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ETYMOLOGICAL
Native Affixes:
- Prefixes: asleep, aboard, beside, forgive, misunderstand, overwork,
unhappy, uninteresting
- Suffixes: translator, fighter, youngster, livelihood, relationship,
boredom, happiness, strength, gifted, beautiful, womanish, worrisome,
awfully
Borrowed Affixes:
- Latin Affixes:
+ Prefixes: Ambition, Avert, Anticipate, Collect, Counter-attack,
Extra-time, Illegal, Interchange, Transplant, Trespass
+ Suffixes: Citizen, Employee, Scholar, Revolutionary, marriage,
assistance, development, national, necessary, pleasant, present,
responsible, eatable, enormous, tentative, activate, terrify.
- Greek Affixes:
+ Prefixes: anti-fascism, Autobiography, Diameter, Ex-president,
Homophone, Hypertension, Microscope, Monoculture
+ Suffixes: unique, communist, tourism, industrialize, crisis
Quiz:
1. What is the difference between productive and non - productive
affixes?
- Productive affixes are those ones which take part in new words
derivation in this particular period of language development
- Non-productive affixes are not active in the process of word building
2. John likes to preview a movie before it comes out. “ PRE” means ?
A. middle
B. between
C. not
D. before.
3. Triangle has _____ sides or points. What does the “ TRI “ mean ?
What group does it belong to ?
A. above
B. Three
C. Middle
D. Many