词根词缀：acuto-, acut-, acuti-, acu-, -cusis; also, agu-

【来源及含义】Latin: sharp, to sharpen, point; needle, pin

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "sour, sharp": acerb-; aceto-; acid-; acies- (not "sour"); oxy-; pung- (not "sour").

【同源单词】acicula, acicular, acicular ice, aciculate, aciculate, aciculiform

词根词缀：-al, -ial, -eal

【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; pertaining to, like, of the kind of, relating to, characterized by, belonging to; action of, process of

【同源单词】abacterial, abdominal, abdominal adhesion, abdominal aorta, abdominal aortic aneurysm, abdominal aortography

词根词缀：linguo-, lingu-, lingua-, -linguist, -linguistic, -linguistical, -linguistically

【来源及含义】Latin: literally tongue; and by extension, speech, language

【相关描述】From Old Latin dingua which is a cognate (kindred) with Old English tunge, The change of d (in Old Latin dingua) to l (in Latin lingua) was probably due to dialectal influence (the so-called "Sabine l"). It was facilitated by a folk-etymological association with lingere, "to lick", the tongue having been conceived as "the licking organ".

【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-; dic-; fa-; -farious; glosso-; glotto-; lalo-; 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】acutilingual, alveololingual, ambilingualism, anthropological linguistics, apex linguae, audiolingual