refer to individual words in the English language. They can get suffixes and prefixes but beware that they are completely meaningful on their own, Example- Friend: befriend, friendship, friendly, friends.

go back to Latin and Greek languages. They must have a ‘suffix’ or ‘prefix’ indeed to them because they cannot stand alone. Examples - Anti: anticipate, antibiotic, antisocial, antidote.

small word particles, usually only a few letters, added to a word to change its meaning or grammatical properties. Most affixes are one or two syllables, and some like -s and -es are just sounds

affixes that come at the end of a word. After the root word. Unlike prefixes which mostly change a word's meaning, suffixes are mainly used for grammatical purposes.

are affixes that come at the beginning of a word, before a root word. Sometimes added to a word to change the meaning . Other times they combine with other affixes to create new words such as adding the prefix -bio to the affix ology- to create biology

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Base words	refer to individual words in the English language. They can get suffixes and prefixes but beware that they are completely meaningful on their own, Example- Friend: befriend, friendship, friendly, friends.
Root words	go back to Latin and Greek languages. They must have a ‘suffix’ or ‘prefix’ indeed to them because they cannot stand alone. Examples - Anti: anticipate, antibiotic, antisocial, antidote.
Affixes	small word particles, usually only a few letters, added to a word to change its meaning or grammatical properties. Most affixes are one or two syllables, and some like -s and -es are just sounds
Suffixes	affixes that come at the end of a word. After the root word. Unlike prefixes which mostly change a word's meaning, suffixes are mainly used for grammatical purposes.
Prefixes	are affixes that come at the beginning of a word, before a root word. Sometimes added to a word to change the meaning . Other times they combine with other affixes to create new words such as adding the prefix -bio to the affix ology- to create biology

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