Prefix-Suffix-Root List by Grade Level 2010-2011
The following lists are not all-inclusive, but most common. They are a minimum students at each grade level should read and understand how to use and apply by the current school year end. Others may be added based on your classroom of students.
Prefix - A word part added to the beginning of a root or base word to create a new meaning,
Suffix - A letter or a group of letters added to the end of a root or base word to change its meaning,
Root - the form of a word after all affixes are removed
(Generally, prefixes and suffixes change the meanings of roots, but it is usually the suffix that denotes the part of speech.)
Incorporate prefix, suffix, and roots into working with words study.
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2nd Grade
Prefix Suffix Definition Examples Origin Additional
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un- not/opposite unlock, unsafe, uncover Anglo-Saxon re- again/back reread, rewrite, return Latin -er person connected with, comparative degree teacher, writer, baker, bigger, colder, taller Anglo-Saxon -est superlative degree biggest, coldest, tallest Anglo-Saxon Usually an adjective -ful full of beautiful, painful Anglo-Saxon Usually an adjective -less without careless, helpless
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-ent
-ant causing a specific action obedient, absorbent, abundant, elegant Latin Often an adjective
-ent and –ant sound alike because of the schwa. –ent is used somewhat more often than –ant. -ity
-ty state of/ quality of prosperity, equality Latin Usually a noun -ic relating to/ characterized by energetic, historic Latin/Greek Usually an adjective -ize to make/ to cause to become fertilize, criticize, apologize Latin/ Greek Usually a verb -age result of an action/ collection manage, drainage, acreage Latin -ous
-eous
-ious full of/ characterized by adventurous, nervous, mysterious, courteous Latin Words that end with –de (intrude) change the –de to s then add –ive (intrusive).
Words that end with silent e (create) drop the e then add –ive (creative). port to carry portable, transport
I got this definition by combining the definitions of the Latin root and the Latin prefix given in the question.
Merriam Webster. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary of English. Ed. Frederick Mish. 11 th.
the spelling of certain words can seem illogical and may have no other similar spelling in
The example given above shows that the Latin yields functional words (quae, et), endings (-as, -am, etc.), and some lexical words (possunt, corpore, mille), while the remaining stems come from German (schoen-, blick-, mann-, etc.). We can conveniently call the language that is mixed with Latin the Embedded Language (hence, EL).
2 Delbridge, A., Bernard, J. R. L., Blair, D., Peters, P., Butler, S., Eds., The Macquarie Dictionary, Second Ed., Macquarie: Macquarie, 1995, p. 826.
The kenning term > ring-giver is an epithet. Patronymics, a specific type of > Epithet, is the naming of people in terms
Works Cited 1. What is the difference between a. and a. Online Etymology Dictionary -. Web. The Web.
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Let's see what a few dictionaries have to say and how a word could alter and lose its true and actual meaning.
Web site 1: Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company- (definition of metafiction)
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