Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms - Department of Education ...

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word to i denied, or doubling of the final consonant of the
base word immediately after a short stressed vowel dropped
-ee n suffix - ME -e, fr. MF -é, fr. OF, fr. -é, past part. ending
of some verbs, fr. L -atus, past part. ending of 1st conj.
verbs more at -ate 1 :animate and usu. human undergoer,
recipient, or beneficiary of a specified action appointee
draftee grantee trainee trustee 2 :person furnished
with a specified thing patentee 3 :person that performs
a specified action escapee standee
-ee n suffix - prob. alter. of -ie 1 : one associated with
bargee goalee townee 2 :a particular esp. small kind
of bootee coatee 3 : one resembling or suggestive of
goatee
-een n suffix - prob. partly fr. the -een of ratteen and partly
alter. of the -ine of armozine, bombazine : inferior fabric
resembling a specified fabric : imitation sateen velveteen
-een n suffix - IrGael -n chiefly Irish : small one : dear one
: petty or contemptible one in diminutive nouns birdeen
buckeen squireen
-eer n suffix - MF -ier, fr. L -arius more at -ary 1 :one
that deals in, is concerned with professionally, manages, conducts,
or produces auctioneer pamphleteer often in
words with derogatory meaning or connotation profiteer 2
: contemptible one patrioteer
egypto- combining form, cap prob. fr. F égypto-, fr. Gk aigypto-,
fr. Aigyptos Egypt 1 :Egypt Egyptology 2 :Egyptian
and Egypto-Arabic Egypto-Greek
eicosa- or eicos- combining form ISV, fr. Gk eikosa-, eikostwenty,
fr. eikosi : containing 20 atoms as of carbon
eicosane
eid- or eido- combining form Gk, form, fr. eidos : image : figure
eidoptometry
-ein or -eine n suffix - ISV, alter. of -in, -ine : a compound distinguished
from a compound with a name ending in -in or -ine
usu. -eine in names of bases and -ein in names of nonbases
nicoteine phthalein
eka- combining form Skt eka one : standing or assumed to
stand next in order beyond a specified element in the same
family of the periodic table in names of chemical elements
esp. when not yet discovered ekacesium now called francium
compare -
-el n suffix - ME, fr. OF -el, -ele, fr. L -ellus, -ella, -ellum
: small one cormel
elaio- or elaeo- or eleo- combining form G elo- NL elaeo-,
fr. Gk elaio- olive oil, oil, fr. elaion, fr. elaia olive : oil elaioplast
elaeoblast eleocyte
elasm- or elasmo- combining form F élasm- NL elasmo-, fr.
Gk elasmos metal plate akin to Gk elaunein to drive : plate
Elasmobranchii
elast- or elasto- combining form NL elast-, fr. LGk elastos ductile
1 :elasticity elastin 2 :elastic and elastoviscous
electr- or electro- combining form NL electr-, fr. L electrum
amber 1 a : electricity electrometer b :electric electrize
electromagnet : electric and electromedical
: electrically electropositive 2 : electrolytic electroanalysis
3 : electromagnetic electrochronograph 4
: electron electrophilic
eleuther- or eleuthero- combining form Gk, free, fr. eleutheros
1:freedom eleutheromania 2 :free Eleutherozoa
-ella n suffix, pl -ellae or -ellas L more at - 1 :little one
resembling often in generic names Capsella 2 :little one
squamella 3 :little one belonging to Moluccella
elongato- combining form elongate + -o- : elongated and elongato-ovate
elytr- or elytri- or elytro- combining form prob. fr. NL, fr.
elytron : elytron elytroid elytriferous
embol- or emboli- or embolo- combining form NL embol-, fr.
ML in embolismus intercalation 1 :embolus embolectomy
emboliform 2 :wedge Embolomeri
embry- or embryo- combining form LL, fr. Gk, fr. embryon
: embryo embryectomy embryology
embryon- or embryoni- combining form ML embryon-, embryo
: embryo embryonic embryoniform
-eme n suffix - F -ème thing, unit in phonème speech sound,
fr. Gk -mat-, -ma in phnmat-, phnma utterance, fr. --
stem vowel of phnein to sound + -mat-, -ma noun suffix
more at - : significantly distinctive unit of structure
of a specified kind in a language or dialect morpheme
toneme compare -
-emia or -aemia also -hemia or -haemia n combining form -
NL -emia, -aemia, fr. Gk -aimia, fr. haima blood + -ia -y
more at - 1 : condition of having such blood
leukemia septicemia 2 :condition of having a specified
thing in the blood cholemia uremia
empirio- also empirico- combining form empirio- fr. G, fr. Gk
empeiria experience fr. empeiros experienced + -ia -y + G -o-
empirico- fr. empiric, adj. + -o- 1 :experience : experiment
empiriogenic empiriosymbolist 2 :empirical and empiricoinductive
en- also em- prefix ME, fr. OF, fr. L in-, im-, fr. in 1 :put
into encradle : put on to enthrone : cover or surround
with enverdure : go into or on to embus in verbs
formed from nouns 2 :cause to be englad enslave
sometimes in verbs that also have the suffix -en embolden
in verbs formed from adjectives or nouns 3 :provide with
encollar empower in verbs formed from nouns 4 :so
as to cover or surround enwrap : thoroughly entangle
often in verbs differing little or not at all in meaning from the
corresponding verb without prefix entame in verbs formed
from verbs in all senses usu. em- before b, m, or p and en- in
other circumstances
en- also em- prefix ME, fr. L, fr. Gk, fr. en in : in : within
: inside endermic engram enzootic usu. em- before
b, m, or p embatholithic and en- in other circumstances
en- combining form ISV, fr. -ene : chemically unsaturated esp
: having one double bond enamine
-en also -n adj suffix ME, fr. OE akin to OHG -n made of,
ON -inn, Goth -eins made of, of or belonging to, L -inus with
long of or belonging to, Gk -inos made of, of or belonging
to, Skt -na of or belonging to : made of : consisting of
earthen woolen now relatively infrequent because of
the widespread attributive use of nouns or of adjectives
formed from nouns without the addition of a suffix as in gold
cup, wheat cake and to be found chiefly in adjectives which
are obsolete tinnen or archaic oaken or in which a sense
other than the literal one has become prominent golden
wooden usu. -n after -er silvern
-en vb suffix --- ME -nen, fr. OE -nian as in fstnian
to fasten akin to OS -nn, final segment of certain transitive
infinitives as in fastnn to fasten, OHG -inn as in festinn
to fasten, ON -na as in fastna to pledge, betroth 1 a : cause
to be sharpen sometimes in verbs that also have the prefix
en- embolden in transitive verbs formed from adjectives
b:cause to have lengthen in transitive verbs formed
from nouns 2 a : come to be steepen in intransitive
verbs formed from adjectives b :come to have lengthen
in intransitive verbs formed from nouns
enantio- combining form NL, fr. Gk, fr. enantios, fr. enanti in
the presence of, fr. en in + anti against more at - 1
: opposite enantiotropy 2 :antagonistic enantiobiosis
-ence n suffix - ME, fr. OF, fr. L -entia, fr. -ent-, -ens -ent + -ia
-y 1:action or process abstinence emergence confluence
: instance of an action or process reference reminiscence
2 :quality or state condescendence dependence
: one having a specified quality or being in a specified state
standing on an eminence
encephal- or encephalo- combining form F encéphal-, fr. Gk
enkephal-, fr. enkephalos brain 1 :brain encephalitis encephalocele
2 :of or belonging to the brain and encephalospinal
-encephalia n combining form - NL, fr. -encephalus + -ia -y
: condition of having such a brain sclerencephalia
-encephalous adj combining form Gk -enkephalos, fr. enkephalos
brain : having such a brain micrencephalous