Suffixes

able, ible

able, capable

age

act of, state of, result of

al

relating to

algia

pain

an, ian

native of, relating to

ance, ancy

action, process, state

ary, ery, ory

aviary

cian

processing a specific skill or art

cule, ling

very small

cy

action, function

dom

quality, realm

ee

one who receives the action

en

made of, to make

ence, ency

action, state of, quality

er, or

one who, that which

escent

in the process of

esis, osis

action, process, condition

et, ette

small one, group

fic

making, causing

ful

full of

hood

order, condition, quality

ice

condition, state, quality

id, ide

connected with, belonging to

ile

relating to, suited for, capable of

ine

nature of

ion, sion, tion

act, result, state of

ish

origin, nature, resembling

ism

system, manner, condition, characteristic

ist

one who, that which

ite

nature of, quality of, mineral product

ity, ty

state of, quality

ive

causing, making

ize, ise

make

ment

act of, state or, result

nomy

law

oid

resembling

some

like, apt, tending to

strat

cover

tude

state of, condition of

um

forms single nouns

ure

state of, act, process, rank

ward

in the direction of

y

inclined to, tend to

androus

man

archy

rule, government

biosis

life

cephalic, cephalous

head

chrome

color

cidal, cide

kill

cracy, crat

rule, government

derm

skin

emia

blood

fugal, fuge

run away from

gamy

marriage

gnosis

knowledge

grade

walking

gram, graph, graphy

writing

hedral, hedron

sided

iasis

disease

iatrics, iatry

medical treatment

itis

inflammation

lepsy

seizure, fit

lith

stone

logy

science of, list

machy

battle, fight

mancy, mantic

foretelling

mania, maniac

craving, strong desire

meter, metry

measure

morphic, morphous

shape

odont

tooth

opsis

appearance

pathy

suffering, disease

phage, phagous

eating

phany

manifestation

phobe, phobia

fear

phone, phony

sound

plasm

matter

rrhagia, rrhagic, rrhea

flow

saur

lizard

scope, scopy

observation

soma, some

body

taxis, taxy

order

vorous

eating