LING150/University of Oregon

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Based on English Vocabulary Elements, Keith Denning and William Leben, Oxford University Press 1995
A = 'Adjective Suffix'; N = 'Noun Suffix'; V = 'Verb Suffix'

ac / acer / acerb	'sharp, tip' (refers both to the way something tastes and a person's temperament)
ambi- / amphi-	'both' (has the sense of 'on both sides')
aster	'star'
aud	'hear'
auto / tauto	'self, same'
bene / bon	'good, well'
bi	'two'
brach / brachy	'short'
card / cord	'heart, agree'
cent	'hundred, hundredth'
cephal	'head'
crat / crac	'govern'
cre / cred	'believe, trust'
dec / dic / deic	'speak, point'
decem / deca	'ten, tenth'
dem	'people'
demi	'half'
di / dich / dy / du	'two'
don / dot / dat (/ dit / dos / dow / da)	'give'
dol / dolor	'suffer'
fa / pha / phe	'speak, spoken of'
fer / pher / phor	'bear, carry, send, bring'
flu / fluc / fluv	'flow, river'
frater	'brother'
gloss / glott / glot	'tongue, speech' ('a tongue' meaning 'a language')
gn / gnos / gnor	'know'
gyn / gynec	'woman, female'
hemi / semi	'half'
hept / sept / septen	'seven, seventh'
hes / her	'to stick, hold back'
hetero-	'other, different'
hex / sex	'six, sixth'
homo- / homeo-	'same'
hyd / hydr	'water'
-ite	A, N
kilo	'thousand'
-le / -ole / -cle	N [Diminuative, 'little']
lith / lite	'stone'
loc	'place' ('a place' or 'to place')
man	'hand, handle'
milli	'thousand(th)'
mono	'one'
myri	'countless, numerous, 10000'
noven / nona	'nine, ninth'
octo / octav	'eight'
pauc	'few'
penta	'five'
ple / plec / plic	'fold, tangle'
plur	'many, more'
poly	'many'
pon / pos	'place, put'
prim / prin	'first, foremost'
proto	'first, earliest'
quadr / quater / quart	'four, fourth'
quin / quint	'five, fifth'
-s	N
sesqui	'one and a half, one half more'
son	'sound'
tach / tachy	'fast'
tact / tax	'arrange, order' ('put in an order, ie. classify')
tele	'far'
ten / tend / tens	'stretch, thin'
tetra / tessara	'four'
tri / tris / trich / ter	'three'
-ure	N, V
ver / verg / vers	'turn'