List of Greek suffixes
In the list of Greek suffixes both old and new Greek suffixes are listed, which were and still are used in many scientific terms and other foreign words in the Indo-European languages .
| German suffix | Greek suffix | meaning | Derivatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| -ie, -ia | - ία | Noun suffix (mostly abstract), German about: -ei , -heit |
Chemistry , melancholy , utopia |
| -ik | - ική | Adjective suffix, similar to German: -ig, -isch , substantiviert (feminine), mostly a craft or an artistry | Analytics , artistry , aesthetics , automation , Balkan studies , fiction , botany , technology |
| - (i) smus | - (ι) σμός | Word formation suffix for nouns, usually an attitude or principle | Graecism , Kabbalism , Communism , amateurism , chiasm , orgasm , tenesmus |
| - (i) st | - (ι) στής | Word formation suffix (also to: - (i) smus and -sma ) for people, often for professions | Graecist, Kabbalist, Artist , Druggist , Optimist , Cineast , Phantast , Pederast , Philatelist |
| - (i) stik | - (ι) στική | Education to -ism, -is: craft or exercise | Greek studies , Kabbalistic studies , camera studies , floristry , equilibrism |
| - (i) stic | - ιστικός | Adjective formation for: -ist , -ism | Graecistic, cabalistic, belletristic, avant-garde, selfish |
| -it is | - ίτις | inflammation | Arthritis , encephalitis , ephritis , gastritis , gingivitis , glomerulonephritis , hepatitis , meningitis , nephritis , neurodermatitis , periodontitis , polyarthritis , thyroiditis , vaginitis , vulvitis , cellulitis |
| -ma, -m ( plural: -mata, -men, -me) | - μα | Derivative suffix: mostly for nouns from verbs |
-ma aroma , asthma , dogma , halma , coma , lemma , paradigm , phlegm , plasma , trauma , trema , theme -m |
| -oid | - οειδής | Noun suffix; German: similar ; Origin: ancient Greek: εἶδος eidos = "similarity", "form", "appearance"; "Sight", "sight" <Indo-European: * weid- (root) | Alkaloid , Android , Asteroid , Geoid , Matroid , Meteoroid , Steroid |
| -on | - ον | Suffix (neuter) of nouns / adjectives | Distichon , fermion , oxymoron , paradox , radon , stadium , taxon , xenon |
| -on | - ων | Ending of the PPA of verbs (neuter - ον ) | Ion , Hyperion |
| -plo- | - πλο - | Infix for the formation of the duplication number words, German: -fach , with the following suffix - (o) id | Endopolyploid , euploid , diploid , haploid |
| -sis, -se | - σις | Word formation suffix for nouns, often a process |
Analysis , analysis , stasis , dose , genesis , genesis , kinesis , paresis , thesis , metamorphosis , osmosis , neurosis -ase (biochemistry): enzyme : cellulase , pectinase , lactase , polymerase |
See also
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