100 Examples of Derivative Words

Derived words

The derived words or complex words are words that come from another word which is called a primitive word. For example, the word tree it is a primitive word since it does not derive from any other. Several derived words can be extracted from this word. For example: grove, arboreal, wooded, little tree.

So a derived word belongs to the same semantic field than the primitive word. This means that the derivative will have some conceptual relationship with its primitive words. Following the example of the word tree (primitive word) we know that its derived word grove means "set of trees".

How are derived words formed?

Derived words are formed by adding suffixes or prefixes to the primitive word:

Examples of words derived from suffixes

1. Whiteness: primitive word White + suffix -ura
2. Tablespoon: primitive word spoon + suffix -gives
3. To flourish: primitive word flower + suffix -ecer
4. True: primitive word truth + suffix -ero
5. Violinist: primitive word fiddle + suffix -ist
6. Self-conscious: primitive word complex + suffix -ada
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7. Contemplative: primitive word contemplate + suffix -ivo
8. Long lasting: primitive word Lasted + suffix -ero
9. Irritable: primitive word irritate + suffix -able
10. Nose or proboscis: primitive word nose + suffixes -on or -udo
11. Blackish: primitive word black + suffix -I think
12. Original: primitive word source + suffix -inal
13. Parasitic: primitive word parasite + suffix -Aryan
14. Leaden: primitive word lead + suffix -i
15. Unbreakable: primitive word to break + suffix -ible
16. Pinkish: primitive word pink + suffix -eo

Words derived from prefixes

1. Antiaircraft: prefix anti- + primitive word aerial
2. Atheist: prefix to- + primitive words teo (God)
3. Bilingual: prefix bi- + primitive word lingual (language)
4. Live together: prefix with- + primitive word to live
5. Undo: prefix des- + primitive word make
6. Single color: prefix monkey- + primitive word Colour.
7. Pluricellular: prefix pluri- + primitive word cell
8. Polysyllable: prefix cop- + primitive word syllable
9. Predict: prefix pre- + primitive word say
10. Redo: prefix re- + primitive word make
11. Underground: prefix sub- + primitive word land
12. Overlap: prefix Super- + primitive word set
13. Transfer: prefix after- + primitive word happen
14. Sole proprietorship: prefix uni- + primitive word person
15. Deputy director: prefix vice- + primitive word director

Examples of derived words

In the following examples, a primitive word, from which several derived words emerge.

1. Love: love affair, love affair.
2. Old: antiquity, ancient.
3. Weapon: armor, armament, armed.
4. Garbage: garbage dump, garbage dump.
5. Corpse: cadaverous.
6. Coffee: caffeine, cafeteria, coffee maker.
7. Box: fit, drawer, cashier.
8. Countryside: camping, camping.
9. Singing: song, singer-songwriter, songbook, singer.
10. Car: lane, road, cart.
11. Letter: postman, primer, wallet, correspondence.
12. Light blue: matchmaker.
13. Darling: heavenly, heavenly.
14. Movie theater: filmmaker, cinema, cinephile, cinematographer.
15. Sure: clarity, chiaroscuro.
16. Class: classification, class.
17. Weather: acclimatize, climate.
18. Coward: cowardice, cowardice.
19. Blanket: shelter, shelter.
20. Food: eat, trough, dining room.
21. Cream: creamy, creamy.
22. Notebook: bind.
23. Finger: thimble.
24. Tooth: dental, dentist, toothpaste.
25. Ten: tithe, tenth.
26. Elite: elitist, elitism.
27. Broom: brush, brush.
28. Fiction: fictitious.
29. Flower: vase, florist, flourish, flourishing, floral, bloom.
30. Fry: fried, deep fryer, frying.
31. Front: face, frontal, face.
32. Cold: cool, cold.
33. Fruit: frugal, fruitful, fruity, greengrocer, fruity.
34. People: gentilicio, courtesy.
35. Balloon: encompass, global, globalization.
36. Live: habitation, habit, habitual, habitat.
37. Flour: flour.
38. Story: historical, history, historicity, historian.
39. Leaf: litter, defoliate.
40. Man: manhood, shoulder pads.
41. Invention: reinvent, inventory, invention, inventive, inventor.
42. Young: youth, rejuvenate, jovial.
43. Jewel: jewelry, jewelery.
44. Juice: wipe, juicy, juicer.
45. Pencil: pen.
46. Milk: milkman, dairy.
47. Book: bookstore, bookcase, notebook.
48. Wrench: key chain.
49. Rain: drizzle, rainy.
50. Light: luminous, luminous, luminescent, star, illuminate.
51. Hand: slap, mitt, handle, handle, handlebar.
52. Makeup: make-up remover, makeup artist, makeup artist.
53. Best: improve, improvement, improvement.
54. Less: minority, lessen, minimal.
55. Mine: ore, miner, mining.
56. Wet: soak, wet.
57. Death: deadly, deadly, deadly.
58. Woman: womanizer, slut, little women.
59. World: worldly, worldly.
60. Music: musician, musical, musicalization.
61. Boy: childhood, childish, babysitter.
62. Knot: knot, unknot.
63. New: novelty, newbie, renew.
64. Hate: hateful, hateful.
65. Eye: sideways eye, buttonhole, dark circles, eyeing.
66. Dark: darkness, darkening, chiaroscuro.
67. Bread: bakery, baker, breadmaker, breading.
68. Paper: ballot, stationery, paper.
69. Tablets: filling, filling.
70. Hair: fur, hairy.
71. Person: personal, character, personify.
72. Fish: fishing, fish tank, fish.
73. Painting: painterly, paint, brush, brushes.
74. Flat: stomp, stomp.
75. Feather: feather duster, plumage, feather jacket, plumage.
76. Town: population, town, small town, popular.
77. Lung: pneumonia, pulmonary.
78. Pulse: pulse, bracelet, pulse, pulse.
79. Fist: stab, dagger, handful, punch.
80. Pure: purify, purity.
81. Crank: unhinged, unhinged.
82. Clock: watchmaker, watchmaker.
83. rose: rosedal, pinkish, roses.
84. Salt: salty, salt shaker, salty, salty.
85. Blood: bloody, bleeding, bleeding.
86. Sign: signal, signaling, pointing.
87. Be quiet: silence, silent.
88. Sun: solar, solstice, sunny.
89. Shadow: parasol, parasol, hat, hatter.
90. Sound: rattle, rattle.
91. Subject: fasten, fastened.
92. Tapestry: upholstery, upholstery.
93. To have: fork, holding.
94. Theory: theorem, theorize.
95. Sad: sadden, sadness, sadly.
96. Green: greenish, greenish, verdigris.
97. Old: old age, aged.
98. Wind: windy.
99. Live: live together.
100. Shoe: shoemaker, shoemaker, shoemaker, slipper.

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