词根：-fa-, -phe-, -pha-, -fe-

【词根含义】：说

【词根来源】：-pha-和-phe-来源于希腊语,而-fa-和-fe-来源于拉丁语。由-fa-和-fe-衍生的词根还有: ① -fab- 说,寓言,传说 (来源于拉丁语fabula寓言,传说); ② -fam- 名声,名誉 (来源于拉丁语fama流言,名誉 ← 说的人多了,就有名声了); ③ -fant- 说 (来源于拉丁语infans, infantis, m婴儿 ← 婴儿是不能说话的,所以带有否定前缀in-); ④ -fat- 命运 (来源于拉丁语fatum神的话语 → 神说的是命中注定的); ⑤ -fess- 表白 (来源于拉丁语动词fateor, fateri, fassus, sum表白,承认)。

【同源单词】：defamatory, defame, fable, fabulist, fabulous

词根：-fam-

【词根含义】：名声,名誉

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语fama流言,名誉 ← 说的人多了,就有名声了。由-fa-和-fe-衍生出的词根。

【同源单词】：defamatory, defame, fame, famous, infamous

前缀：de-

【词根含义】：去掉,取消;向下,减少;否定,相反;离开,分离;加强意义

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语前缀de-。

【同源单词】：debate, debris, deburr, decadence, decay

词根词缀：de-

【来源及含义】Latin: from, away from, off; down; wholly, entirely, utterly, complete; reverse the action of, undo; the negation or reversal of the notion expressed in the primary or root word

【同源单词】de die in diem, de facto, De gustibus non est disputandum, de jure, De minimis non curat praetor, De mortuis nihil nisi bonum

词根词缀：fa-, fam-, fan-, fant-, fat-, -fess; fab-, fabul-

【来源及含义】Latin: fari-, "to say, to talk"; telling, speak, say, spoken about; acknowledge

【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-; -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-. Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "divination, diviner; seer, soothsayer, prophecy, prophesy, prophet": augur-; auspic-; Fates in action; futur-; -mancy; omen; -phemia; sorc-, sorcery; vati-.

【同源单词】affability, affable, affableness, affably, confabulate, confabulation