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Noun-Forming
LATIN SUFFIXES
| -ity (-ety, -ty) | quality of, state of |
| -(i)tude | quality of, state of |
| -acy | quality or state of being or having |
| -ate | possessing, being, office of, holder of the office of |
| -(i)mony | quality of, state of |
| -acity | quality of being inclined to |
| -y | quality of, a state of, act of, result of |
| -ion | act of, state of, result of |
| -ment | result of, means of, act of, state of |
| -men | result of, means of, act of, state of |
| -cule (-cle) | little |
| -el | little |
| -ole, -ule, (-le) | little |
| -ance, -ancy, -ence, -ency | quality of -ing; state of -ing |
| -or (-our) | result of, state of |
| -ary (-arium) | place for |
| -ory (-orium) | place for, serving for |
| -ure | act of, result of |
| -(u)lence, -(o)lence | state of or quality of being full of |
| -or | one who does, that which does |
| -rix | she who does |