prefix and suffix

I need the prefix and suffix to the word formulate

[mykwyner]

reformulate formulation

"Formulate" is the word formula with the suffix ate added to make it a verb.

[M.Mozaffary]

the root of the word formulate is form so you could say -ule and -ate is it's suffix also you could check it in here.

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/as...root-list.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/as...unciation.html

[Deepurple]

Originally Posted by M.Mozaffary

the root of the word formulate is form so you could say -ule and -ate is it's suffix also you could check it in here.

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/as...root-list.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/as...unciation.html

Mozaffary, it would be perfect if definitions could be given.

[beascarpetta]

the root of "formulate" is "formula" which is the diminutive of "forma"
some more suffixes appear in
formulaic
formulator

[M.Mozaffary]

Originally Posted by beascarpetta

the root of "formulate" is "formula" which is the diminutive of "forma"
some more suffixes appear in
formulaic
formulator

it's good to know that u in a C + u + C + a form never pronounce /ju:/ $ /u:/ so it couldn't be.

C = Consonant

Mehrdad mozaffary

[beascarpetta]

Originally Posted by M.Mozaffary

it's good to know that u in a C + u + C + a form never pronounce /ju:/ $ /u:/ so it couldn't be.

C = Consonant

Mehrdad mozaffary

I'm terribly sorry but could you be so kind as to explain to me once again what you think my mistake was.

beascarpetta

[jimboely]

Originally Posted by mayan

I need the prefix and suffix to the word formulate

From what has been said there is more than one prefix and suffix to the word formulate. Each one will have a different meaning. Please can you give the contex in which you wish to use the word.

[rewboss]

And here we run up against the age-old question: when is a root not a root?

The word "formula" was borrowed intact from Latin; but in Latin, the root is "form(a)" and "-ula" is a suffix, usually anglicised to "-ule".

Thus "globule" is actually made up of the root "glob" (a drop or a soft mass) and the suffix "-ule".

Sadly, the neat little compartments we label "root" and "suffix" and "prefix" aren't always as clear-cut as we would like.

For the purposes of the original question, I'd submit that "formula", because it was borrowed in its entirety, can be seen as a root; after all, we don't normally think of a formula as a "little form" or in any connected with forms.