This list includes 9 Suffixes that start with V, from “-verse” to “-vorous”. These endings are mostly bound morphemes that form nouns or adjectives and often come from Latin roots. You’ll find them useful for reading and creating scientific terms, descriptive labels, and literary coinages.
Suffixes that start with V are short word endings that attach to roots to make new nouns or adjectives. Several, like “-verse” and “-vorous”, appear in scientific naming and in playful coinages dating back centuries.
Below you’ll find the table with Origin, Meaning, and Example words.
Origin: Shows the language or period the suffix comes from, so you can trace its history and related forms.
Meaning: Gives a short, plain definition of what the suffix adds to a word, helping you predict its sense.
Example words: Lists two to four representative words so you can see the suffix in real vocabulary and patterns.
Suffixes that start with V
Suffix
Origin
Meaning
Examples
–verse
Latin
turn; realm or kind (modern ‘world’)
universe, multiverse, metaverse
–vore
Latin
one who eats or consumes
carnivore, herbivore, omnivore
–vorous
Latin
feeding on; characterized by eating
carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous
–vert
Latin
turn; person with a specified orientation
introvert, extrovert, ambivert
–ville
Old French/Latin
town; place name or mock-place
Jacksonville, Louisville, Smallville
–vision
Latin [non-productive]
seeing; sight; act of seeing
television, supervision, provision
–volution
Latin [non-productive]
act/state of turning; process of change
evolution, revolution, devolution
–volve
Latin [non-productive]
to roll/turn; undergo change/process
involve, revolve, evolve
–version
Latin
act/state of turning; form or variant
conversion, aversion, perversion
Descriptions
–verse
From Latin vertere ‘to turn’; long-established combining form. Historically about “turning,” now productive in modern coinages meaning a “world” or domain (e.g., multiverse, metaverse); common and widely recognized.
–vore
From Latin vorare ‘to devour’; a biological combining form for eaters. Common in scientific names and everyday terms; fairly productive for coinages describing diets or consumers.
–vorous
Adjectival counterpart to -vore from Latin. Widely used in biology and figurative speech; moderately productive but mainly restricted to established and scholarly terms.
–vert
Combining form from Latin vertere ‘to turn’. Forms nouns/adjectives for orientations or tendencies; common in psychology and personality talk, occasionally used in coinages.
–ville
From Old French ville (< Latin villa). Used in place names and playful coinages (e.g., Mediocrityville). Semi-productive in English for toponyms and humorous nicknames; somewhat colloquial.
–vision
From Latin visio ‘sight’. Functions as a bound combining form in many inherited nouns (television). Historically common, but not highly productive for new coinages today.
–volution
Noun-forming element from Latin volvere ‘to roll/turn’. Found in scientific, political, and abstract nouns. Historically entrenched but limited productivity for new creations.
–volve
Verb-forming combining form from Latin volvere. Very common in inherited verbs; morphologically debated (root vs. suffix), but clearly attested across many English verbs.
–version
From Latin versio ‘a turning’; forms abstract nouns often denoting change or state. Historically productive in derived nouns, less so for novel coinages but widely attested in vocabulary.
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