词根词缀:-ment
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; result of, means of, act of; place of action
【相关描述】The suffix -meant is a final word element derived through Middle English and French from the Latin suffix -ment(um), originally used to form agent and action nouns from verbs, now used to form nouns and denominative verbs in several related senses:
The verb combinations show no change in basic form: cement, compliment, lament.
Principal parts: -menting, -mented, -mented.
Related forms: -mentum (singular); -menta, -menti, -ments (plurals).
【同源单词】abolishment, abridgment, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement
词根词缀:testi-, test-
【来源及含义】Latin: a witness, one who stands by; from testicle, one of the two oval male gonads supported in the scrotum by its tissues and suspended by the spermatic cord
【同源单词】Ab intestato, attest, attestable, attestant, attestation, attester