Latin and Greek Suffixes

The suffix -ic means quality, relation (dramatic, specific, electronic, comic, generic) and forms

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The suffixes -ance, -ancy, -ence, -ency mean quality or state (independence, hesitancy, pregnancy) and form

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• verbs

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The suffix -ite means a member or component (Israelite, dynamite) and forms

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The suffixes -ious, -eous meaning full of or characterized by (religious, ambitious) form

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• verbs

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The suffix -age means the act, state, or result of (package, passage, orphanage) and forms

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The suffixes -ian, -ist mean a person who (librarian, pianist, electrician) and form

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The suffix -ify means cause or cause to be (classify, justify, qualify) and form

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The suffixes -ologist, -ology mean person who studies or study of (psychologist, psychology) and form

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The suffix -phobia means an irrational fear of something (arachnophobia, claustrophobia) and forms

• A) nouns

• B) adjectives

• C) verbs

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The suffix -logy means the study of (biology, geology) and forms

• A) nouns

• B) adjectives

• C) verbs

• D) adverbs