词根：teg, tect = to hide, to cover

  来自拉丁语的teg,tect意为to hide,to cover。同义词根有来自拉丁语的cond,cel(ceal,cul),cover/cur等和来自希腊语的crypt。
  （*拉丁文tegere(to cover)——英文字根字典）


同源词：

1. protégé（事先隐藏、遮盖 pro(=before) + teg(=cover,hide)）
  n.<法>被保护人；门徒
  Mr.Higgins treated me as his protégé during my first years with the firm.在我进入公司最初几年的时间里，希金斯先生一直把我当成他的门生。

2. detect
  v.发现，察觉；探测；侦察 *de(=away,reverse the action of )
  detectable adj.可察觉的
  detector n.探测器

3. detection
  n.察觉，发现；探测；侦察 *de(=away,reverse)
  detection of crime 犯罪的侦查

4. detective
  n. 侦探 *de(=away,reverse)
  detective story 侦探小说

5. protect
  v.保护 *pro(=before)

6. protection
  n.保护；[经]保护贸易制度  *pro(=before)
  protectionism n.保护贸易主义
  protectionist n.保护贸易主义者

7. protective
  adj.保护的，防护的  *pro(=before)
  protective foods/clothing/coloring （含必要维生素、矿物质等的）保健食品/防护衣/（动物、鸟类、昆虫的）保护色
  protective tariff 保护性关税
  protective covering 防护罩

8. protectorate
  n.保护国；保护关系 *pro(=before)
  protector n.保护者，防御者；保护物，防御装置

9. tegument
  n.外皮；外壳《拉丁文tegumentum = tegere = to cover》

词根词缀：pigment-, pigmento-

【来源及含义】Latin: "paint"; coloring matter involving both animals and plants

【相关描述】This unit is directly related to the pict- family of words.

【同源单词】accessory pigment, acropigmentation, depigmentation, hyperpigmentation, hypopigmentation, incontinentia pigmenti