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词根词缀:-or; -our

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; state of, result of; he who, that which

【同源单词】abdicator, abductor, ablator, acanthor, accelerator, adductor

词根词缀:oscillo-, oscill-

【来源及含义】Latin: swing, vibrate, move, motion; from oscillum, a diminutive form of osoris, "mouth, face, small face"

【相关描述】By extension, "small mask of the god Bacchus" that was hung in Roman vineyards to honor the god of wine while scaring off grape-eating birds as it vibrated and swang in the breeze.

【相关词根词缀】Related "move, motion" word units: cine-; kine-; mobil-; mot-, mov-; seismo-; vibro-.

【同源单词】oscilla, oscillance, oscillancy, oscillaria, oscillate, oscillating