The four most common suffixes are -ed, -ing, -ly, and -s. (These account for over 95% of suffixed words.)
What are the 20 examples of suffix?
- Suffix -acy. Democracy,accuracy,lunacy.
- Suffix – al. Remedial,denial,trial,criminal.
- Suffix -ance. Nuisance,ambience,tolerance.
- Suffix -dom. Freedom,stardom,boredom.
- Suffix -er,-or.
- Suffix -ism.
- Suffix -ist.
- Suffix -ity,-ty.
What are some examples of suffixes in people's names?
- -ist - person
- -ian - of or belonging to
- -ess - denoting female persons
- -ar/-er/-eur/-ier/-or/-ur - agent
What are prefixes and their meanings?
- Prefixes are morphemes (specific groups of letters with particular semantic meaning) that are added onto the beginning of roots and base words to change their meaning. Prefixes are one of the two predominant kinds of affixes—the other kind is suffixes, which come at the end of a root word.
What are some examples of prefixes?
- - a- or an-, ad- (which often drops the ‘d’ and may double the consonant of the root word); - co-, com-, or con-; - il-, im-, in-, ir; - pre- or pro- (sometimes); - sym-, syn-; - and sometimes others, like sub-.