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词根词缀:-esque

【来源及含义】from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, Vulgar Latin -iscus, Italian -esco, and then French -esque: a suffix forming adjuectives and indicating "resemblance, style, manner, or distinctive character, etc., of"

【同源单词】arabesque, arboresque, Bunyanesque, burlesque, centauresque, gigantesque

词根词缀:titano-, titan-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: any person or something of enormous size or power

【相关描述】From Greek mythology, one of the primitive gigantic deities, the children of Uranus and Gaea; the sun god, Helios, was the son of the Titan Hyperion.

【同源单词】Titan, Titanesque, Titaness, Titanic, titanic, titanically