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Affixes and their Roots

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  • Find the AFFIX: mightiest
    -iest (-est, suffix indicating the most of something)
  • Find the ROOT WORD: celebrating
    celebrate (drop the "e" and add the suffix)
  • Find the ROOT WORD: transform
    form
  • Find the ROOT WORD: projection
    ject (Latin root word meaning "throw")
  • Find the ROOT WORD: unusual
    usual (meaning "common")
  • Find the ROOT WORD: forearm
    arm
  • Find an AFFIX: unusual
    un- (prefix meaning "not, opposite of")
  • Find the AFFIX: teleport
    tele- (Latin prefix meaning "far away" or "at a distance")
  • Find the ROOT WORD: transport
    port (Latin root word meaning "to carry" or "to bear")
  • Find the AFFIX: breakable
    -able (suffix meaning "is, can be")
  • Find the ROOT WORD: teleport
    port (Latin root word meaning "to carry" or "to bear")
  • Find the AFFIX: geography
    -graphy (Greek suffix meaning "to write" or "to record")
  • Find the ROOT WORD: midfield
    field
  • Find an AFFIX: projection
    pro- (prefix meaning "forward, ahead") AND -tion (suffix meaning "act, a process")
  • Find an AFFIX: unfathomable
    un- (prefix meaning "not, opposite of") AND -able (suffix meaning "is, can be")
  • Find the AFFIX: celebrating
    -ing (suffix indicating present action)
  • Find an AFFIX: forearm
    fore- (prefix meaning "before")
  • Find the ROOT WORD: unfathomable
    fathom (verb meaning "to understand after much thought")
  • Find the AFFIX: rebuild
    re- (prefix meaning "again")
  • Find the AFFIX: transport
    trans- (prefix meaning "across, through, beyond")
  • Find an AFFIX: helpful
    -ful (suffix meaning "full of")
  • Find the AFFIX: transform
    trans- (prefix meaning "across, through, beyond")
  • Find the ROOT WORD: breakable
    break
  • Find the ROOT WORD: mightiest
    mighty (change the "y" to an "i" first)
  • Find the ROOT WORD: review
    view
  • Find the ROOT WORD: help
    help
  • Find the ROOT WORD: rebuild
    build
  • Find the AFFIX: review
    re- (prefix meaning "again")
  • Find an AFFIX: midfield
    mid- (prefix meaning "middle")
  • Find the ROOT WORD: geography
    geo- (Greek root word meaning "earth")