suffixes

Suffixes are word parts at the end of a word. They give us details about the main root word. Suffixes are usually the easiest word part to detect. The challenge is to figure out what word is left when you take it off.

[|Etymology with Tim and Moby at Brainpop]

Anglo-Saxon -y vs. Latin -al vs. Latin and Greek - ic



-able || can be done or able to be done ||  ||
 * -ible
 * -ology

-ologist || the study of

studier of, expert in ||   || -ary -orium -ory || place, room ||  || -or || someone who does - something who does - ||  ||
 * -arium
 * -er
 * -ify || to make ||  ||
 * -ion || result of ||   ||