Greek Adjective-Forming Suffixes

Question 1

-al

Answer 1

‘pertaining to’, ‘like’, ‘belonging to’, ‘having the character of’

biological
BIO- ‘life’ + -logy, ‘science of’ + ic + al

Question 2

-an (-ian)

Answer 2

‘pertaining to’, ‘like’, ‘one connected with’

amphibian
amphi-, ‘both’ + BI-, ‘life’ + -an; PROTO-, ‘first’ + ZO-, ‘life’ + -an; THE, ‘god’ + -logy, ‘study of’ + -an

Question 3

-ous (-ious)

Answer 3

‘full of’, ‘having’, ‘pertaining to’, ‘like’

amphi- + BI-, ‘life’ + -ous; syn- + ONYM- ‘name’ + -ous; HOMO-, ‘same’ + GENE-, ‘kind’ + -ous

Question 4

-ic, -tic, (-ac after -i)

Answer 4

‘pertaining to’, ‘like’

GASTR-, ‘stomach’ + -ic; STA-, ‘to stand’ + -ic; CARDI-, ‘heart’ + -ac

Question 5

-ics, -tics

Answer 5

‘art, science or study of’

PHYS-, ‘nature’ + -ics; GENE-, ‘to be produced’ + -tics’; PAED, ‘child’ + IATR-, ‘doctor’ + -ics

Question 6

-oid, -ode

Answer 6

‘like’, ‘having the shape of’

SPHER-, ‘sphere’ + -oid; ADEN-, ‘gland’ + -oid; NEMAT-, ‘thread’ + -ode; PHYLL-, ‘leaf’ + -ode