Suffix Meanings
The suffix meanings that follow are a partial list that has been gathered over a
number of years.
They include mostly Latin and Greek suffixes although I'm sure there are others in
there as well.
When considering suffixes and their meanings, it's important to remember that in the
other languages from which English has ‘borrowed’ heavily, there were feminine, masculine, and neutral
genders.
In English, we have typically preserved the masculine suffix meanings although the
other genders can still be found.
If you're looking for a list of suffix meanings then go to the page from the link at
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and root words available anywhere.
Suffix Meanings
| able, ible |
capable of (adjective suffix) |
| ac, ic |
like, pertaining to |
| acious, icious |
full of |
| al |
pertaining to |
| ant, ent |
full of |
| ary |
like, connected with |
| ate |
to make (verb suffix) |
| ation |
that which is (noun suffix) |
| ced, cede |
to go, to give in |
| cy |
state of being (noun suffix) |
| duc, duct |
to lead |
| eer, er, or |
the person who (noun suffix) |
| escent |
becoming (adjective suffix) |
| fic |
making, doing (adjective suffix) |
| fy |
to make (verb suffix) |
| ful |
full of |
| graph |
to write |
| iferous |
producing, bearing (adjective suffix) |
| il, ile |
pertaining to, capable of (adjective suffix) |
| ism |
doctrine, belief (noun suffix) |
| ist |
dealer, doer (noun suffix) |
| ity |
state of being (noun suffix) |
| ive |
like (adjective suffix) |
| ize, ise |
to make (verb suffix) |
| less |
lacking |
| ment |
act or state of |
| ness |
quality of |
| oid |
resembling, like (adjective suffix) |
| ose |
full of (adjective suffix) |
| ory |
having quality of |
| osis |
condition (noun suffix) |
| ous |
full of (adjective suffix) |
| tude |
state of (noun suffix) |
| pose |
to place |
| scrib, script |
to write |
| spect |
to appear, to see |
| ship |
art or skill of |
| some |
full of like |
| tact |
to touch |
| ten, tent, tain |
to hold |
| tend, tens, tent |
to stretch |
| tract |
to draw |
| tude |
quality of, ability to |
| ven, vent |
to come |
| ver, vert, vers |
to turn |
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