SUFFIXES

SUFFIXES
one or more syllables placed at the end of a base word or a root. Suffixes change the function as well as the meaning of a word. When a SUFFIX is added, the spelling of the BASE WORD or ROOT may change.

SUFFIXES that FORM NOUNS

MEANING: state EXAMPLE: Original Word: LITERATE New Noun: LITERACY

-ACY-

MEANING: condition EXAMPLE: Original Word: LENIENT New Noun: LENIENCY

-CY-

MEANING: result , process EXAMPLE: Original Word: SHORT New Noun: SHORTAGE

-AGE-

MEANING: action EXAMPLE: Original Word: RENEW New Noun: RENEWAL

-AL-

MEANING: person from EXAMPLE: Original Word: ASIA New Noun: ASIAN

-AN-

MEANING: person belonging to EXAMPLE: Original Word: CUSTODY New Noun: CUSTODIAN

-IAN-

MEANING: state or quality EXAMPLE: Original Word: ACCEPT DIFFER New Noun: ACCEPTANCE DIFFERENCE

-ANCE- and -ENCE-

MEANING: agent or doer EXAMPLE: Original Word: COMMAND PRESIDE New Noun: COMMANDANT PRESIDENT

-ANT- and -ENT-

MEANING: action, state EXAMPLE: Original Word: COMBINE New Noun: COMBINATION

-ATION-

MEANING: result

-ITION-

EXAMPLE: Original Word: IGNITE New Word: IGNITION

MEANING: action or process of ; result of ; condition or state of being EXAMPLE: Original Word: AFFECT New Noun: AFFECTION
MEANING: one receiving, action EXAMPLE: Original Word: HONOR New Noun: HONOREE

-ION-

-EE-

MEANING: doer or maker EXAMPLE: Original Word: CREATE New Noun: CREATOR

-ER- or -OR-

MEANING: state or condition EXAMPLE: Original Word: CHILD New Noun: CHILDHOOD

-HOOD-

MEANING: system or practice

-ISM-

EXAMPLE: Original Word: HERO New Noun: HEROISM

MEANING: doer or follower

-IST-

EXAMPLE: Original Word: ESSAY New Noun: ESSAYIST

MEANING: state or quality EXAMPLE: Original Word: REAL New Noun: REALITY

-ITY-

MEANING: action or result

-MENT-

EXAMPLE: Original Word: GOVERN New Noun: GOVERNMENT

MEANING: quality or state

-NESS-

EXAMPLE: Original Word: GOOD New Noun: GOODNESS MEANING: state or condition

-SHIP-

EXAMPLE: Original Word: INTERN New Noun: INTERNSHIP

MEANING: act or result EXAMPLE: Original Word: SEIZE New Noun: SEIZURE

-URE-

MEANING: result or action

-Y-

EXAMPLE: Original Word: PHOTOGRAPH New Noun: PHOTOGRAPHY

SUFFIXES that form VERBS

MEANING: become , form

-ATE-

EXAMPLE: Original Word: ILLUMINE New Word: ILLUMINATE

MEANING: make , cause , to be

-EN-

EXAMPLE: Original Word: SHORT New Noun: SHORTEN

-FY- or IFYMEANING: cause or make EXAMPLE: Original Word: ELECTRIC New Noun: ELECTRIFY MEANING: make , cause , to be

-IZE-

EXAMPLE: Original Word: MODERN New Noun: MODERNIZE

SUFFIXES that form ADJECTIVES

-ABLEMEANING: able , capable EXAMPLE: Original Word: MANAGE New Noun: MANAGEABLE MEANING: characteristic of EXAMPLE: Original Word: REMOVE New Noun: REMOVAL

-AL-

MEANING: made of , like EXAMPLE: Original Word: WOOD New Noun: WOODEN MEANING: full of

-EN-

-FUL-

EXAMPLE: Original Word: BEAUTY New Noun: BEAUTIFUL

MEANING: characteristic of EXAMPLE: Original Word: HERO HISTORY New Noun: HEROIC HISTORICAL

-IC- or -ICAL-

MEANING: like , characteristic EXAMPLE: Original Word: FOOL New Noun: FOOLISH

-ISH-

MEANI NG: tending to EXAMPLE: Original Word: CREATE New Noun: CREATIVE

-IVE-

MEANING: without

-LESS-

EXAMPLE: Original Word: THOUGHT New Noun: THOUGHTLESS

MEANING: similar EXAMPLE: Original Word: CHILD New Noun: CHILDLIKE

-LIKE-

MEANING: like EXAMPLE: Original Word: WOMAN New Noun: WOMANLY

-LY-

-OUSMEANING: full of , marked by EXAMPLE: Original Word: GLORY New Noun: GLORIOUS MEANING: like , showing EXAMPLE: Original Word: SHINE New Noun: SHINY

-Y-

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Roda Villamor

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