Latin Suffixes Vocabulary

capable of, worthy of

“capable, visible, edible”

Origin: Latin `-abilis/-ibilis` meaning `able to be`

action, state, result

“creation, nation, education”

Origin: Latin `-atio` meaning `act or state of`

to make, to cause

“simplify, magnify, clarify”

Origin: Latin `-ficare` meaning `to make`

action, result, state

“movement, judgment, government”

Origin: Latin `-mentum` meaning `result of action`

one who, that which

“actor, teacher, creator”

Origin: Latin `-or` meaning `one who does`

full of, having

“famous, curious, spacious”

Origin: Latin `-osus` meaning `full of`

tending to, having nature of

“active, creative, expensive”

Origin: Latin `-ivus` meaning `having the quality of`

relating to, characterized by

“national, musical, personal”

Origin: Latin `-alis` meaning `pertaining to`

connected with, place for

“library, military, necessary”

Origin: Latin `-arius` meaning `connected with`

state, quality

“ability, reality, security”

Origin: Latin `-itas` meaning `state or quality`

action, condition, result

“creature,ature, culture”

Origin: Latin `-ura` meaning `act, result`

one who, performing

“assistant, student, resident”

Origin: Latin `-ans/-ens` meaning `one who`

state, quality, act

“patience, difference, distance”

Origin: Latin `-entia/-antia` meaning `state of`

capable of, pertaining to

“fragile, fertile, mobile”

Origin: Latin `-ilis` meaning `able to be`

relating to, resembling

“feminine, marine, divine”

Origin: Latin `-inus` meaning `of, like`

place for, serving for

“laboratory, dormitory, territory”

Origin: Latin `-orium` meaning `place for`

full of

“verbose, comatose, grandiose”

Origin: Latin `-osus` meaning `full of`

state, condition

“attitude, gratitude, magnitude”

Origin: Latin `-tudo` meaning `state of`

full of

“fraudulent, turbulent, opulent”

Origin: Latin `-ulentus` meaning `abounding in`

killing

“homicide, suicide, pesticide”

Origin: Latin `-cida` from `caedere` meaning `to kill`