Numerals

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Here are more combining forms that are important to know since they are numbers. If you've ever had trouble remembering whether millimeter or kilometer was closer to an inch, pay attention here. Note that the milli- is Latin and the kilo- is Greek; the Latin is the smaller unit, and the Greek the larger, so millimeter is a 1000th part of a meter (.0363 of an inch) and the kilometer is 1000 meters (39370 inches).

Some of these numerals are derived from adverbs, most from adjectives.

GREEK & Latin	Meaning in English
SEMI-; hemi-	1/2
HEN-; uni-
sesqui-	1-1/2
DYO (DI-, DIS-); duo- (bi-, bis-)
TRI-; tri-
TETRA-, TESSARO-;quadri-
PENTA-;quinque
HEX, HEXA-;sex-
HEPTA-;septem-
OCTO-;octo-
ENNEA-;novem-
DECA-;decem-
DODECA-; duodecim
HECATONTA-;centi-
CHILIO-;milli-
MYRI-, MYRIAD-;	any large or countless number

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