on the right side
  • sinistro-: on the left side
  • contra-: on the side opposite to the referent
  • ipsi-: on the same side as the referrent

• sub-: underneath
• hypo-: beneath
• infra-: within, below
• inter-: between
• super- or supra-: above

Body relative directions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_relative_direction Forwards/backwards, up/down, left/right

Ship: fore/aft, port/starboard

Cardinal directions

Affixes for the cardinal directions.

Affix	Noun form	Direction	Example
austro-	austral	South, southern.	Austria, aurora australis
orient-	oriental	East, eastern	orientalism, orientality
borea-	boreal	North, Northern	boreal forest, aurora borealis
occident-	occidental	West, western	occidentalism, occiduous

(In)equality

Affixes for equality/inequality.

Affix	Noun form	Direction	Example	Antonym
allo-	allo	Different	allogamy, allocentric	auto-
aniso-	aniso	Unequal, asymmetric	anisodactyly, anisophylly	iso-
iso-	iso	Equal, homogenous, uniform.	isoabsoptive, isomagnetic	aniso-
ipsi-	ipso	On the same side of	ipsilateral, ipsogender	contra-

Temporal

Affixes for temporal comparisons.

Affix	Noun form	Direction	Example
afore-	afore	Previously, before.	aforementioned, aforeknown
after-	after	Coming after, following.	afternoon, afterlife
synchro-	sync	At the same time.	synchrotron, synchromodal