The following are some affixes found in English words. They are organized by function, and within each class, by whether they are native or borrowed.
| Affix | Source | Examples | |
| Adjective-forming suffixes | |||
| -ish | N + -ish 'like an N' bearish, ADJ + -ish 'rather, somewhat' | Native | yellowish, longish |
| -like N + like 'like an N' | |||
| -y
| |||
| -al Latin, French | |||
| -an | |||
| -ane | |||
| -ant, -ent Latin, French | |||
| -ar | |||
| -ate Latin | |||
| -ary unitary, binary, solitary | |||
| -ate Latin | |||
| -ic | |||
| -id | |||
| -ile | |||
| -ine | |||
| -it | |||
| -ite | |||
| -ive | Latin | ||
| -oid | Greek | ||
| -ose | Latin | ||
| -ory | Latin | ||
| -ous | Latin, often via French | generous | |
| 2. Verb-forming suffixes | |||
| 3. Noun-forming suffixes | |||
| 4. Negative prefixes | |||
| un- Native untrue, uncaring
a/an- Greek anaerobic, atheist, anemic
dis- Latin disbelief, disinter, dislocate
in-/im-/ Latin indivisible, inimitable, inconsequential, immobile, illegible |