Greek and Latin Suffixes

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able, ible: able, capable

i.e. capable, agreeable, edible, visible
ade: result of action

i.e. blockade
age: act of, state of, result of

i.e. storage, wreckage, damage
al: relating to

i.e. gradual, manual, natural
algia: pain

i.e. neuralgia, nostalgia, myalgia
an, ian: native of, relating to

i.e. African, riparian
ance, ancy: action, process, state

i.e. assistance, allowance, defiance
ary, ery, ory: relating to, quality, place where

i.e. aviary, bravery, dormitory
cian: possessing a specific skill or art

i.e. magician, physician
cy: action, function

i.e. hesitancy, prophecy, normalcy
cule, ling: very small

i.e. molecule, ridicule, animalcule, duckling, sapling
dom: quality, realm

i.e. freedom, kingdom, wisdom
ee: one who receives the action

i.e. refugee, nominee, lessee
en: made of, to make

i.e. silken, frozen, wooden
ence, ency: action, state of, quality

i.e. difference, confidence, urgency, agency
er, or: one who, that which

i.e. baker, miller, professor
escent: in the process of

i.e. adolescent, senescence, putrescence
ese: a native of, the language of

i.e. javanese, japanese, balinese
esis, osis: action, process, condition

i.e. genesis, hypnosis, neurosis, osmosis
ess: female

i.e. goddess, lioness, actress
et, ette: small one, group

i.e. midget, baronet, sextet, lorgnette
fic: making, causing

i.e. scientific, specific
ful: full of

i.e. frightful, careful, helpful
fy: make

i.e. beautify, fortify, simplify
hood: order, condition, quality

i.e. manhood, adulthood
ic: nature of, like

i.e. metallic, acidic, bucotic, simplisitc
ice: condition, state, quality

i.e. justice, malice
id, ide: a thing connected with or belonging to

i.e. fluid, fluoride, bromide
ile: relating to, suited for, capable of

i.e. juvenile, senile, purile, missile
ine: nature of

i.e. feminine, genuine, medicine
ion, sion, tion: act, result, or state of

i.e. cancellation, contagion, infection, renellation
ish: origin, nature, resembling

i.e. foolish, irish, clownish, impish
ism: system, manner, condition, characteristic

i.e. alcoholism, communism, capitalism
ist: one who, that which

i.e. artist, dentist, flautist
ite: nature of, quality of, mineral product

i.e. prelate, mennonite, dynamite, graphite, israelite
ity, ty: state of, quality

i.e. celebrity, captivity, clarity, poverty
ive: causing, making

i.e. abusive, exhaustive, abortive
ize, ise: make

i.e. emphasize, exercise, bowdlerize, bastardize, idolize, fanaticize
logy: study, science, theory

i.e. biology, anthropology, geology, neurology
ly: like, manner of

i.e. carelessly, fearlessly, hopelessly
ment: act of, state of, result

i.e. containment, contentment, amendment
ness: state of

i.e. carelessness, fearlessly, hopelessly
nomy: law

i.e. autonomy, economy, taxonomy
oid: resembling

i.e. asteroid, spheroid, rhomboid, anthrpoid
ous: full of, having

i.e. gracious, nervous, pompous
ship: state of, office, quality

i.e. assistantship, friendship, authorship
some: like, apt, tending to

i.e. lonesome, lissome, threesome, gruesome
tude: state of, condition of

i.e. gratitude, aptitude, multitude
ure: state of, act, process, rank

i.e. culture, literature, rupture, rapture
ward: in the direction of

i.e. eastward, downward, backward
y: inclined to, tend to

i.e. cheery, crafty, faulty

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