Suffixes

A root may be followed by more then one suffix, each contributing to and extending the meaning. Accept + able + ness sleep + less + ness

Suffix -able, -ible -acy -age -al -an, -ian -ance, -ence -ant, -ent -ary -ate -ation -cide -dom -en -ery, -ory, -ry -ful -hood -ic, -ical -ician -ify, -fy -ing -ise, -ize -ish -ism -ity -ive -less -let -like -ly -ment -most -ness -ous -ship -some -ster -ward, -wards -wise

Function and meaning Makes adjectives meaning able to likely to Makes nouns of quality or condition from adjectives Makes nouns meaning collection or service Makes nouns and adjectives meaning of partaining to, connected with Makes nouns and adjectives meaning of or from a country, group, doctrin Makes nouns from adj and adv Makes nouns and adjectives meaning process or one who Makes nouns meaning related to Makes adjectives from nouns meaning possessing or denotes a function Makes nouns meaning action, process of or the result of Makes nouns meaning an act of killing Makes nouns meaning state of rank Makes verbs from adjectives and nouns meaning to make Makes nouns meaning a place, business, behavior, art, trade Makes adjectives meaning full of or having the character of Makes nouns meaning the state of being Makes adjectives meaning connected with Makes noun meaning one who is skilled in or engaged in Makes verbs meaning to cause to be or become Makes nouns and participlas denoting activity or state Makes verbs meaning to make Makes adjectives meaning like or tending towards Makes nouns denoting beliefs, act, process or characteristic Makes nouns meaning state or quality Makes adjectives meaning quality of Makes adjectives meaning free from without Makes nouns meaning little, or an ornament Makes adjectives meaning resembling Makes adj and adv meaning state or quality Makes nouns meaning the product of or the state of Makes adj. superlative Makes nouns meaning state or quality Makes adj denoting quality Makes nouns meaning the quality of Makes adj. meaning tending to be, and makes nouns meaning a group consisting of Makes nouns meaning one who makes or belongs to Makes adverbs meaning toward Makes adverbs meaning in in relation to

Examples Accountable, eligible Aristocracy, diplomacy, privacy Acreage, coinage, storage Accidental, dental, refusal African, Indonesian, Utopian Abundance, brilliance Absorbent, applicant, stimulant Dignitary, granary, monetary Affectionate, foliate, magristrate Accusition, authorisation, damnation Genocide, homicide, suicide Earldom, boredom, kingdom Ashen, blacken, deafen Brewery, measonry, tapestry Awful, careful, cupful Childhood, manhood Alcoholic, heroic, romantic Beautician, musician, statistican Amplify, intensify Cooking, fishing Criticise, dramatise Boyish, childish Criticism, fanaticism, fascism Ability, charity, sanity Attractive, creative Colorless, lawless, senseless Booklet, bracelet, piglet Lifelike, warlike Cautiously, lifely Achievement, assessement, retirement Innermost, outermost, uppermost Carelessness, coolness, sadness Adventurous, nervous, sadness Friendship, membership Quarrelsome, troublesome, thresome Gangster, jokester, teamster Homeward, onward, seaward, upward Clockwise, moneywise, otherwise

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prefix a a, ad ante Anti Auto Bi Bio Dis Fore Hyper Il, im, in, ir Infra Inter Macro Micro Miss Over post Quasi Pre Re Semi Sub Tele trans Ultra Un Uni O G L L G G L G L OE G L L L G G OE E L L L L L L L G L L OE L meaning not to before against self twice life not before above exercisse not below between large small wrong Too much after Half-almost before Back, again Half, partially under At a distance accross beyond not one Examples Amoral, atheist, apathetic Affix, advance Antecedent, antenatal Antidote, antiseptic Autobiography, automatic Bicycle, bilateral Biology, bionic, biosphere Disable, disadvantage Forearm, foretell, forefather Hyperactive, hyperbole Hypertension Illegal, imposible, insecure, irreplacable, irresponsible Infra-red, infrasonic, infrastructure Intercede, interpersonal Macrocosm, macroeconomics Microbe, microscope Miscalculate, misplace Overactive, overpaid Postgraduate, postwar Quasi-literal, quasi-official Premature, pre-war Realign, reconfirm Semicolon, semi-invalid Submarine, subway Telephone, telescope Translantic, trans-continental Ultramarine, ultrasonic Unable, unattractive, unborn Uniform, unilateral, universe