词根:-ped-
【词根含义】:足;儿童
【词根来源】:原始印欧语ped-,pod-(足)在希腊语中的派生词有pous(足)和pedon(土壤,儿童,足);在拉丁语中的派生词有pes, ped.is, m(足)和pod.ium(阳台,剧场的包厢)等。
【同源单词】:biped, centipede, expedient, expedite, expedition
前缀:quadr-, quadri-, quadru-
【词根含义】:四
【词根来源】:来源于拉丁语quattuor(四)
【同源单词】:quadruped
词根词缀:ped-, pedi-, -pedal, -ped, -pede, -pedia
【来源及含义】Latin: foot, feet; people often see this ped element in other words. When people refer to "pedal extremities", they mean "feet". When anyone pushes the pedals of a bicycle, it is done with the feet. A pedestrian must use the feet for walking. A quadruped has four feet while a centipede has "100 feet"; or a large number of them because it may be impossible to count all of them.
【相关词根词缀】 Related "foot, feet" units: melo-; planta-; podo-; -pus.
【同源单词】aliped, anguiped, anomaliped, biped, bipedal, bipedal
词根词缀:quadri-, quadra-, quad-, quadru-
【来源及含义】Latin: four, fourth; a word element for number 4
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related, partially or totally, to: "four, fourth": quatr-; tessara-; tetra-.
【同源单词】biquadrate, carillon, omniquadrante hora, quadragenarian, quadragenary, Quadragesima