Suffixes

Quickly Memorize 117 Sets of High-Frequency Vocabulary for Exams

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Word Family Word Family Third Batch H-N The noun harm plus the suffix -ful gives the adjective harmful; the noun nation plus the suffix -al gives the adjective national; the verb imagine plus the suffix -able gives the adjective imaginable… We can find many similar suffixes that indicate adjectives in words. In English, there are … Read more

The Evolution of English Suffixes

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The Evolution of English Suffixes

Knowledge Sharing: The Evolution of Suffixes 1. -ble Tool Suffix, capable of, suitable for… <PIE *dhlo Phonetic Change Process: -ble<-fle (fricative > glottal fricative)<-sle<-thle<-dhle e.g. cable 电缆, reliable From Middle English, borrowed from Old French -able, from Latin -ābilis, from -a- or -i- -bilis (“capable or worthy of being acted upon”), from Proto-Indo-European i-stem form … Read more