词根：-lav-, -lut-

【词根含义】：洗

【词根来源】：-lav-和-lut-来源于拉丁语动词lav.o, lav.are, lav.i, laut.um(洗); 由拉丁语动词luere(释放,还债;清洗)所派生。动词lav.are是动词luere的变体。

【同源单词】：lavatory, lave, lavish, ablution, antediluvian

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：luto-, lut-, luv-, lu-

【来源及含义】Latin: wash, clean; washing of water against the shore; a flood

【相关词根词缀】 Related "wash" words: balneo-; clys-; lav-; plyno-.

【同源单词】abluent, abluent, abluted, ablution, ablutionary, ablutomania

词根词缀：solv-, -solu-, solut-, -sol, -soluble, -solubility, -solvent

【来源及含义】Latin: loosen, to loose; to dissolve; to untie, to set free

【同源单词】ablution, absolute, absolute advantage, absolute expansion, absolute glaucoma, absolute humidity

词根词缀：-tion

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix forming nouns from verbs of condition and action; an act or process: resumption, absorption; state or condition, redemption, exhaustion; something resulting from or otherwise related to an act or process, assumption, friction

【相关描述】This unit is presenting a small fraction of the hundreds of words ending with the suffix of -tion; however, there is a significant number of words which may help everyone have a better understanding and appreciation of the use of this element.

【同源单词】abduction, abjection, ablution, ablution, abolition, abruption