Word-formation

-ist -ism -ite anti- sym-/syn-
artist, realist, leftist materialism, Darwinism, Marxism thatcherite, Israelite, vulcanite anti-pollution, anti-democratic symmetrical, synthesis
French
-age -ance/-ence -ard -ate -ее -ess en-/em-	wreckage, peerage, percentage perseverance, extravagance, coherence wizard, drunkard doctorate, electorate, filtrate employee, addressee, absentee princess, captainess, authoress enlist, enclose, embed

The adoption of countless foreign words caused the appearance of many hybrid words in the English vocabulary. Hybrids are words that are made up of elements derived from two or more different languages. There are two basic types of forming hybrid words: 1) a foreign base is combined with a native affix, e.g. colourless, uncertain; 2) a native base is combined with a foreign affix, e.g. drinkable, ex-wife. There are also many hybrid compounds, such as blackguard (English + French); schoolboy (Greek + English).