Forming Words with the Suffix

Word Formation and Etymology

• A word can be separated into different parts, e.g., 'publicate' and 'publish'.
• 'Aggregate' comes from 'greg', meaning a flock or group, and describes something formed by adding together smaller parts.
• 'Activate' comes from 'act', meaning to do something, and means to make something work or operate.
• 'Certificate' comes from 'certify', meaning to state that something is true or correct, and is a written statement to confirm this.
• 'Indoctrinate' comes from 'doctrine', meaning a system of ideas or beliefs, and means to teach someone to accept these ideas completely.
• 'Decimate' comes from 'decem', meaning ten, and originally meant to kill every tenth soldier as a punishment.
• 'Liberate' comes from 'liber', meaning free, and means to set someone free from a situation.
• 'Motivate' comes from 'movere', meaning move, and means to give someone a reason to do something.
• 'Situate' comes from 'situs', meaning position, and is used to describe where something is located.

Suffixes -able and -ate

• The suffix -able forms an adjective, e.g., 'value + able = valuable', 'comfort + able = comfortable'.
• Examples of -able words: 'remarkable', 'reasonable', 'respectable'.
• The suffix -ate forms a verb, e.g., 'graduate', 'separate', 'publicate', 'activate', 'certificate', 'indoctrinate', 'decimate', 'liberate', 'motivate', 'situate'.
• A graduate with moderate knowledge of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew can separate the words into their original form.

Suffix -al

• The suffix -al forms an adjective, e.g., 'educational', 'medical', 'animal', 'instructional', 'personal'.
• Examples of words based on the root 'person': 'personify', 'impersonal', 'persona', 'personable', 'personality', 'personally', 'interpersonal', 'personnel'.

Suffix -ful

• The suffix -ful forms an adjective, e.g., 'hopeful', 'tearful', 'colourful', 'powerful', 'wonderful', 'mournful', 'fearful', 'vengeful', 'grateful'.
• Examples of -ful words: 'awful', 'faithful'.### Word Origins
• The word "publicate" is an alternate spelling of "publish".
• "Aggregate" originates from "greg", meaning a flock or group, and refers to something formed by adding together smaller parts.
• "Activate" comes from "act", meaning to do something, and means to make something work or operate.

Certificate and Indoctrination

• "Certificate" originates from "certify", meaning to state that something is true or correct, and refers to a written statement confirming this.
• "Indoctrinate" originates from "doctrine", meaning a system of ideas or beliefs, and means to teach someone to accept these ideas completely, without questioning them.

Punishment and Liberation

• "Decimate" originates from "decem", meaning ten, and initially referred to killing every tenth soldier as a punishment; today, it means to kill or destroy a large proportion of something.
• "Liberate" originates from "liber", meaning free, and means to set someone free from a situation, especially a political one.

Motivation and Location

• "Motivate" originates from "movere", meaning move, and means to give someone a reason to do something.
• "Situate" originates from "situs", meaning position, and is used to describe where something is located.