Word-formation of the English language. Conversion.



      Affixes. |
Origin.  |
Derivative. |
Derivant. |
           Examples. | |
|             1 |    2 |      |    4 |                      5   |
|               |      |3     |      |                          |
|  -aj          |   L. |      |    v.|approval, renewal,        |
|               |      |n.    |      |withdrawal, uprisal       |
|-al            |L.    |      |      |temporal, actional, tidal,|
|               |      |a..   |n.    |comical                   |
|-ance          |L.    |      |      |forbiddance, appearance,  |
|               |      |n.    |v.    |clearance                 |
|-ence          |L.    |      |      |consistence, dependence,  |
|               |      |n.    |v.    |emergence                 |
|-ancy          |L.    |      |      |flippancy, repellancy,    |
|               |      |n.    |v.    |ascendancy                |
|               |L.    |      |      |insistency, persistency,  |
|-ency          |      |n.    |v.    |emergency                 |
|               |L.    |      |      |repellant, coolant,       |
|-ant           |      |a.    |v.    |claimant, lubricant       |
|               |F.    |      |      |deunkard, stinkard,       |
|-ard           |      |n.    |v.    |dullard, blinkard         |
|               |L.    |      |      |absorbent, solvent,       |
|-ent           |      |a.    |v.    |depedent, persistent      |
|               |I.    |      |      |librarian, proletarian,   |
|-arian         |      |n.    |n.    |grammarian                |
|               |L.    |      |      |documentary, visionary,   |
|-ary           |      |a.    |n.    |missionary                |
|               |L.    |      |      |depository, laboratory,   |
|-ory           |      |n.    |n.    |territory                 |
|               |AS.   |      |      |idleby, rudesby, littleby,|
|-by            |      |n.    |a.    |whitby                    |
|               |F.    |      |      |conventioneer,            |
|-eer           |      |n.    |n.    |revolutioneer             |
|               |L.    |      |      |Milanese, Chinese,        |
|-ese           |      |a.    |n.    |Japanese, Vietnamese      |
|               |F.    |      |      |arabesque, picturesque,   |
|-esque         |      |a.    |n.    |blottesque                |
|               |2     |      |      |5                         |
|1              |      |3     |4     |hostess, tigeress,        |
|-ess           |Gr.   |n.    |n.    |tailoress                 |
|               |      |      |      |bloweret, brooket, lacet, |
|-et            |F.    |n.    |n.    |swimmeret                 |
|               |      |      |      |mountainette, novelette,  |
|-ette          |F.    |n.    |n.    |balconette                |
|               |      |      |      |Shakespeariana, Byroniana,|
|-iana          |L.    |n.    |n.    |Burnsiana                 |
|               |      |      |      |sweetie, dearie, auntie,  |
|-ie, -y        |F.    |n.    |n.    |daddy                     |
|               |      |      |      |masculine, feminine,      |
|-ine, -in      |L.    |a.    |n.    |stearin                   |
|               |      |      |      |sutting, painting,        |
|-ing           |AS.   |n.    |v.    |meeting, warning          |
|               |      |      |      |chorister, palmister,     |
|-ister         |F.    |n.    |n.    |legister, sophister       |
|               |      |      |      |hamlet, booklet, circlet, |
|-let           |F.    |n.    |n.    |winglet, leaflet          |
|               |      |      |      |hireling, oakling,        |
|-ling          |AS.   |n.    |n.    |suckling, youngling       |
|               |      |      |      |gangster, bankster,       |
|-ster          |AS.   |n.    |n.    |gamester, boomster        |
|               |      |      |      |middleton, doubleton,     |
|-ton           |AS.   |n.    |a.    |idleton                   |
|               |      |      |      |clefure, bankrupture,     |
|-ure           |F.    |n.    |v.    |perfecture                |
|               |      |      |      |backward(s), eastward(s)  |
|-ward(s)       |AS.   |adv.  |n.    |homeward(s),              |
|               |      |      |      |crossways, sideways,      |
|-way(s)        |AS.   |Adv.  |n.    |sunway, endway            |
|               |      |      |      |cornerwise, coastwise,    |
|-wise          |AS.   |Adv.  |n.    |endwise                   |
|               |      |      |      |anti-Calvinist,           |
|anti-          |Gr.   |n.    |n.    |antifascist               |
|               |      |      |      |                          |
|anti-          |Gr.   |a.    |a.    |anti-aircraft, antipuritan|
|1              |2     |3     |4     |                          |
|arch-          |Gr.   |n.    |n.    |5                         |
|               |      |      |      |arch-cheater,             |
|auto-          |Gr.   |n.    |n.    |arch-decaiver             |
|               |      |      |      |autobiography,            |
|auto-          |Gr.   |a.    |a.    |auto-infection            |
|               |      |      |      |autogenetic,              |
|bi-            |L.    |a.    |a.    |auto-poisonous            |
|               |      |      |      |bifocal, bimanual,        |
|circum-        |L.    |v.    |v.    |bilateral                 |
|               |      |      |      |circum-bind, circum-glaze,|
|circum-        |L.    |a.    |a.    |circum-roll               |
|               |      |      |      |circum-basel,             |
|counter-       |F.    |n.    |n.    |circum-arctic             |
|               |      |      |      |counterinfluence,         |
|di-            |Gr.   |n.    |n.    |coun-terwall              |
|               |      |      |      |di-arch, dichloride,      |
|di-            |Gr.   |a.    |a.    |di-iodite                 |
|               |      |      |      |digastric,                |
|en-, em-       |F.    |v.    |n.    |dicotyledon-ous, dichromic|
|               |      |      |      |                          |
|epi-           |Gr.   |a.    |a.    |encage, encrown, embalm,  |
|               |      |      |      |emplane                   |
|ex-            |L.    |n.    |n.    |epidasal, epicentral,     |
|               |      |      |      |epifocal                  |
|extra-         |L.    |a.    |a.    |ex-champion, ex-president |
|               |      |      |      |extra-natural,            |
|fore-          |AS.   |v.    |v.    |extraordinary             |
|               |      |      |      |forego, foregird,         |
|fore-          |AS.   |n.    |n.    |forethink, forerun        |
|               |      |      |      |forefinger, foretooth,    |
|nypo-          |Gr.   |a.    |a.    |forecastle                |
|               |      |      |      |hypodermic, hupobasal,    |
|inter-         |L.    |v.    |v.    |hupoactive                |
|               |      |      |      |interpoint, interleave,   |
|inter-         |L.    |n.    |n.    |intermix                  |
|1              |      |3     |4     |intercommunity,           |
|inter-         |2     |a.    |a.    |5                         |
|               |L.    |      |      |inter-penetrative,        |
|intra-         |      |a.    |a.    |interacapsular            |
|               |L.    |      |      |intra-artetial,           |
|mal-           |      |n.    |n.    |intracapsuial             |
|               |F.    |      |      |maladministration,        |
|meta-          |      |n.    |n.    |malpractice               |
|               |L.    |      |      |meta-jelatin, meta-cresol,|
|meta-          |      |a.    |a.    |meta-phrase               |
|               |L.    |      |      |meta-arthritic,           |
|micro-         |      |n.    |n.    |meta-infective            |
|               |L.    |      |      |micro-ampere, micro-volt, |
|mid-           |      |n.    |n.    |micro-biology             |
|               |AS.   |      |      |midsummer, mmidnight,     |
|multi-         |      |a.    |a.    |midwinter, midday         |
|               |L.    |      |      |multiflorous, multinuclear|
|neo-           |      |n.    |n.    |                          |
|               |Gr.   |      |      |neocolonialism,           |
|pan-           |      |a.    |a.    |neomaterialist            |
|               |Gr.   |      |      |pan-American, pan-European|
|pan-           |      |n.    |n.    |                          |
|               |Gr.   |      |      |pangrammatist, panlogism, |
|para-          |      |a.    |a.    |panslavism                |
|               |Gr.   |      |      |parachordal, parasternal, |
|per-           |      |n.    |n.    |paracentral               |
|               |L.    |      |      |perchloride, periodite,   |
|peri-          |      |a.    |a.    |percarbidde               |
|               |L.    |      |      |peribranchial, perichordal|
|peri-          |      |n.    |n.    |                          |
|               |L.    |      |      |periarthritis,            |
|poly-          |      |a.    |a.    |perinephritis             |
|               |Gr.   |      |      |polyatomic,polychromatic, |
|post-          |      |a.    |a.    |polyangular               |
|               |L.    |      |      |post-war, post-Adamic,    |
|pre-           |      |a.    |a.    |post-Darwinian            |
|1              |L.    |3     |4     |pre-Darwinian, pre-war    |
|pre-           |      |n.    |n.    |                          |
|               |2     |      |      |5                         |
|pre-           |L.    |v.    |v.    |prehistory, precondition, |
|               |      |      |      |preequipment,             |
|preter-        |L.    |a.    |a.    |preheat, prearrange,      |
|               |      |      |      |precalculate              |
|pro-           |L.    |a.    |a.    |preternatural,            |
|               |      |      |      |preteressential           |
|pro-           |L.    |a.    |a.    |pro-substantival,         |
|               |      |      |      |pro-chordal               |
|pro-           |L.    |n.    |n.    |pro-American, pro-British |
|               |      |      |      |procousul,  prorector,    |
|proto-         |L.    |n.    |n.    |                          |
|               |      |      |      |proto-ideal, proto-parent |
|psseudo-       |Gr.   |n.    |n.    |                          |
|               |      |      |      |pseudo-patriot,           |
|pseudo-        |Gr.   |a.    |a.    |pseudo-philosophy         |
|               |      |      |      |pseudo-religions,         |
|retro-         |Gr.   |n.    |n.    |pseudo-romantic           |
|               |      |      |      |retrogress, retroflexion  |
|retro-         |Gr.   |a.    |a.    |                          |
|               |      |      |      |retro-operative,          |
|semi-          |Gr.   |n.    |n.    |retro-date                |
|               |      |      |      |semigod, semi-age,        |
|sub-           |L.    |a.    |a.    |semi-barbarism            |
|               |      |      |      |subangular, sub-cariber,  |
|semi-          |L.    |a.    |a.    |sub-chronic               |
|               |      |      |      |semi-dry, semi-attached,  |
|sub-           |L.    |n.    |n.    |semi-official             |
|               |      |      |      |sub-searcher, subman,     |
|super-         |L.    |a.    |a.    |subofficer                |
|               |      |      |      |supersensitive, superfine |
|super-         |L.    |n.    |n.    |                          |
|               |      |      |      |superirritation,          |
|supra-         |L.    |a.    |a.    |super-activity            |
|1              |      |3     |4     |supralinary, supra-spira  |
|sur-           |L.    |n.    |n.    |5                         |
|               |2     |      |      |surname, surcoat, surbase |
|trans-         |F.    |a.    |a.    |trans-African,            |
|               |      |      |      |trans-Siberian            |
|tri-           |L.    |a.    |a.    |trilocular, trinomenal,   |
|               |      |      |      |tri-elementary            |
|twi-           |Gr.   |a.    |a.    |twi-coloured, twi-faced,  |
|               |      |      |      |twi-forked                |
|ultra-         |AS.   |a.    |a.    |ultra-fashionable,        |
|               |      |      |      |ultra-modern              |
|ultra-         |L.    |n.    |n.    |ultra-educationalist,     |
|               |      |      |      |ultra-reactionist         |
|vice-          |L.    |n.    |n.    |vice-collector, vice-clean|
|               |      |      |      |                          |
|               |L.    |      |      |                          |
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