| Noun Suffixes of Romanic Origin
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Suffix
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Productive (P) or non- productive (N/P)
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Source
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Meaning or function
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Examples
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II
| | -ade
| N/P
| L. -ata; F. -ade
| Forms nouns indicating: an action done, the
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colonnade, blockade,
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brigade
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| product of an
action or process on raw material
| lemonade
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| | -age
| N/P
| L.
-aticum;
OE -age
| Suffix used to form nouns denoting:
1) act or process;
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passage, marriage
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| | 2) collection or sum;
| postage, average
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| | 3) when added to
the verbs, it expresses the action;
| breakage, leakage
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| | 4) a person
| hostage
| savage
| | -an,
-ian
| N/P
| L. -anus,
-aneus
| Forms
substantivised adjectives with the senses of “belonging to”, “following a system or
doctrine”
| guardian, republican, librarian, grammarian
| dean
| | -ence,
-ance
| N/P
| L.
-antiam,
-entiam;
F. -ance
| Forms nouns of
action and nouns indicating state or quality
| guidance, arrogance, obedience
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| | -ancy,
-ency
| N/P
| L. -antia
| Forms nouns denoting quality or state
| brilliancy, vacancy, emergency
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| | -ant,
-ent
| N/P
| L.
-antem,
-entem
| Suffix used to
form:
1) adjectives
| errant, defiant
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| | 2) nouns denoting a person or thing acting as an agent
| student
| merchant, servant
| | -ar
| N/P
| L. -aris,
-are
| Signifies
“belonging to”, “pertaining to”, “like”
| nuclear, consular
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| -ard,
-art
| N/P
| L. -ardus; OE -ard,
-art
| Forms derivative
nouns which have an intensive, often contemptuous force
| drunkard, braggard
| coward
| | -er
| N/P
| OE -ier
| Forms nouns
denoting a person or thing connected with
| archer, practitioner, officer
| butler
| | -eer,
-o(u)r
| N/P
| L. -or; Anglo- French
-our
| Denotes:
1) agency;
| charioteer,
cannoneer
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| | 2) state or quality
| fervo(u)r,
error
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| | -ate, - at
| P
| L. -attim,
-ate
| Forms nouns
denoting chemical terms
| chlorate,
hydrate, nitrate
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| | N/P
|
| Denotes function or person
| mandate,
magistrate, advocate, diplomat
| magnate
| | -cy
| N/P
| L. -cia,
-tia
| Forms nouns indicating state, condition, office
| bankruptcy, diplomacy
| curacy
| | -ee,
-ey, -y
| P
| L. -atus,
-ata;
F. -e, -ee
| Denotes the object
of an action, the one to whom an
action is done or
on whom a right is conferred
| devotee, absentee, refugee, trustee
| clergy, jury, attorney,
ally
| | -ess
| P
| L. -issa; F. -esse
| Forms feminine derivates
| poetess,
lioness, goddess,
adventuress
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| | -let
| P
| F. l + et
| Forms nouns with a diminutive sense
| leaflet,
brooklet, cloudlet, booklet
| hamlet
| | -ice
| N/P
| L. -itius,
-itia,
-itium;
F. -ice
| Denotes act, quality, condition
| service, justice
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| -ine,
-in
| N/P
| L. -inus,
-ina;
F. -ine
| Forms nouns indicating imitations, derivative products
| chlorine
| bulletin
| | -ion
| N/P
| L.
-ionem; F. -ion
| Forms abstract nouns
|
| union,
opinion, session, legion
| | -ive
| N/P
| L. -ivus
| Signifies having a nature or quality of (a thing)
| affirmative
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| | -ence
| N/P
| L. -entia
| Forms abstract nouns signifying action, state, quality or degree
| existence
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| | -ment
| N/P
| L.
-mentum; F. -ment
| Forms nouns chiefly from verbs meaning:
1) state, quality or condition;
| amazement
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| | 2) action;
| abridgement
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| | 3) process, continuance, manner
| government, payment, judgement, development
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| | -mony
| N/P
| L.
-monium;
F. -monie
| Suffix in nouns denoting resulting thing or abstract condition
| ceremony
| testimony, patrimony, matrimony
| | -or
| N/P
| L. -or
| Agent or person
| actor, warrior, professor
| doctor, emperor
| | -our,
-eur,
-eer
| N/P
| L. -ator; Anglo- French
| Forms nouns indicating:
1) agent or person;
|
engineer
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amateur, pioneer
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| -our
| 2) quality or state
| grandeur, behaviour, hauteur
| favour
| | -ory
| N/P
| L. -orius; F. -oire
| Forms nouns denoting:
1) agent or person;
2) place
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dormitory,
signatory
| | -ry, - ery
| P
| F. -rie,
-erie
| Forms nouns denoting a general collective sense, a state or condition
| machinery, slavery, trickery, poetry
| fairy
| | -tion
| P
| F. -tion
| Forms nouns from verbs and denotes action, state or result
| revolution, resolution, organization
| dictation
| | -tude
| N/P
| L. -tudo; F.-tude
| Forms nouns and is equivalent to - ness
| longitude
| attitude, magnitude, gratitude
| | -ty
| N/P
| L. -tas,
-itas;
F. -te
| Forms abstract nouns of quality, state, condition
| fraternity, liberty, cruelty, poverty
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| | -ure
| N/P
| L. -ura; F. -ure
| Forms nouns indicating act, process, being; result (of an act), state; rank
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| culture, furniture, picture, figure
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