-ness

Derivation

• -ly (usually changes adjectives into adverbs, but also some nouns into adjectives)
• -al /-ual (usually changes nouns into adjectives)
• -ic /-ical (usually changes nouns into adjectives)
• -ish (usually changes nouns into adjectives/class-maintaining, with the word class remaining an adjective)
• -ful (usually changes nouns into adjectives)
• -oid (usually changes nouns into adjectives)
• -like (usually changes nouns into adjectives)
• -less (usually changes nouns into adjectives)
• -able/-ible (usually changes verbs into adjectives)
• -ant (usually changes verbs into nouns, often referring to a human agent)
• -tion/-ion/-ation (usually changes verbs into nouns)
• -ment (usually changes verbs into nouns)
• -ity (usually changes adjectives into nouns)
• -ness (usually changes adjectives into nouns)
• -fy (usually changes nouns into verbs)
• -ise/-ize (usually changes nouns into verbs)
• -ess (usually class-maintaining, with the word class remaining a noun)
• -ism (usually class-maintaining, with the word class remaining a noun)
• -ist (usually class-maintaining, with the word class remaining a noun)
• -hood (usually class-maintaining, with the word class remaining a noun)
• -logy/-ology (usually class-maintaining, with the word class remaining a noun)
• -um (usually) museum; stadium; auditorium; aquarium; planetarium; medium
• -wise From wīse ("manner, way, condition, direction")