词根：-dic-, -dict-

【词根含义】：说,讲

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语动词dico, dicere, dixi, dictus(说,讲)和dic.o, dic.are, dic.avi, dic.atus(宣告,奉献)。

【同源单词】：abdicate, condition, conditional, dedicate, dedication

前缀：ab-

【词根含义】：分离,脱离;相反;加强意义

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语前缀ab-。

【同源单词】：abbreviate, abbreviation, abbreviator, abdicate, aberrance

词根词缀：a-, ab-, abs-

【来源及含义】Latin: prefix; from, away, away from

【相关描述】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.

This list is a very small sample of the multitudes of a-, ab-, abs- prefixes that are available in dictionaries and those in this unit are only meant to present a few examples.

【同源单词】abampere, abampere centimeter squared, abampere per square centimeter, abarticular, abarticulation, abbreviate

词根词缀：-ate (to do)

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; to do, to make, to cause, or to act upon; to do something with

【同源单词】abbreviate, abdicate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerative, accentuate

词根词缀：dic-, dict-

【来源及含义】Latin: talk, speak, say, tell, declare; to proclaim; to indicate

【相关词根词缀】Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.": cit-; clam-; fa-; -farious; glosso-; glotto-; lalo-; linguo-; locu-; logo-; loqu-; mythico-; -ology; ora-; -phasia; -phemia; phon-; phras-; Quotes: Language,Part 1; Quotes: Language, Part 2; Quotes: Language, Part 3; serm-; tongue; voc-.

【同源单词】abdicable, abdicant, abdicant, abdicate, abdicate, abdication