Chinese has prefixes and suffixes, much like English does.  Here is  a list of them.

-们 (men): -s
-地 (de): -ly
可- (kě): -able
重- (chóng): re-
第- (dì): -st, -nd, -rd, -th 化 (hua4) -ise
-学 (xué): -logy
-家 (jiā): -ist, -er
-着 (zhe): -ing
-性 (xìng): -ness, -ability
-主义 (zhǔyì): -ism

者 -er -ist
无 un- -less

抗 kang anti
预 yu pre