Greek Suffixes

-- ic (-ique); angelic, cynic, phonetic, unique.

-- ist; artist, chemist.

-- isk; asterisk, obelisk.

-- ism (-asm); patriotism, despotism, enthusiasm.

-- ize; civilize, sympathize, criticize.

-- sis (-sy); crisis, analysis, heresy, poesy.

-- e (-y); catastrophe, monarchy, philosophy. '

Note:- We still feel the force of a number of suffixes of foreign, origin. These are :-

ee (French), added to nouns to denote, usually, the person who takes a passive share in an action; as, employee, payee, legatee, mortgagee, trustee, referee.

or, ar, er, eer, ier, denoting a person who perfoms a certain actor function; as, emperor,

scholar, officer, engineer, gondolier.

ist, denoting a person who follows a certain trade or pursuit; as, chemist, theosophist,

artist, nihilist.

ism, forming abstract nouns; as, patriotism.

ble, forming adjectives that have usually a passive sense; as, tolerable, bearable.

ize orise, forming verbs from nouns and adjectives; as, crystallize, moralize, baptize.