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“suffix”
1. A letter, or group of letters, added to the end of a word or word part to form another term: Suffixes are clearly expressed with such elements as, -ly in "quickly", -ing in "talking", -ness in "gentleness", -ing in "walking", and -s in "sits".
Suffixes are also defined as groups of letters placed at the end of words to modify their meanings or to change them for different grammatical functions; for example, from adjectives to adverbs, etc.
2. Something added to the end of of something else: The suffix of the evening meal at June's birthday party was the singing of "Happy birthday" by the guests.
This entry is located in the following units:
fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication
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fix-
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sub-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus-, su-
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suffix (suh FIKS, SUHF iks) (verb), suffixes; suffixed; suffixing
1. To add a letter, or letters, to the end of a word to form a slightly different meaning: Examples of suffixed parts are -s and -ness as shown in "dogs" and "softness".
2. To include or to attach something to the end of another item: After asking his mother if he could go to the movie with his girlfriend, he made sure to suffix his request with, "please".
2. To include or to attach something to the end of another item: After asking his mother if he could go to the movie with his girlfriend, he made sure to suffix his request with, "please".
This entry is located in the following units:
fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication
(page 37)
fix-
(page 4)
sub-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus-, su-
(page 11)
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“suffix”
(Latin: suffix; expressing ability, capacity, fitness, or "that which may be easily handled or managed")
(Latin: suffix; able manner, capably)
(Greek > Latin: suffix; from French -aque, or directly from Latin -acus, from Greek -akos forming adjectives. This suffix was used to form names of arts and sciences in Greek and it is now generally used to form new names of sciences in English; meanings, "related to, of the nature of, pertaining to, referring to")
(Latin: suffix; forming adjectives; inclined to, given to, tendency to be, abounding in)
(Latin: suffix; quality of)
(Latin: suffix; state, quality, condition, or act of; forming nouns)
(Latin: suffix; forming nouns and verbs; an action done; the product of or a result of some kind of material or a process of doing something)
(Latin: suffix; quality of, act of, process, function, condition, or place; forms nouns that denote an action; a product of an action; a place, an abode)
(Latin: suffix; pertaining to, like, of the kind of, relating to, characterized by, belonging to; action of, process of)
(Latin: suffix; indicating a person who specializes in something)
(Greek > Latin: suffix; a process; a diseased condition)
(Latin: suffix; meaning, to make, to drive)
(Latin: suffix; ability to, capable of, suitable for; pertaining to, like, belonging to, tending to)
(Greek > Latin: drinking; a word termination [suffix] denoting a relationship to drinking or the intake of fluids)
(Greek: contraction; to gather, to constrict)
(Latin: suffix; little, small)
(Latin: suffix; little, small)
(Latin: a suffix; expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.)
(Greek: used either as a prefix or as a suffix; pointed appendages; spine, spiny; thorn, thorny)
(Latin: a suffix; having the quality of, of the nature of, characterized by, belonging to, resembling)
(Latin: derived from aceto- plus the suffix -yl; used in naming chemical radicals)
(Greek: usually a suffix meaning: lead, leading, leading forth, guide, guiding; bring, take; promoting, stimulating)
(Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; pertaining to, like; connected with, belonging to, resembling)
(Latin: often through French, quality or state of; being; condition; act or fact of _______ ing; a suffix that forms nouns)
(Latin: a suffix; a person who, the thing which; people who, things which)
(Latin: a suffix; pertaining to, of the nature of, like; denoting an agent)
(a suffix which forms nouns that refer to people who regularly engage in some activity, or who are characterized in a certain way, as indicated by the stem or root of the word; originally, which appeared in Middle English in words from Old French where it expressed an intensive degree or with a pejorative or disparaging application)
(Latin: a suffix; related to or connected with)
(Latin: a suffix forming adjectives from nouns ending in -ary; a person who, a thing that; a person who is a part of something, pertaining to one's state or condition; a person who has a connection with or belief in the stated subject; a promotor of something; a native or inhabitant of someplace; someone of a certain age)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; a place for; abounding in or connected with something; a place containing or related to that which is specified by the root)
(Greek: a suffix; little, small)
(Latin: a suffix; a person who, a place where, a thing which, or pertaining to; connected with; having the character of; apparatus)
(Greek: a suffix indicating an enzyme)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; used in medicine to denote a state or condition of)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; one who; forms nouns from verbs in -ize; nouns denoting the adherent of a certain doctrine, principle, or custom)
(Latin: a suffix; office of, office holder)
(Latin: a suffix; to do, to make, to cause, or to act upon; to do something with)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; pertaining to; of the nature of)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; action, act, process, state, or condition; or result of doing something)
(Latin: a suffix; tending to)
(Latin: a suffix that forms masculine nouns from verbs)
(Latin: a suffix; result of the act of, means of, place for)
(This suffix has no etymological source; it is just a part of other words.)
(Greek: mirror; from kat-[a], "against, back" plus op-[tos], "seen" plus the noun-forming suffix -tron)
(Greek: a suffix; hernia, swelling)
(Greek: a suffix; new, denotes certain "recent" eons when naming geological periods)
(Greek: a suffix: to spread, to disperse; to move, to go; to withdraw, to advance; a means or agency for distribution)
(Latin: a suffix; kill, killer; murder, to cause death, slayer; cutter; “to cut down”)
(Greek: a suffix; to govern, to rule; government, strength, power, might, authority)
(Latin: a suffix; result of the act of, means of)
(Latin: a suffix; small, tiny; also, result of the act of, means of)
(Greek: a suffix; cut, excise, surgical removal of)
(Latin: a suffix; a person who; a thing which)
(Latin: a suffix; a person who)
(Latin: a suffix; little)
(Latin: a suffix; little)
(Greek: a suffix; blood, usually a diseased condition of the blood)
(Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; action, process, state, quality, or condition of)
(Latin: adjective suffix signifying action or being; performing a particular acion)
(Latin: a suffix; composed of, of the nature of, like)
(a suffix with a variety of applications)
(Latin: beginning to be, becoming; to be somewhat; a suffix that forms nouns and adjectives)
(Latin: suffix from -ensis, of, belonging to, from [a place]; originating in [a city or country])
(from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, Vulgar Latin -iscus, Italian -esco, and then French -esque: a suffix forming adjuectives and indicating "resemblance, style, manner, or distinctive character, etc., of")
(Greek -issa > Late Latin -issa > Old French -esse > Middle English -esse: a suffix that forms nouns meaning a female +++, as in lioness, tigress, heiress, hostess, and sculptress)
(French: a suffix; small)
(Greek: -etikos, an adjective suffix meaning "pertaining to, of the nature of" for nouns ending in -esis)
(Latin: a suffix; make, do, build, cause, produce)
(Latin: a suffix; from agere to set in motion, to drive, to lead; to do, to act)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; state of, condition of, quality of; act of)
(Latin: a suffix that forms English adjectives from Latin adjectives ending with -is or -ius with meanings about "pertaining to, relating to", or "characterized by")
(Latin: suffix form of -an from -ianus, a modifier of the main word to which it is attached: belonging to, coming from, being involved in, or being like something)
(Latin: a suffix that means "able to [be]"; a variation of -ability)
(Latin: a suffix; can be done, worthy of being, able to be, tending to, capacity for)
(Greek: a suffix; pertaining to; of the nature of, like; in chemistry, it denotes a higher valence of the element than is expressed by -ous)
(Latin: from -icalis, a suffix that forms adjectives from nouns; of or having to do with; having the nature of; constituting or being; containing or made up of; made by or caused by; like, characteristic of; art or system of thought; chemical terms)
(Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; meaning, quality of, state of)
(Greek: a suffix; meaning, specialist in, practitioner of)
(Greek: a suffix that forms nouns and is usually used to form names of arts and sciences)
(Latin: a suffix; meaning, state, condition; having, being, pertaining to, tending to, inclinded to)
(Latin: a suffix used to form names of zoological groups, classes, and orders)
(Greek: a suffix used to form the names of families in zoology and biology; descended from, related to)
(Latin: a suffix; meaning, ability, ability to [do something])
(Greek > Latin: a suffix that is used to form hundreds of words that mean: similar to, resembling, like, characterized by, or of the nature of)
(Latin: a suffix; pertaining to)
(Latin: a suffix; to act in a certain way; to treat in a certain way; to make into; to treat with; to do; to make; to cause)
(Old English: a suffix meaning, characteristic of, like, tending to; of or relating to, from; somewhat, approximately; or a verb ending)
(Greek, ismos; Latin, ismus: a suffix: belief in, practice of, condition of, process, characteristic behavior or manner, abnormal state, distinctive feature or trait)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; one who believes in; one who is engaged in; someone who does something)
(Greek: a suffix; one connected with, inhabitant of; also used to show chemicals, minerals, etc.)
(Latin: a suffix; tending to, characterized by)
(Greek: a suffix; inflammation, burning sensation; by extension, disease associated with inflammation)
(Latin: suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing act, state, quality, property, or condition corresponding to an adjective)
(Greek: a suffix; scientific names; names of metallic elements; a part, lining, or enveloping tissue, region; little; representing a diminutive force)
(Latin: a suffix; tending to; of the quality of, inclined to)
(Latin: a suffix; to act in a certain way; to treat in a certain way; to make into; to treat with; to do; to make; to cause)
(Greek: a suffix; a violent attack, a seizing)
(Old English: -leas, from leas, "free from, devoid of, false, feigned"; suffix meaning "lacking")
(Latin > Italian: a suffix; seashore; pertaining to the seashore)
(A suffix that forms adjectives and examples that are used to show them.)
(A suffix that forms adverbs, primarily from adjectives.)
(Greek: used as a suffix; divination, prophecy, fortune telling; to interpret signs so “practical” decisions can be made [related to -mania])
(Latin: a suffix; result of, means of, act of)
(Latin: a suffix; result of, means of, act of; place of action)
(Latin: action, result of an action or condition; a suffix that forms nouns)
(Greek: a suffix; like, resembling, similar to, form)
(Latin: a suffix; full of, disposed to)
(Greek: a suffix meaning: to talk, to speak; a branch of knowledge; any science or academic field that ends in -ology which is a variant of -logy; a person who speaks in a certain manner; someone who deals with certain topics or subjects)
(Latin: a suffix; state of, result of; he who, that which)
(Greek: used as a suffix; view; sight; see, that which is seen)
(Latin: a suffix; a place or instrument for performing the action of the main element; a place used for something)
(Greek: used as a suffix; rupture of an organ or vessel; a breaking forth, bursting)
(Latin: a suffix of adjectives ending in -ory; of or relating to; like; resembling)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; actor, process, condition, or state of; result of; expresses a state or abnormal condition or process of some disease)
(Greek: a suffix that means: state or condition of; diseased condition of)
(Latin: full of or having the qualities of; in chemistry, a suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.)
(Greek: something fixed or fastened together; a suffix that denotes conjoined twins, the first element of a word denotes the parts fused)
(Greek: in botany, a suffix combining form meaning, "having a certain number or a certain shape of petals")
(Greek: a suffix; fixing [of a specified part]; attaching to, a fastening)
(Greek: used as a suffix; sale, selling; one who sells; pertaining to selling, to sell; trade, barter)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; a bursting forth, excessive flow)
(Latin: a suffix found at the end of some words that make certain verbs become nouns.)
(Latin: a suffix forming nouns from verbs of condition and action; an act or process: resumption, absorption; state or condition, redemption, exhaustion; something resulting from or otherwise related to an act or process, assumption, friction)
(Greek: cut, incision; section; more often used as a suffix)
(Greek: a suffix referring to a device, tool, or instrument; more generally, used in the names of any kind of chamber or apparatus used in experiments)
(Latin: a suffix; result of, the act of, means of)
(Latin: a suffix; state, quality, condition of)
(Latin: a suffix; tending to do, inclined to; full of)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix that forms singular nouns)
(Latin: a suffix; little, small)
(Latin: a suffix; little, small)
(Latin: a suffix; tending to, inclined to)
(Latin: a suffix that denotes an act or result, result of the act of)
(Greek: a suffix that means; state of, condition of, quality of, act of)