This is the third and final installment in the last part of my classical English affixes series. This is basically all of the Greek and Latin suffixes from “F” onward. That’s it! We’re all done!
Here is the previous installment in this list of suffixes:
For prefixes (morphemes that get attached to the beginning of words) and base words, you can refer to the rest of the series using the “affixes” tag.
Prefix | Meaning | Example |
ful | full of | bountiful, plentiful |
icle, cule | small | icicle, molecule |
ify | to make | beautify |
ist | one who does | scientist |
less | without | tireless |
let | small | booklet |
ly | in a (adjective) way | slowly |
ologist | studier of, expert in | hematologist |
ose, ous, eous, ious | full of | verbose, populous, aqueous, spacious |
phobe | one who fears | arachnophobe |
phobia | fear of | claustrophobia |