词根：lect = 言

  词根lect 有来源于拉丁文legere的同形异义词根lect 含义是“选择”。

1. lecture  [lect 言，讲，-ure 名词后缀]
  n.讲课，讲座;训斥；讲演

2. lecturer  [见上，-er 人]
  n.讲演者；讲师

3. lecturess  [见上，-ess 表示女性]
  n.女讲演者

4. lectureship  [见上，-ship 表示抽象名词后缀]
  n.讲师的职位（或资格、身份）

5. idiolect  [idio 个人的,lect 言，语言 → 一个人说的话]
  n.个人习语,个人语型（带有个人发音、词汇、语法的语言）

6. dialect  [dia- 在…之间 ,对，相对，lect 言 → 在一部分人之间说→方言]
  n.方言，土语

7. dialectology  [见上，-logy ...学]
  n.方言学

8. dialectologist  [见上，-ist 表示人]
  n.方言学家

9. dialectal  [见上，-al ... 的]
  adj.方言的

10. dialectics  [dia- 对，lect 言，-ics ...学，...法；“对言” → 辩论 → 辩明真理→]
  n.辩证法

11. dialectic  [见上，-ic ... 的]
  adj. 辩证的，辩证法的

12. dialectician  [见上，-ician ...学者]
  n.辩证学者

13. acrolect  [acro 高→lect→高层说的话]
   n.上层方言

14. legible  [leg+ible→能够读的]
  a. 可读的，易读的

15. illegible  [il 不+legible 不能读的]
  a. 难读的

16. allege  [al 一再+lege→一再讲→宣称]
  v. 主张；宣称

17. legend  [leg+end→讲出的东西→传奇故事；引申为地图的图例]
  n. 传奇；图例

18. legendary  [legend -ary 名词后缀]
  a. 传奇的，像传奇一样的

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