Affix: A letter/word that has no Special Meaning. e.g. s, es, d, ed, ing, un, ness, less, ly, dis, etc.
Affix: 2 Types:
1. Prefix: Add at “Start” of a word. e.g. un-, dis-, de-, pre-, re-, im-, ir-, il-, en-, over-, out-, up-, sub-, pro-, fore-, mis-, etc.
- Ante+date=Antedate
- Anti+social=Anti-social
- Auto+biography=Autobiography
- Be+little=Belittle
- Bi+lingual=Bilingual
- Co+exist=Co-exist
- Dis+close=Disclose
- De+value=Devalue
- En+rich=Enrich
- Extra+ordinary=Extraordinary
- Ex+miniter=Ex-minister
- Fore+see=Foresee
- Inter+national=International
- Im+possible=Impossible
- Ir+regular=Irregular
- In+direct=Indirect
- Il+legal=Illegal
- Mis+take=Mistake
- Out+burst=Outburst
- Over+crowd=Overcrowd
- Pre+caution=Precaution
- Re+collect=Recollect
- Sub+judge=Subjudge
- Super+man=Superman
- Tri+angle=Triangle
- Un+kind=Unkind
- Under+stand=Understand
- Up+lift=Uplift
2. Suffix: Add at “End” of a word. e.g. -s, -es, -d, -ed, -en, -ing, -ly, -ish, -er, -est, -ness, – less, -hood, -ful, -ship, etc.
- Arrive+al=Arrival
- Act+ion=Action
- Act+ive=Active
- Among+st=Amongst
- Appear+ance=Appearance
- Beat+en=Beaten
- Beg+ar=Beggar
- Box+es=Boxes
- Back+ward=Backward
- Beauty+fy=Beautify
- Cow+s=Cows
- Care+less=Careless
- Child+hood=Childhood
- Child+ish=Childish
- Child+like=Childlike
- Dare+d=Dared
- Dirt+y=Dirty
- Dark+ness=Darkness
- Dull+ard=Dullard
- Eat+ing=Eating
- Eat+able=Eatable
- Employ+ee=Employee
- Free+dom=Freedom
- Friend+ship=Friendship
- Fame+ous=Famous
- Harm+ful=Harmful
- Honor+ary=Honorary
- Heal+th=Health
- Indi+an=Indian
- Loyal+ty=Loyalty
- Legal+ize=Legalize
- Marry+age=Marriage
- Mountain+eer=Mountaineer
- Out+let=Outlet
- Play+ed=Played
- Punish+ment=Punishment
- Slow+ly=Slowly
- Smaller+er=Smaller
- Small+est=Smallest
- Seed+ling=Seedling
- Starve+action=Starvaction
- Trouble+some=Troublesome
- Type+ist=Typist
- Wood+en=Wooden
- Note 1: It is used to change forms & meaning of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, & Verbs.
- Note 2: It does not affect a word other than NPAV.