Affixes Unit 1 (Art & Aesthetics)

Root-Suffix-Prefix

flor, flori

Flowers

form

shape

gram

written work

graph

writing, design

luc, lum, lus

light (luminous, illustrate)

phos, photo

light (photograph, phosphorescent)

plac

pleasing, pleasant, peaceful

-a, -ae

plural

-able, -ible

able to, capable of

-acious

full of, given to, marked by

-acy, -cy

state, quality, or condition of; act or process of (privacy, democracy)

-ade

act or result of (product or thing)

-age

state, quality, or condition of; act or process of (storage, marriage)

-al, -ial

relating to, characteristic of, like (instructional, natural, convincial)

-an

relating to, characteristic of, like (urban, veteran, metropolitan, American)

-ance, -ence

state, quality, or condition of; act or process of (annoyance, attendance, confidence)

-ancy, -ency

state, quality, or condition of; act or process of (truancy, vacancy, consistency)

-ant, -ent

one who does or makes something (attendant, assistant)

-ard

one who does or makes something (drunkard, coward)

-arian

holders of a particular belief system/lifestyle