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to it, you can add a prefix at the beginning and/or a suffix at the end to change the meaning. For example, in the word “un flattering,” the root is simply “flatter,” while the prefix “un ” makes the word negative, and the suffix “ ing” changes it from a verb into an adjective (specifically, a participle). English itself does not use prefixes as heavily as it once did, but many English words e from Latin, which uses prefixes and suffixes (you can use the word affix to refer either to a prefix or a suffix) quite extensively. For example, the words “prefix,” “suffix,” a