词根：-gen-, -gener-, -germ-

【词根含义】：生殖,出生

【词根来源】：来源于原始印欧语gen-(生育)在拉丁语中产生的词汇genus(种类),gens(人种),generare(生殖),generalis(全体的,总的,普遍的)和germen(发芽,分枝)等。

【同源单词】：benign, engine, engineer, engineering, gender

词根：-oxy-

【词根含义】：尖锐,敏锐,氧

【词根来源】：来源于希腊语oxys(尖的,酸的)。

【同源单词】：oxygen

词根词缀：oxy-, -oxia, -oxic

【来源及含义】Greek: sharp, acute, pointed, keen; sour, acid, acidic, pungent

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "sour, sharp": acerb-; aceto-; acid-; acies- (not "sour"); acuto- (not "sour"); pung- (not "sour").

【同源单词】anoxia, antioxidant, antioxidation, cerebral anoxia, deoxidation, deoxidize