283. (3.) GREEK DERIVATIVES. -y, as monarchy, geography, geology, astronomy, and a great number of scientific terms. -ism, as barbarism, fatalism. -sis, as analysis, synthesis, ellipsis. -am, as diagram, monogram. Also some Verbs in -ize and -yse, as baptize, analyse. III.-Prefixes. 284. Derivatives are formed from simple words by prefixing, that is, putting before the word, a syllable, which may or may not be itself a word in use. tives, and Adverbs, unbelief, uneven, unhappily. 286. (2.) LATIN AND FRENCH PREFIXES. Very frequently, in derivatives from Latin, the final letter of the prefix has been changed into another letter to harmonise with the first letter of the other part of the compound word. Thus accept and affect are from Latin words in which the Preposition ad forms part of the compound word, and in which the final d of the prefix has been changed to harmonise with the consonant commencing the other part of the compound word. EXAMPLES. ambition, ambiguous. antechapel, anticipate. benefactor, benediction. bisect, biscuit. circumvent, circumference. confess, collect, coeternal. (contradict, controversy. counterpoise, counterpoint. descend, deny. dispute, discern. divide, dimension. elect, excuse, efface. extravagant, extraordinary. in, upon (with ( invade, immerge. 288. When an English prefix is attached to a foreign word, or a foreign word has an English suffix, the result is called a hybrid, or mongrel word. Many such words have obtained a firm footing in our language; for example, unchaste and ungrateful, which are Latin words with an English prefix, and perfectness and pureness, which are Latin words with an English suffix. |