Affix

An Affix is a morpheme that is attached to a base morpheme to form a word form. An affix can be a prefix (something attached at the front), a suffix (attached at the back), an infix (in between) or a circumfix (two parts, one in front, the other at the back). Affixes are bound morphemes by definition.

Affixes are essential in agglutination.

Example:

to establish (verb) + suffix -ment -> establishment (noun) (see derivation)

List of suffixes

See also: List of prefixes.

Prefix	Meaning	Example
-agogia
-arquy
-cele
-centesys
-condrio
-cracy
-cycle
-ectasy
-ectomy
-edro
-emesis
-emia
-enquima
-estesy
-id
-ism
-ography
-oid
-ology
-onym
-phobia

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