Word-formation of the English language. Conversion
Suffix derived nouns, adjectives, verbs.
Prefix derived adjectives and verbs.
|The affix |the |deriva|deriv|examples |
| |origin |tive |ant | |
|-ness |L. |n. |adj. |alertness, goodness, |
|-ity |L. |n. |adj. |darkness. |
| | | | |convertibility, humidity, |
|-ism |L. |n. |n. |banality, activity |
| | |n. |adj. | |
| | | | |Leninism, Platonism |
|-ship |E. |n. |n. |pacifism, Americanism, |
| | | | |newspaperism |
|-dom |L. |n. |n. |friendship, ladyship, |
| | | | |horsemanship, partenship |
|-ment |L. |n. |v. |earldom, sheriffdom, |
| | | | |savagedom, boydom |
|-ation |Gr. |n. |v. |denotement, astonishment, |
|-ery |L. |n. |n. |pavement |
|-acy |R. |n. |adj. |indication, realization, |
| | | |n. |activation, expectation |
|-age |R. |n. |n. |peasantry, scenery, cattery|
| | | |v. | |
|-ed |E. |adj. |n. | |
|-y |L. |adj. |n. |profligacy, retiracy |
| | | |v. |delegacy, piracy |
| | | |adj. |readerage, spindleage, |
|-ish |E. |adj. |n. |footage |
| | | |adj. |fosterage, breakage, |
|-en(-n) |E. |adj. |n. |standage |
| |E. |adj. |n. |feathered, minded, |
|-less |Gr. | |v. |passioned |
|-ly |E. |adj. |n. |bony, furry |
|-ful | |adj. |n. |sleeply, chattly |
| |E. | |v. |blacky, paly, plumpy |
|-some | |adj. |n. | |
| | | |adj. |maidish, Irish, dampish |
| |E. | |v. |coldish, blackish, baddish |
| |E. |adj. |num. |flaxen, wooden, silken |
|-fold |E. |adj. |n. |homeless, brotherless |
|-worthy |L. | |v. |changeless |
| |L. |adj. |n. | |
|-like |L. |adj. |v. |brotherly, yearly, lively |
|-able |E. |adj. |n. |beautiful, chearful, topful|
|-ous |E. |adj. |n. | |
|-an(ean, ian) |E. |adj. |adj. |wakeful, forgeful |
|un- |E. |adj. |adj. |brothersome, venturesome |
|in- |E. |adj. |adj. |gaysome, darksome |
|non- |E. |adj. |adj. | |
|a- |L. |adj. |adj. |troublesome, quarrelsome |
|self- | |adj. |adj. |fivefold, tenfold |
|well- |L. |adj. |adj. |loveworthy, shameworthy, |
|ill- |L. |v. |n. |readworthy |
|-ize | | |adj. |showworthy |
| |E. |v. |n. |deathlike, wifelike |
|-fy(-ify) |E. | |adj. |drinkable, actable |
| |L. |v. |n. |envious, villainios |
|-ate |L. | |adj. |European, African, |
| |E. |v. |adj. |Darwinian |
|-en |E. |v. |v. |unreasonable, unpracticed, |
|un- |E. |v. |v. |unimportant, unintentional |
|de- | |v. |v. |inartistic |
|dis- |E. |v. |v. |non-human |
|mis- |L. |v. |v. |achromatic, anhydrous |
| |E. |v. |v. |self-acting, self-recording|
|under- | | | | |
|over- | | | |well-aged, well-born |
| | |v. |v. |ill-advised, ill-disposed |
|up- | |v. |v. | |
|re- | |v. |v. |characterize, vaporize |
| | | |n. |specialize, realize |
|be- | | |adj. |electrify, testify, damnify|
| | | | | |
| | | | |acidify, humidify, |
| | | | |pacificify |
| | | | |vaccinate, fossilate |
| | | | |activate, syllabicate |
| | | | |gladden, soften, redden |
| | | | | |
| | | | |unbend, unshoe, uncork, |
| | | | |undeceive |
| | | | |decode, deforest, deplume |
| | | | |disagree, disjoin, dishouse|
| | | | | |
| | | | |mistake, mishear, mislike |
| | | | | |
| | | | |underline, underwork, |
| | | | |underact |
| | | | |overbuild, overpass, |
| | | | |overdrink, overlive |
| | | | | |
| | | | |uphold, uprise |
| | | | |recline, reread, |
| | | | |repaganize, repaper |
| | | | | |
| | | | |beset, bekiss, bespeak, |
| | | | |becrowd |
| | | | |belimb, becloud, |
| | | | |bedim, befool |
