Exercise One (2005/05/10)

The following list consists of 1560 English words with 22 groups of different suffices.
Since most English words are etymologically related to Latin, please find out only those which are not etymologically related to Latin.
You may write down as many as you like, but try at least three from each suffice group if you can.  

1) -BER
amber
barber
blubber
caliber
chamber
cucumber
december
fiber
glauber
mulber
november
number
october
remember
saber
schreber
scomber
slumber
sober
somber
subscriber
thunber
timber
zingiber


2) -DY
bandy
bloody
candy
cloudy
comedy
custody
giddy
greedy
lady
melody
mouldy
muddy
needy
paddy
ready
remedy
rhapsody
ruddy
sandy
shady
speedy
steady
study
sturdy
subsidy
tardy
tidy
toady
toddy
tragedy
troglody
windy
wordy


3) -ENCE
absence
abstinence
adolescence
audience
benevolence
circumference
coexistence
commence
condolence
conference
confidence
confluence
consequence
consistence
convergence
correspondence
decadence
defence
difference
diligence
disobedience
dissidence
divergence
eloquence
emergence
essence
evidence
excellence
existence
experience
fence
flatulence
hence
impotence
incontinence
inconvenience
incorrespondence
independence
indulgence
inexperience
inflorescence
influence
innocence
insolence
intelligence
interdependence
jurisprudence
luminescence
negligence
obedience
occurrence
offence
opalescence
patience
penitence
permanence
persistence
pestilence
precedence
prescience
presence
pretence
prominence
quintessence
reference
reminiscence
residence
resilience
reverence
science
sentence
sequence
silence
subservience
subsistence
valence


4) -FICE
artifice
benefice
edifice
magnifice
office
orifice
sacrifice
suffice


5) -IOUS
abstemious
amphibious
anxious
atrocious
auspicious
avaricious
bumptious
capricious
captious
cautious
ceremonious
contentious
deleterious
deletrious
delicious
devious
dubious
efficacious
envious
equilibrious
fallacious
fastidious
ferocious
fictitious
flirtatious
furious
glorious
gracious
harmonious
ignominious
illustrious
imperious
industrious
infectious
ingenious
injurious
laborious
licentious
loquacious
luxurious
malicious
meritorious
multifarious
mysterious
notorious
obsequious
obvious
ostentatious
overcautious
overfastidious
parsimonious
perspicacious
precious
precocious
pretentious
previous
propitious
pugnacious
rapacious
rebellious
religious
repetitious
sagacious
serious
spacious
specious
spurious
studious
subconscious
suspicious
tedious
usurious
various
vicious
victorious
voracious


6) -ITY
ability
abnormality
accountability
acidity
activity
adversity
affinity
agility
animosity
artificiality
audacity
austerity
authenticity
authority
bestiality
calamity
capability
capacity
casuality
catholicity
cavity
celebrity
charity
chastity
christianity
city
civility
combustibility
commodity
community
complexity
conformity
consanguinity
coprosperity
cordiality
credibility
cupidity
curiosity
debility
deformity
deity
density
depravity
dexterity
dignity
docility
ductility
durability
eccentricity
elasticity
electricity
enmity
equality
eternity
eventuality
extremity
familiarity
feasibility
fecundity
felicity
femininity
ferocity
fertility
fidelity
flexibility
formality
frigidity
futility
generosity
gratuity
gravity
heredity
hilarity
homosexuality
hospitality
hostility
humanity
humidity
humility
identity
immortality
immunity
impartiality
impossibility
inferiority
infinity
inflexibility
informality
ingenuity
iniquity
insanity
insensitivity
instrumentality
integrity
justifiablility
laxity
liability
locality
longevity
magnanimity
majority
masculinity
maternity
maturity
mediocrity
minority
mobility
monstrosity
nationality
necessity
neutrality
nobility
obesity
objectivity
obscurity
opportunity
overactivity
oviparity
passivity
perplexity
personality
photosensitivity
pity
popularity
posterity
potentiality
principality
profundity
promiscuity
propinquity
prosperity
prosperousity
publicity
puerility
purity
quality
quantity
rarity
reality
reciprocity
relativity
respectability
responsibility
rigidity
sagacity
sanity
scarcity
security
senility
seniority
sensitivity
serenity
severity
simplicity
sincerity
sociability
solubility
speciality
stability
sterility
stupidity
suavity
subjectivity
superficiality
superiority
tenacity
tonality
tranquility
tranquillity
trinity
uniformity
unity
universality
university
utility
validity
vanity
velocity
vicinity
virginity
virility
visibility
vitality


7) - PID
insipid
limpid
rapid
stupid
torpid


8) - TAL
brutal
capital
centripetal
coastal
congenital
continental
crotal
crystal
dental
detrimental
environmental
fatal
forestal
fundamental
glottal
governmental
horizontal
immortal
impertal
instrumental
leafstal
marital
metal
microcrystal
mortal
nostal
oriental
ornamental
parental
parietal
pedestal
portal
postal
postnatal
prenatal
rebuttal
recital
rental
sentimental
total
vital


9) -TION
abortion
accusation
action
addition
admiration
admonition
affection
alienation
ambition
ammunition
amortization
annotation
appreciation
assertion
assimilation
association
attention
auction
authorization
calculation
caution
celebration
classification
collection
commotion
communication
compensation
completion
composition
concentration
condition
conjunction
connection
consideration
constellation
constitution
construction
consultation
containerization
contemplation
contention
contribution
convention
conversation
cooperation
correction
corruption
creation
cultivation
deception
declaration
decoration
deletion
delineation
deprecation
description
detention
deterioration
determination
devastation
direction
discretion
distinction
distraction
divination
edition
education
election
emotion
exaltation
examination
excavatetion
exception
execution
expectation
explanation
fiction
formation
foundation
friction
frustration
generation
hesitation
humiliation
illustration
imagination
imitation
implication
incantation
incarnation
inclination
infiltration
information
injection
inscription
insertion
inspection
institution
integration
intention
intuition
invitation
jurisdiction
lotion
manipulation
meditation
menstruation
molestation
motion
motivation
negotiation
notation
notion
nutrition
obligation
obstruction
operation
opposition
organization
ostentation
partition
perception
persecution
personification
perspiration
petition
plantation
position
precondition
preparation
prescription
prevarication
privation
production
projection
prolongation
promotion
proposition
prosecution
prostitution
protection
provocation
punctuation
qualification
quotation
ramification
reception
recognition
recommendation
redemption
reflection
regulation
relation
renovation
reproduction
reputation
resolution
restriction
revolution
sanitation
section
selection
separation
situation
solution
starvation
station
subscription
superstitution
supposition
tradition
translation
transplantation
transportation
tribulation
vegetation
vibration
violation
vocation


10) -TUDE
amplitude
aptitude
attitude
desuetude
fortitude
gratitude
ingratitude
latitude
longitude
multitude
platitude
solicitude
solitude
vicissitude


11) -ANCE
acceptance
accordance
acquaintance
advance
allegiance
alliance
allowance
ambulance
appearance
appliance
appurtenance
assistance
balance
brilliance
circumstance
clearance
cognizance
contrivance
convenience
conveyance
countenance
dance
defiance
distance
disturbance
elegance
endurance
entrance
extravagance
exuberance
finance
fragrance
freelance
glance
grievance
guidance
hindrance
ignorance
importance
inheritance
insurance
lance
maintenance
nuisance
obeisance
ordnance
performance
perseverance
prance
reappearance
reliance
remembrance
remittance
remonstrance
resistance
romance
significance
substance
surveillance
utterance
vigilance


12) -ANT
abundant
applicant
arrogant
ascendant
assistant
attendant
belligerent
brilliant
chant
confidant
consonant
constant
contestant
defendant
defiant
depressant
descendant
distant
dormant
elegant
elephant
exorbitant
expectorant
extravagant
flippant
fragrant
giant
grant
hesitant
hydrant
ignorant
important
incessant
inconstant
infant
insignificant
insouciant
instant
irrelevant
itinerant
lieutenant
lubricant
luxuriant
maidservant
manservant
merchant
militant
nonchalant
occupant
overabundant
pant
pendant
pennant
pheasant
plant
pleasant
pliant
pregnant
protestant
radiant
recalcitrant
redundant
reliant
remnant
resistant
resonant
restaurant
savant
scant
sergeant
servant
sibilant
significant
slant
stimulant
sycophant
tenant
transplant
triumphant
truant
tyrant
unimportant
vacant
vigilant
want
warrant


13) -ABLE
able
abominable
acceptable
accessible
adjustable
admirable
advisable
affable
agreeable
allowable
amenable
amiable
amicable
applicable
approachable
assemble
available
avoidable
babble
believable
bible
bubble
cable
capable
charitable
comfortable
commendable
compatible
constable
contemptible
corruptible
countable
creditable
curable
dependable
deplorable
despicable
detachable
detestable
dirigible
double
durable
dutiable
ensemble
estimable
exceptionable
execrable
expendable
fable
fashionable
favorable
feasible
feeble
flexible
forgettable
forgivable
formidable
gabble
gable
gamble
garble
gobble
grumble
honorable
horrible
humble
ignoble
imaginable
immovable
impassable
impenetrable
imperishable
impossible
irascible
jumble
knowledgeable
laudable
laughable
liable
lovable
manageable
marble
miserable
movable
mumble
navigable
negotiable
nibble
noble
parable
passable
payable
pebble
penetrable
perceptible
perishable
permissible
personable
pitiable
plausible
pleasurable
pliable
portable
possible
practicable
presentable
printable
questionable
quibble
rabble
ramble
reasonable
regrettable
remarkable
reprehensible
reputable
resistible
respectable
responsible
rubble
sable
scramble
scribble
serviceable
squabble
stable
stumble
suitable
susceptible
table
tenable
terrible
thimble
tractable
transferable
treble
tremble
trouble
valuable
vegetable
venerable
visible
vulnerable


14) -CIAL
artificial
beneficial
commercial
crucial
especial
facial
financial
judicial
official
provincial
racial
sacrificial
social
special
superficial
unofficial


15) -ER
December
November
alder
amber
anger
announcer
another
answer
astrologer
auger
badger
banker
banner
barber
beer
bier
bladder
blazer
border
boxer
broker
brother
buffer
bulldozer
butcher
buyer
caliber
caller
cancer
career
caretaker
carrier
cashier
chamber
charger
checker
cheer
cinder
clamber
clever
commander
commissioner
confer
consider
container
coriander
corner
courier
cracker
cucumber
customer
dagger
dancer
danger
dealer
deer
deodorizer
destroyer
differ
dinner
dismember
disorder
dowager
drawer
drummer
dryer
eager
earlier
either
elder
embroider
employer
endanger
engineer
entertainer
ever
examiner
executioner
farmer
father
feather
feeder
fertilizer
fiber
finger
firecracker
fishmonger
fixer
flower
fodder
folder
foreigner
former
founder
frontier
further
gardener
gather
gender
ginger
glacier
gossamer
hammer
hanger
happier
harbinger
harder
her
higher
historiographer
icebreaker
informer
inner
invader
jabber
jailer
joker
knocker
lawyer
layer
leader
leather
linger
listener
longer
louder
maker
manager
manner
marker
matchmaker
meager
member
messenger
mixer
modifier
monger
mother
murder
necromancer
neither
never
ninder
northerner
number
october
offender
offer
officeholder
officer
onlooker
opener
order
other
over
owner
paler
partner
penholder
philander
philosopher
pincer
pioneer
player
plunder
poker
powder
power
practitioner
prayer
prefer
premier
prettier
primer
prisoner
producer
profiteer
pucker
quicker
rather
reconsider
refer
remember
reminder
render
robber
rubber
ruler
runner
saucer
seer
server
shareholder
sheer
shoulder
singer
slander
slobber
sneer
sober
soldier
somber
sooner
southerner
spanner
speaker
spider
squander
stagger
storyteller
stranger
stretcher
stronger
subscriber
sucker
suffer
summer
surrender
swagger
swimmer
talker
taxpayer
teacher
tender
thunder
tiger
timber
together
tower
tranquilizer
transfer
tweezer
under
villager
volunteer
voucher
wager
wander
warmer
weather
whisker
widower
winner
wonder
worker
younger


16) -INE
aborigine
aquamarine
bromine
canine
chlorine
clothesline
coastline
combine
concubine
confine
cosine
crystalline
deadline
decline
dentine
destine
determine
dine
discipline
divine
doctrine
engine
entwine
ermine
examine
famine
feminine
figurine
fine
fluorine
gasoline
genuine
guillotine
heroine
imagine
incline
internecine
intertwine
intestine
iodine
jasmine
latrine
line
machine
magazine
marine
marline
masculine
medicine
migraine
mine
nicotine
nine
outline
philistine
pine
porcupine
quarantine
quinine
ravine
refine
routine
shine
shoeshine
shrine
sideline
sine
spine
sunshine
tambourine
tangerine
turpentine
twine
underline
undermine
undine
urine
ursine
vaccine
vine
waistline
wine


17) -MENT
accompaniment
achievement
acknowledgement
adjustment
adornment
advertisement
agreement
ailment
aliment
amendment
amusement
announcement
apartment
appeasement
appointment
argument
armament
arrangement
assessment
assignment
assortment
attainment
basement
bereavement
bewilderment
cement
commandment
comment
commitment
complement
compliment
condiment
confinement
containment
defilement
denouncement
department
deportment
detriment
development
disagreement
disappointment
disarmament
disbursement
disillusionment
dismemberment
disparagement
displacement
document
element
embankment
embarrassment
embezzlement
emolument
employment
encampment
encouragement
endearment
endowment
engagement
enjoyment
enlightenment
enrollment
enslavement
entanglement
entertainment
environment
equipment
estrangement
excitement
excrement
experiment
ferment
firmament
fragment
fulfillment
fundament
garment
government
impediment
implement
imprisonment
improvement
increment
inducement
installment
instrument
involvement
judgement
judgment
lament
ligament
management
measurement
misgovernment
moment
monument
movement
nutriment
ointment
ornament
orpiment
parliament
pavement
payment
pigment
placement
predicament
preferment
readjustment
rearmament
reassignment
regiment
reinforcement
repayment
retirement
rudiment
sediment
segment
sentiment
settlement
statement
supplement
temperament
testament
torment
treatment
vehement


18) -PLE
ample
apple
couple
cripple
dimple
disciple
maple
multiple
nipple
participle
people
pimple
pineapple
principle
purple
ripple
sample
scruple
simple
staple
supple
temple
triple


19) -SION
adhesion
admission
aggression
allusion
apprehension
cohesion
collision
commission
compassion
comprehension
conclusion
confession
confusion
decision
depression
dimension
discussion
disillusion
dissension
division
erosion
explosion
expression
illusion
impression
impulsion
indecision
infusion
invasion
mansion
obsession
occasion
occlusion
omission
oppression
passion
pension
persuasion
possession
pretension
profession
profusion
propulsion
provision
seclusion
session
subdivision
submission
succession
supervision
suspension
television
tension
transfusion
transgression
version
vision


20) -EX
annex
apex
appendex
convex
index
perplex
retroflex
sex
silex
vertex


21) -FY
amplify
beautify
calcify
certify
clarify
classify
defy
deify
disqualify
edify
emulsify
examplify
falsify
fluffy
fructify
gasify
glorify
gratify
horrify
identify
indemnify
justify
liquefy
magnify
notify
pacify
personify
puffy
putrefy
ramify
rectify
satisfy
signify
simplify
solidify
specify
stuffy
terrify
testify
typify
unify
verify
vilify


22) -TATE
agitate
amputate
annotate
apostate
bufferstate
debilitate
devastate
dictate
estate
facilitate
felicitate
gravitate
hesitate
imitate
irritate
meditate
mutate
orientate
palpitate
precipitate
premeditate
prostate
regurgitate
rehabilitate
resuscitate
state