suffix
Attached word ending
A suffix is a word element attached to the end of a root or stem to modify its meaning or grammatical function: -ness turns adjectives into nouns, -ed marks past tense.
The term extends to anything appended: She added the suffix "Jr." to her son's name.
As a verb, to suffix is to attach such an element.
Smallest meaningful language unit
- infixAffix within a word
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- stemPlant's central axis
- baseSupporting bottom structure
lexeme · bound · free · derivational · inflectional · agglutination · productive · attachment
Word form alteration
- declensionNoun form variation
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- caseContainer or instance
- tenseStrained or nervous
aspect · mood · voice · number · gender · person · agreement · marker
Source or origin tracing
- compoundCombined into one
- blendCombine into mixture
- modificationAct of altering something
- alterationAct of modifying
extension · augmentation · nominalization · verbification · adjectivization · word-formation · coinage · neologism
Ancient Roman language
- GreekOf Athenian origin
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- loanwordImported vocabulary item
borrowed · native · classical · Romance · Anglo-Saxon · Sanskrit · historical · origin
morpheme
Smallest meaningful language unit
base · lexeme · bound · free · derivational · inflectional · agglutination · productive · attachment · ending
inflection
Word form alteration
- declensionNoun form variation
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- caseContainer or instance
tense · aspect · mood · voice · number · gender · person · agreement · marker · plural
derivation
Source or origin tracing
- compoundCombined into one
- blendCombine into mixture
- modificationAct of altering something
alteration · extension · augmentation · nominalization · verbification · adjectivization · word-formation · coinage · neologism · productive
Latin
Ancient Roman language
loanword · borrowed · native · classical · Romance · Anglo-Saxon · Sanskrit · historical · origin · linguistic
plural
More than one
feet · teeth · geese · men · women · mice · lice · invariant · sheep · deer
-ness
Suffix creating abstract nouns
-ing · -er · -est · -ful · -less · -able · -ize · -ish · -dom · -hood
- languagelanguage, word, words, grammar, spelling
- vocabularyword, words, new words, term, terms
- extensionsadd-on, appendix, appendage, annex, supplement
- etymologyword origins, word history, word origin, etymon, root words
- grammardeclension, pronouns, adjectives, conjugation, nouns
- grammar termsnoun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun
- suffice to sayIntroducing an obvious conclusion
- suffice it to sayPreamble to summary statement