100 Examples of Primitive and Derivative Words

Primitive Derived words 1 Water aquatic, aqueduct, aqueous, aguadero, downpour, aguaje, turpentine, umbrella, drain 2 tree grove, bushes, arboreal, wooded 3 sugar sugary 4 Bank banker, banking 5 boat boatman, barge 6 kiss kissing, kissing, kissing 7 campaign bell tower, bells 8 countryside country, camp, camping, camping 9 tire out tiredness, tireless, restless 10 Meat butcher shop, ram, butcher, butcher 11 carpentry Carpenter 12 home home, box, mansion, hamlet 13 cells cellulite, cellular, celluloid 14 lock veneer, veneer 15 belt belt, ribbons, headband 16 Sure clairvoyant, clairvoyance, clarity 17 to nail dowel, dowel, dowel 18 charge collector, collections, collection 19 kitchen cook cooking 20 hang pendant 21 Colour coloring, bunting, colors, coloring, colorful, bleaching, discoloration, discolored 22 eat food, eating 23 co-worker companionship, companion 24 notebook booklet 25 square square, checkered, checkered, blocks 26 neck necklace 27 fingers thimble, thimble 28 breakfast breakfast nook, have breakfast 29 debt debtor, debtors 30 He drew cartoonist, draw 31 tooth dentist, denture 32 money wealthy 33 to sleep asleep, sleeping, dozing 34 candy sweeten, sweetened 35 Lasted long lasting 36 easy ease, facilities, easily, very easy 37 date dated 38 file file, transfer, tokens 39 row line up 40 flower Flourish, vase, floral, flowered 41 jar engulf, engulf him, engulf him 42 fruit greengrocer, fruit bowl 43 cat crawl 44 glory glorious, glorified 45 hat cap, hat, bonnet 46 gout leak 47 He shouted shout, yelling 48 live habitat, habitation, room, habitable, uninhabitable 49 smoke smokehouse, smoked 50 individual individualize 51 property real estate, real estate 52 spear throw, thrower, spearman, thrown 53 milk dairy, milkman 54 firewood lumberjack, woody 55 book bookshop 56 wrench key chain 57 rain drizzle 58 Moon lunatic, moon landing 59 sea maritime, marine, sailor, underwater, tidal wave, storm surge 60 kill slaughterhouse 61 doctor medicine, medicament 62 currency wallet, monetization 63 piece of furniture furniture 64 crutch token, crutch 65 music musician, musical, musician 66 surf ship 67 boy babysitter, childhood, childish 68 cloud cloudy, cloudiness, clouds, haze 69 eye haggard, haggard 70 word lip service 71 bread Baker, bakery, baked goods 72 paper unpapered, wallpaper, mislaid 73 happen dowel, passer, passer 74 hair toupee, wig, hairdresser, hair salon 75 hair hairdresser, hairdresser, hairdresser 76 think thinking, thinking, thinker 77 dog dog pound 78 fishing fish, fishing, fishing, fishing, fisherman 79 fish fish tank, fish 80 pirate piracy, pirates, hack 81 plural pluralize, pluralize 82 set oppose, replace, impose, dispose 83 popular popularize 84 town population, depopulated, overpopulation 85 door gate 86 pulse bracelet, push-button, pulse 87 cheese quesera, quesillo, quesadilla 88 clock watchmaker, watchmaker 89 to breathe respiratory, respirator 90 magazine magazine rack 91 noise noisy 92 blood bleeding, bloody, bloody 93 chair saddle, armchair, chairs 94 synthesis synthesizing, synthetic 95 Dream rattle 96 ring kink 97 dream Sound 98 key keyed, keyed, keyed 99 weather temporary 100 land bury, landing, terrarium, terrestrial, terral, territory, earthling, embankment 101 ink inkwell 102 cow beef cowboy 103 vegetable greengrocer, greengrocer 104 wear dress, attire, wardrobe 105 shoe shoemaker, slippers, stomping, shoe store