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Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms from
Websters Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged 2002
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Abbreviations in This Work The abbreviations in this list are regularized to one style without periods, although they may appear with periods in context, depending on whether printed in roman type or italics. abl acc act adj adv AF Alb alter anat aor Arm Av biol bot cgs chem comb. form conj contr crystallog D Dan dat dial dim E esp F fem fr freq fut G gen geol Gk Gmc Goth Hitt IE imit indic interj IrGael irreg ISV It ital L LGk lit Lith LL masc
ablative accusative active adjective adverb Anglo-French Albanian alteration anatomy aorist Armenian Avestan biology botany centimeter-gram-second chemistry combining form conjunction contraction crystallography Dutch Danish dative dialect diminutive English especially French feminine from frequentative future German genitive geology Greek Germanic Gothic Hittite Indo-European imitative indicative interjection Irish Gaelic irregular International Scientific Vocabulary Italian italic Latin Late Greek literally Lithuanian Late Latin masculine
MD ME med MF MGk MHG MIr ML modif n neut NL nom n pl obs OE OF OFris OHG OIr OL ON OPer OProv OPruss orig OS OScan OSlav OW part perh pers Pg pl prep pres prob pron Russ Sc sing Skt Sp specif superl Sw Toch A Turk usu var vb VL W
Middle Dutch Middle English medicine Middle French Middle Greek Middle High German Middle Irish Medieval Latin modification noun neuter New Latin nominative noun plural obsolete Old English Old French Old Frisian Old High German Old Irish Old Latin Old Norse Old Persian Ool Proven3al Old Prussian originally Old Saxon Old Scandinavian Old Slavic Old Welsh participle perhaps person Portuguese plural preposition present probably pronoun Russian Scots singular Sanskrit Spanish specifically superlative Swedish Tocharian A Turkish usually variant verb Vulgar Latin Welsh
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms from
Websters Third New International Dictionary a- prefix 7ME, fr. OE a-, an, on8 1 : on : in : at 9abed: 9afoot: 9asunder: ; sometimes used in dialect speech in locutions not found in standard 9he did it a-purpose: 2 : in s gone a-hunting: 9months later the ship was still a-building: a- or an- prefix 7L ? Gk@ L a-, an-, fr. Gk ; more at -8 : not : without 9achromatic: 9asexual: ; used chiefly with words of Gk or L origin@ a- before consonants other than h and sometimes even before h, an- before vowels and usu. before h 9ahistorical: 9anesthesia: 9anhydrous: -a- combining form 7ISV8 : replacing carbon esp. in a ring ; in initial combining forms as second constituent after a first constituent designating a chemical element 9arsa-: 9aza-: -a n suffix - 7NL, prob. fr. originally nonsignificant -a in magnesia, fr. ML -a
-aceae n pl suffix 7NL, fr. L, fem. pl. of -aceus -aceous8 : plants of the nature of 9Acanthaceae: 9Rosaceae: ; in names of families of plants@ formerly in names of orders of plants -acean adj suffix 7NL -acea, -aceae + E -an8 : - 9rosacean: -acean n suffix - : organism characterized by : organism of the nature of 9crustacean: 9rosacean: ; in singular corresponding to plurals in -acea, -aceae acenaphth- or acenaphtho- combining form 7ISV, fr. acenaphthene8 : acenaphthene : acenaphthylene 9acenaphthophenanthrene: -acene n suffix - 7ISV, fr. anthracene8 : aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbon containing three or more fused benzene rings in straight linear sequence 9naphthacene: -aceous adj suffix 7L -aceus8 : characterized by 9arenaceous: 9argillaceous: : of the nature of 9herbaceous: : belonging to or connected with a division of animals characterized by or of the nature of 9cetaceous: 9crustaceous: : belonging to or connected with a family of plants of the nature of 9solanaceous: ; often in adjectives corresponding to biological classification names in -acea, -aceae acet- or aceto- combining form 7F ? L@ F acét-, fr. L acet-, fr. acetum vinegar8 : acetic acid : acetic : acetyl 9acetaldehyde: 9acetamide: 9acetobenzoic: achro- or achro- combining form 7Gk achroos, fr. a- Ca- + -chroos colored ; more at - 8 : colorless 9achrodextrin: 9achro(cyst: achromat- or achromato- combining form 7Gk achr*matos colorless, fr. a- Ca- + -chr*matos colored, fr. chr*mat-, chr*ma color8 : achromatic 9achromaturia: : something achromatic 9achromatolysis: acou- or acouo- combining form 7F acou-, fr. Gk akouein to hear8 : hearing : listening 9acoumeter: 9acouophonia: -acousia or -acusia n combining form, pl -acousiae or -acusiae 7NL, fr. Gk akousis
acutiacuti- combining form 7ML, fr. L acutus8 : sharp-pointed 9acutifoliate: : sharply angled 9acutiplantar: acuto- combining form 7acute8 : acute and 9acuto-grave: : acutely 9acuto-nodose: ad- or ac- or af- or ag- or al- or ap- or as- or at- prefix 7ad- fr. ME, fr. L, fr. ad' ac- fr. ME, fr. OF, fr. L, fr. ad' af- fr. ME, fr. OF, fr. L, fr. ad' ag- fr. ME, fr. MF, fr. L, fr. ad' al- fr. ME, fr. MF, fr. L, fr. ad' ap- fr. ME, fr. MF, fr. L, fr. ad' as- fr. ME, fr. OF, fr. L, fr. ad' at- fr. ME, fr. OF, fr. L, fr. ad8 1 : to : toward ; usu. ac- before c, k, or q 9acculturation: and afbefore f 9afformative: and ag- before g 9aggradation: and albefore l 9allineation: and ap- before p 9appersonation: and as- before s 9asself: and at- before t 9attune: and ad- before other sounds 9adnominal: 9adverbial: but sometimes adeven before one of the listed consonants 9adpronominal: 2 : near : adjacent to ; in this sense always in the form ad9adoral: 9adrenal: -ad n suffix - 7MF ? L@ MF -ade, fr. L -ad-, -as, fr. Gk -ad-, -as, fem. suffix denoting descent from or connection with8 1 a : period of time 9quinquenniad: b : group, aggregate, or unit of
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agath- or agatho- combining form 7Gk, fr. agathos' perh. akin to OE g*d good8 : good 9Agathosma: 9agathology: -age n suffix - 7ME, fr. OF, fr. L -aticum8 1 : aggregate : collection 9cellarage: 9surplusage: 9trackage: 9wordage: 2 a : action : process 9coverage: 9haulage: 9stoppage: b : cumulative result of 9breakage: 9shrinkage: c : rate of 9dosage: 9leakage: 9outage: 9slippage: 3 : house or place of 9orphanage: 9parsonage: 4 : state : rank 9bondage: 9peonage: 5 : charge for
alkalk- combining form 7alkyl8 : alkyl 9alkacrylic: 9alkiodide: alka- combining form 7alkane8 : alkane 9alkadiyne: 9alkapolyene: all- or allo- combining form 7Gk, fr. allos other, different8 1 : other : different : dissimilar : extraneous 9allergy: 9allopathy: 9allosematic: 2 allo- : isomeric form, close relative, or variety of
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