词根:civ, civil = citizen 公民
来源于拉丁语 civis 市民,词根civil 为 civ 的变体。许多市民的肝都出了毛病,尤其是常喝酒的朋友们:hepat,hepato 肝,来源于希腊语 hepar / hepat,分别用于元音和辅音前,如:hepatic 肝的、hepatosis 肝痛,肝机能病。
同源词:
1. civility [civ 公民 + -ity (n.) 名词后缀 → 有礼貌的公民→]
n.斯文,彬彬有礼
2. city [c(=-civil-) 公民 + -ity(n.) 表示地方 → 公民所在的地方→]
n.城市,都市,全体居民
3. citizen [citi(=city) 城市 + -zen(n.) 名词后缀,表示人 →在城市里居住的人→]
n.市民,公民
4. civilize [civil 公民 + -ize (v.) 表示使 →努力使之成为一个合格的公民→]
v. 使开化,使文明,教化
5. incivility [in- 不,否 + civ 公民 + -ility 名词后缀 → 斯文,彬彬有礼,不礼貌的→]
n.无礼,粗鲁
6. civilization [-iz (v.) 动词后缀、-ation (n.) 名词后缀 →公民精神形象的一种表现 →]
n.文明,文化
词根词缀:syphilo-, syphil-, syphili-, syphi-
【来源及含义】Latin: Syphil[us], the eponymous main character of Girolamo Fracastoro's poem "Syphilus sive Morbus Gallicus" [Syphilus, or the French Disease], published at Verona, Italy [1530]
【相关描述】Syphilis is a venereal disease (of which Fracastoro's hero Syphilus, was a victim) and is caused by the microorganism Treponema pallidum.
Syphilus was a shepard whose name literally means a "friend of swine". Perhaps it was derived from Greek syn-, "together", plus philein "to love", or from Greek siphlos, "crippled, maimed". No one seems to know for certain.
【同源单词】antisyphilitic, dermosyphilopathy, neurosyphilis, syphilide, syphilionthus, syphiliphobia