Greek/Latin Suffixes Flashcards
-able/-ably
able to, capable of being (unalienable)
-acy
state or quality of being (intricacy)
-age
belonging to, related to (marriage)
-al
pertaining to, act of (ephemeral)
-ana
sayings, writings, facts of (Americana)
-an/-ant/-ent
one who is (charlatan)
-ance
act of, state of being, thing that (abeyance)
-ary
belonging to, a relation to (hereditary)
-ate
having (alienate)
-ation/-ition
the act of, result of (alteration)
-ar
relating to, like; the nature of (singular)
-bulum/-ble
means, instrument, place (stable, fable)
-cide/-cidal
killer; having the power to kill (suicidal)
-crat/-cracy
to govern (democracy)
-culum/-cle
means, instrument, place (curriculum)
-en
to become or cause to be (darken)
-ence
act, fact, quality, state (excellence)
-ency
state of being (dependency)
-er/-or
one who (volunteer)
-ery/-ry
a place to/for or occupation of (vinery)
-esce
becoming (coalesce)
-fy
to make, cause to be, or become (horrify)
-hood
state, quality; group of (childhood, priesthood)
-ian
belonging to, a relation to (plebian)
-ier
a person concerned with (soldier)
-able/-ible
able to/able to be (flexible)
-ic
pertaining to (prosaic)
-ice
quality or state of being (avarice)
-il/-ile
having to do with (civil)
-ion
the act/result of, one who (opinion)
-ium/-y/-ce/-ge
the act of (refuge)
-cium/-tium/-gium
something connected with the act (compendium)
-ish
belonging to, like (boyish)
-ist
a person who does, makes, or practices (artist)
-itious
having the nature of (nutritious)
-itude/-tude
state of being (aptitude)
-ity
state, character, condition (animosity)
-ive
one who, that which is (elusive)
-less
lacking (tireless)
-like
characteristic of; suitable for (godlike)
-ly
specified manner, extent, direction (hourly)
-men
result or means (acumen)
-mentum/-ment
result or means of an act (moment)
-ness
state or quality of being (greatness)
-oon
one who (buffoon)
-or
act or condition of (precursor)
-ory
relating to, thing which, place where (laboratory)
-ose/-ous
having, full of, characterized by (impervious)
-ship
quality, condition, state of (fellowship)
-some
like, tending to be (lonesome)
-tion
state of that which (commotion)
-tude
state of being (verisimilitude)
-ulus/-ulous
tending to (credulous)
-ure
state or act of (censure)
-uous
tending to (innocuous)
-vorous/-vore
eating/feeding on (herbivore)
-wise
direction, manner, in regard to (clockwise)
-y
state of being (apathy)
-ac/-iac
pertaining to (cardiac)
-agia/-algia
pain (neuralgia)
-ast
one who does (enthusiast)
-clasm
destruction (iconoclasm)
-emia
condition of the blood (anemia)
-genic
suitable (photogenic)
-gram
record (telegram)
-graph
written (monograph)
-graphy
process/method of writing (photography)
-ia/-y
act or state of (euphoria)
-iatrics
treatment of disease (pediatrics)
iatry
healing (psychiatry)
-ic
pertaining to, one who (dogmatic)
-ical
pertaining to, made of (political)
-ic/-ice
art, science, study of (politics)
-ise/-ize
to make, to give (sanitize)
-isk/-iscus
little (asterisk)
-ism
belief in or profession of (baptism)
-ist
one who believes in (Platonist)
-latry
worship of (idolatry)
-lite/-lith
stone (monolith)
-logue
manner of speaking (monologue)
-logy/-ology
science or study of (geology)
-lysis
loosening (analysis)
-ma/-m/-me
result of (theorem)
-mania
madness for (pyromania)
-meter
to measure (centimeter)
-oid
resembling, like, shaped (android)
-oma
tumor (melanoma)
-orama
view (panorama)
-pathy
feeling, disease (antipathy)
-philia/-philic/-phile
love, affinity for; person with a love for (anglophilia, audiophile)
-phobia
fear of (claustrophobia)
-phor
that which carries (metaphor)
-poly
sale, selling (monopoly)
-scope
instrument for visual exam (telescope)
-sis
act, state of (metamorphosis)
-tic
pertaining to (static)
-ant/-ent/-ient
kind of agent, indication (important, convenient)
