Suffix
able, ible
able, capable
Meaning
ade
result of action
age
act of, state of, result of
al
algia
an, ian
relating to
pain
native of, relating to
ance, ancy
action, process, state
ary, ery, ory
relating to, quality, place where
Greek or Latin?
biosis
-blast
mode of living, way of life
Greek
formative, embryonic
Greek
-chaeta-, -chete a bristle
Greek
-chrome
cian
color
possessing a specific skill or art
Greek
-cidal, -cide
killer, a killing
Latin
-cocci, -coccus round, seed, kernel
cule, ling
very small
cy
action, function
Greek
-cyst
pouch, sac
Greek
-dactyl
finger
Greek
-derm, -dermis skin, layer
dom
quality, realm
ee
one who receives the action
-elle, -ule, -la, le, -let, -ole
small, diminutive endings
-emia
en
blood disease
made of, to make
ence, ency
action, state of, quality
er, or
one who, that which
escent
in the process of
ese
a native of, the language of
esis, osis
action, process, condition
ess
female
Greek
Latin
Greek
et, ette
small one, group
-fer
fic
bearer, producer, carry
making, causing
ful
fy
-gamous, gamy
-gen, -geny
full of
make
marriage, sexual fusion
origin, production
Greek
Greek
-genesis
origin, development of
Latin
-gony
something produced
Latin
-graph
drawing, writing
Greek
-hedral, hedron
hood
side
order, condition, quality
Greek
-hydrate
ic
compound formed by union of water
with other substance
Greek
nature of, like
ice
condition, state, quality
id, ide
a thing connected with or belonging
to
ile
relating to, suited for, capable of
ine
ion, sion, tion
nature of
act, result, or state of
ish
origin, nature, resembling
-ism
ism
act, practice or result of
system, manner, condition,
characteristic
ist
one who, that which
-ite
ite
a division or part
nature of, quality of, mineral product
Latin
-itis
ity, ty
inflammation or infection
state of, quality
Greek
ive
causing, making
ize, ise
make
Latin
Greek
-jugal, -jugate
to yoke, join together
Latin
-logy
logy
science or study of
study, science, theory
G. logos
ly
like, manner of
-lysis, -lytic
ment
loosening, separation, splitting into
smaller units
act of, state or, result
Greek
-mer, -merous a part, piece
G. meros
-meter
a measurement
G. metron
-morph
form
Greek
-mycin
ness
derived from a fungus
state of
Greek
-nomy
nomy
oid
systematized knowledge of
law
resembling
Greek
-oma
tumorous
Greek
-osis, -otic
ous
abnormal condition, disease
full of, having
Greek
-phage
eater
Greek
-phase
a stage or condition
Greek
-phil, -phile
fear, fearing
Greek
-phor, -phore
bearing, carrying, supporting
Greek
-phyll
leaf
Greek
-phyta, -phyte plant
Greek
-plasm
formative substance
Greek
-plast
organized particle, granule
Greek
-pod, -poda
ship
foot
state of, office, quality
Greek
-some
some
body
like, apt, tending to
Greek
-stasis
a stationary position
Greek
-stat, -static
stationary, still
Greek
-stomy
opening into
Greek
-therm
heat
Greek
-thes, -thesis
arrangement, in order
Greek
-tom, -tomy
dividing, surgery
Greek
-trope, -tropic
tude
turning
state of, condition of
Greek
ure
state of, act, process, rank
-vor, -vore
ward
feeding
in the direction of
y
-zoa,-zoan,zoic
inclined to, tend to
animal, life
Greek