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个常用拉丁语词根
a-, ab-, abs-
(Latin: from, away, away from; used as a prefix).
This prefix is normally
used with elements of Latin and French origins
(abs- usually joins elements beginning
with c, q or t).
The form ab- is regularly
used before all vowels and h; and it becomes a-
before the consonants m, p, and v. The
prefix apo- has similar meanings.
ad- (Latin: to,
a direction toward, addition to, near; used as a
prefix).
ad- appears before
vowels and before the consonants d, h, j, m, and
v:
agri-, agrio- (Greek >
Latin: fields).
“
Wild, savage; living in the
fields” through Latin, ager, agri.
amat-, amor-, am- (Latin: love, loving;
fondness for).
ami-, amic-
(Latin: friend).
ambi-,
amb- (Latin: both, on both sides; around, about).
ambul-, ambulat-,
-ambulate, -ambulating, -ambulation -ambulator,
-ambulatory, -ambulant, -ambulic,
-ambulism, -ambulist (Latin: walk,
take
steps,
move around; from
“to wander, to go astray”).
anima-, anim- (Latin: animal life;
breath; soul; mind).
Anima-
is “a living being” from a Latin form
meaning, “of air, having a
spirit,
living”, which in turn comes from another form
meaning, “breath
of air, air, soul,
life”.
anni-, annu-, enni-
(Latin: year, yearly).
ante-, anti-, ant- (Latin: before, in
front of, prior to, forward; used as a
prefix).
Compare
this element with anti-
, meaning
“against”. Anti
-, with the
meaning of “before”, is found in very
few words, such as: “antipasto”
(from
Italian). and “anticipate” with its various forms,
plus a few
scientific terms.
aqua-, aquatic-, aqui-,
aqu-, -aquatically, aque-, -aqueous (Latin:
water).
audio-, aud-,
audi-, audit- (Latin: hearing, listening,
perception of
sounds).
bene-, ben-, beni- (Latin: good, well)
and bon- (Latin: good).
brevi-, brev- [brie-, bri-] (Latin:
short).
cand-, can-, cend-
(Latin: glow; white).
capit-, capt-, ceps-, chapt-, chef,
cip-, -cup- (Latin: head, leader, chief, or
first).
carno-,
carn-, carne-, carni- (Latin: flesh, meat).
celer- (Latin: fast, speed,
swift, rapid).
centi-,
cent- (Latin: hundred; a decimal prefix used in
the international
metric system for
measurements).
This prefix is used in the metric
[decimal] system as, one-hundredth [U.S.]
and hundredth [U.K.], and denotes
1/100th of a unit or 10-2 [0.01]. The
metric symbol for centi- is c.
-cise, -cis, -cide (Latin:
a suffix; to cut, cut).
-cide, -cides, -cidal (Latin: a suffix;
kill, killer; murder, to cause death,
slayer; cutter; “to cut down”).
Don’t confuse this element
with the another
-
cide that
means “to cut”;
although
-
cide, “death”, is related to
-cise, -
cide, “to cut down”.
circum-
(Latin:
around, about, surrounding, on all sides;
literally, “in a
circle”).
com- [co-, cog-, col-, con-, cor-]
(Latin: together, with; used as a prefix).
contra-, contro-, counter,
contre- (Latin: against, opposed to, opposite,
contrary; used as a prefix).
cor-, cord-, cour- (Latin:
heart).
corp-, corpor-,
corpus- (Latin: body).
cred-, credit-, creed- (Latin: believe,
belief, faith, confidence, trust).
cura-, cur- (Latin: heal, cure [care
for, give attention to, to take care of]).
cur(r).-, curs-, -course
(Latin: run, go).
dei-,
div- (Latin: God, god [deity, divine nature]).
adieu (French): Goodbye
(literally, “I commend you to god.”).
dento-, dent-, denta-, dentino-,
denti-, dentin- (Latin: tooth, teeth).
dic-, dict-
(Latin: talk, speak, say, tell, declare).
digit (Latin: finger, toe).
dor-, do-, don- (Greek >
Latin: gift).
dorm-, dormi-
(Latin: sleep, sleeping).
duo-, du- (Latin: two; a number used as
a prefix).
duc-, -duce,
-duct, -ducent, -ductor, -duction, -ductive,
-ducer, -ducement,
ducation
(Latin: lead, leading, bring, take, draw).
equ-, equi- (Latin: same,
equal, similar, even).
ex-
(e-, ef-). (Latin: [out of, from]; [upward];
[completely, entirely]; [to
remove
from, deprive of]; [without]; [former]; used as a
prefix).
extra-, extro-
(Latin: beyond, outside, on the outside, outward,
external;
used as a prefix).
fac-, fact-, feas-, -feat,
-fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, fic-, -fy,
facil- (Latin:
make, do, build, cause,
produce; forming, shaping).
fid-, fidel- (Latin: believe, belief,
trust, faith).
fin- (Latin:
end, last, limit, boundary, border).
flagr- (Latin: fire; burn, blaze).
fluct-, flucti-, -flux,
flu- (Latin: flow, wave).
fortu-, fortun- (Latin: chance, fate,
luck).
frag-, frang-,
fract-, fring- (Latin: break).
fug-, -fuge, -fugit (Latin: drive away,
flee, fly, run away).
grad-, -grade, -gred, -gree, -gress
(Latin: walk, step, take steps, move
around; walking or stepping).
grav-, griev- (Latin:
heavy, weighty).
habili-,
habil- (Latin: clothe, clothing; that which may be
easily handled,
suitable, fit, proper).
ign-, igni-, ignis- (Latin:
fire, burn).
inter- (Latin:
between [als among, mutually, together]; used as a
prefix).
intra- (Latin:
within, inside, on the inside; used as a prefix).
jet-, -ject, -jecting,
-jected, -jection, -jector, -jectory; jac- (Latin:
throw,
send, fling, hurl, cast; gush;
spurt).
junct-, jug-
(Latin: join, unite, yoke).
lav-, lava-, lavat- (Latin: wash,
bathe).
linguo-, lingu-,
lingua-, -linguist, -linguistic, -linguistical,
-linguistically
(Latin: tongue,
language).
luco-, luc-,
luci-, lux, -lucence, -lucent (Latin: light,
shine).
locu-, loc- (Latin:
talk, speak, say, word, speech).
lumen-, lumin-, lum- (Latin: light,
shine; source).
luna-,
luni-, lun-, lunu- (Latin: moon, light, shine).
magni-, magn- (Latin:
large, big, great).
mal-,
male-, mali- (Latin: bad, badly, harsh, wrong;
ill; evil; abnormal,
defective).
This combining form has no
etymological conn
ection to “male”,
meaning
“man” or “masculine”; despite
what some women may think.
manu-, man-, mani- (Latin: hand).
medio-, medi- (Latin:
middle).
migr-, migrat-
(Latin: wander, moving).
milli- [MIL i], mille-, mill-, mili-
(Latin: thousand; a decimal prefix used
in the international metric system for
measurements).