词根词缀:dis-, di-, dif-
【来源及含义】Latin: separation, apart, asunder; removal, away, from; negation, deprivation, undoing, reversal, utterly, completely; in different directions
【相关描述】The meaning of dis- varies with different words; dif-, assimilated form of dis- before f; di-, form of dis- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v.
【同源单词】diffect, differ, difference, different, differentia, differential
词根词缀:equ-, equi-
【来源及含义】Latin: same, similar, even, uniform, identical; fair
【相关描述】Don't confuse this unit with another equ- unit meaning horse.
【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "equal, identical, same, similar": auto-; emul-; homeo-; homo-; iso-; pari-; peer; rhomb-; syn-; tauto-.
【同源单词】adequacy, adequate, coequal, coequality, coequalize, coequally
词根词缀:-ium
【来源及含义】Greek: a suffix; scientific names; names of metallic elements; a part, lining, or enveloping tissue, region; little; representing a diminutive force
【相关描述】A suffix found on nouns borrowed from Latin; especially, derivatives of verbs (odium; tedium; colloquium; delirium); deverbal compounds with the initial element denoting the object of the verb (nasturtium); other types of compounds (equilibrium; millennium); and derivatives of personal nouns, often denoting the associated status or office (collegium; consortium; magisterium).
This ending of -ium also occurs in scientific terms on a Latin model; such as, in names of metallic elements (barium; titanium) and as a Latinization of Greek -ion (pericardium).
【同源单词】acute delirium, agrobacterium, aigialium, alluvium, andrium, anthium
词根词缀:libra-, liber-, libri-
【来源及含义】Latin: balance; to be balanced; to make even; Roman pound
【同源单词】acid-base balance, balance, balance, deliberate, deliberated, deliberately