词根词缀:geo-, ge-
【来源及含义】Greek: earth, land, soil; world; Gaia (Greek), Gaea (Latin), "earth goddess"
【相关词根词缀】Available for further enlightenment: the Earth, Words from the Myths.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "land, ground, fields, soil, dirt, mud, clay, earth (world)":
agra-;
agrest-;
agri-;
agro-;
argill-;
choro-;
chthon-;
epeiro-;
glob-;
lut-;
myso-;
pedo-;
pel-;
rhyp-;
soil-;
sord-;
terr-.
【同源单词】ageotropic, ageotropism, agrogeological, agrogeologist, agrogeology, amphigean
词根词缀:-ic
【来源及含义】Greek: a suffix; pertaining to; of the nature of, like; in chemistry, it denotes a higher valence of the element than is expressed by -ous
【同源单词】abdominocystic, abdominopelvic, abdominoscopy, abdominothoracic, abiogenetic, abiogenic
词根词缀:tropo-, trop-, -tropal, -trope(s), -tropic, -tropism, -tropia, -tropous, -tropy, trep-
【来源及含义】Greek: bend, curve, turn, a turning; response to stimulus
【相关描述】Don't confuse this tropo-, -tropy element with tropho-, meaning "food, nourishment, nutrition".
【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn": diversi-; diverticul-; flect-, flex-; gyro-; meand-; -plex; streph-; stroph-; tors-; verg-; vers-; volv-.
【同源单词】acrotropic, acrotropism, aerotropic, aerotropism, ageotropism, allotrope