词根：-tain-, -ten-, -tin-

【词根含义】：握,持有

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语动词teneo, tenere, tenui, tentus(握,持有)。

【同源单词】：abstain, attain, attainable, attainment, contain

词根词缀：-acious

【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; forming adjectives; inclined to, given to, tendency to be, abounding in

【同源单词】alliacious, audacious, capaciously, ceracious, difficacious, efficacious

词根词缀：-ous, -ious, -eous

【来源及含义】Latin: full of or having the qualities of; in chemistry, a suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.

【相关描述】Only a small number of the hundreds of examples are presented because there are just too many to include at this time.

【同源单词】abdominous, abiogenous, ablepharous, abstemious, acanthaceous, acanthocephalous

词根词缀：ten-, tent-, tin-, -tain, -tainment, -tenance, -tinence

【来源及含义】Latin: hold, grasp, have

【同源单词】abstain, abstain, abstainer, abstaining, abstemious, abstention

词根词缀：tend-, tendo-, ten-, teno-, tenot-, tenonto-, tens-, tent-, -tend, -tension, -tent, -tense, -tensive, -tentious

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: to move in a certain direction; to stretch, to hold out; tension; as well as tendon, sinew

【同源单词】Achilles tendon, achillotenotomy, attend, attendance, attendance, attendant