-el, -le, form diminutives: chapel, libel, buckle, castle.

-er, -eer, -ier, one who (does): mariner, auctioneer, pioneer, brigadier.

-er, place: larder, saucer.

-ern, place: cavern, cistern, tavern.

-ery, -ry, place: cemetery, foundry, laundry, nunnery, surgery.

-ery, -ry, condition, quality, collection, production: slavery, bravery, treachery, finery, peasantry, carpentry, poetry.

-ess, feminine agent: empress, governess, sorceress.

-et, -let, diminutive: coronet, floweret, lancet, puppet, ticket, bracelet, chaplet, eaglet; etiquette (= a little ticket).

-icle, diminutive: article, icicle, particle.

-ion, -sion, -tion, action, process, state, result: action, legislation, mansion, opinion, position, rebellion.