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What is the suffix of intrepid?

The suffix of "intrepid" is -id.

While "-id" isn't a common stand-alone suffix, it's the ending of the word, and it's part of the Latin root "trepidus", meaning "fearful". The prefix "in-" means "not", so "intrepid" literally means "not fearful" or "fearless".

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