英文字根詞源

1、 - 17 - 英文字根詞源 1 alt, 拉丁文 altus, “high” 詞例: altar exalt altitude altimeter 2 alter/ali, 拉丁文 alter, “other” 詞例: alter alternate alternative altruism alien alienate alias alibi 3 am, 拉丁文 amare, “to love” 詞例: amateur amat

2、ory amiable amicable amour amorous enamored enemy enmity 4 angl/angul, 拉丁文 angulus, “angle” 詞例: angular equiangular quadrangular rectangle 5 anim, 拉丁文 anima, “breath”, “soul” 詞例: animal animate inanimate magna

3、nimous unanimous 6 ann, 拉丁文 annus, “year” 詞例: annals anniversary annuity annual biannual centennial perennial Anno Domini (A.D.) 7 anthrop, 拉丁文 anthropos, “human being” 詞例: anthropology anthropoid misanthrope phila

4、nthropy 8 apt/ept, 拉丁文 aptus, “fit” 詞例: apt aptitude aptness adapt adept adaptation inapt 9 aqua, 拉丁文 aqua, “water” 詞例: aquarium aquatic aqueduct 10 art, 拉丁文 art, “art” 詞例: artistic artless artifact artificial artis

5、an 11 aud, 拉丁文 audire, “to hear” 詞例: audible inaudible audience auditorium audiphones audition auditor auditory 12 aug,拉丁文 augere, “increase” 詞例: auction augment august 13 avi, 拉丁文 avis, “bird” 詞例: avian aviary aviatio

6、n 14 band/bond, 梵文 bhand, “bind” 詞例: bandage bondage bound contraband boundary 15 bar, 拉丁文 barra, “bar” 詞例: barrister barrel barrier barrage embargo embarrass 16 bell, 神話人物 Bellona, “war” 詞例: bellicose belligerent re

7、bel 17 bio, 希臘文 bios , “l(fā)ife” 詞例: biology autobiography bio- sphere antibiotic symbiosis 18 brev, 拉丁文 brevis, “short” 詞例: brevity brief abbreviate abridge abridgment 19 calc, 拉丁文 calculus, “l(fā)ime; stone” 詞 例 : calcify

8、 calcium calculate calculable calculus chalk 20 camp, 拉丁文 campus, “plain; field” 詞例: campus champion campaign campfire decamp 21 cand, 拉丁文 candidus, “white; bright” 詞例: candle candela candid can- didate candidacy

9、 incandescent 22 cant/chant/cent, 拉丁文 canere, “to sing” 詞例: cant cantata chant descant enchant accent accentuate 23 cap, 拉丁文 caput, “head” 詞例: cape capital capitalism capitalize capsize captain cabbage decapitate pr

10、ecipitate 24 cap/cep/cip/ceive, 拉丁文 capere, “take; seize” 詞例: capable capacious capacity caption captivate captive captivity capture acceptable conceive conception deceive deceit deception exceptional inception

11、intercept perceive perceptive precept receiver receipt receptacle receptive recipient susceptible anticipate participate participle emancipate 25 car, 拉丁文 carrus/carrere, “car; to run” 詞例: cargo carry career carr

12、iage carrier cart charge chariot 26 carn, 拉丁文 caro, “flesh” 詞例: carnage carnal carnival carnivore reincarnate carnation 27 cast, 拉丁文 casten,“to throw” 詞例: broadcast forecast outcast overcast 28 cav, 拉丁文 cavus, “hollow

13、” 詞例: cave cavernous cavity con- cave excavation excavator 29 cede/ceed/cess, 拉丁文 cedere, “to go; to proceed” 詞例: accede access accession antecede antecedent ancestor cede cessation cession concede concession excee

14、d exceedingly excess excessive incessant intercede intercession precede precedence precedent proceed process procession recede recess recession retrocede secede secession succeed necessary 30 cent,拉丁文 centum, “h

15、undred” 詞例: century centennial centigrade centimeter centuple centuplicate percentage 31 centr/center, 希臘文 kentron 拉丁文 centrum 詞例: eccentric egocentric epicen- ter ethnocentric centrifugal cen- tripetal concentrate he

16、liocentric 32 cern/cret, 拉丁文 cernere, “to separate; to observe” 詞例: concern discern discreet discrete discretion excrete secret secretary secrete 33 cert, 拉丁文 certus, “certain; sure” 詞例: ascertain certainty certify

17、certificate concert 34 chron, 希臘文 chronos, “time” 詞例: chronic chronicle chronograph chronological anachronism synchronize 35 cide/cise,拉丁文 caedere, “cut” 詞例: concise decide decisive excise excision incise incisive

18、 pesticide precise suicide homicide 36 circ/cyc, 拉丁文 circus, “circle; ring” 詞例: circular circulate circuit circuitous circus encircle cycle cyclone encyclopedia 37 cite, 拉丁文 citare, “to call” 詞例: citable citation ex

19、cite incite recite recital recitation resuscitate solicit solicitor - 19 - 詞例: dynasty dynamic dynamism dynamite dynamo dynamometer hydrodynamics thermodynamics 74 eco, 希臘文 oikos, “house” 詞例: ecology economy econo

20、mic 75 ego, 拉丁文, “I; self” 詞例: egocentric egoism egoist 76 electr, 拉丁文 electrum 詞例: electricity electrify electrode electrocute electrolysis electron 77 em/empt/ampl, 拉丁文 emere, “to take” 詞例: ample example exemplar

21、exemplify exempt preempt premium prompt redeem redeemer redemption ransom 78 equ, 拉丁文 aequalis, “equal” 詞例: equable equal equalitarian equality equanimity equate equation equinox equinoctial equipoise equity equita

22、ble equivalent equivocal adequate 79 err, 拉丁文 errare, “to wander or stray” 詞例: error erroneous errant erratic erratum aberrant 80 ess/est, 拉丁文 esse, “to be” 詞例: essence essential interest disinterested quintessence

23、 81 fa/fabl/fam/fess, 拉丁文 fari, “to speak” 詞例: fate fatal infant infantry infancy infantile fable fabulous affable confabulate effable ineffable nefarious prefatory fame infamy infamous defame defamatory confess p

24、rofess 82 fac/fic, 拉丁文 facies, “face” 詞例: facelift facet facetious facial faç ade deface efface interface preface surface superficial affront frontier confront effrontery 83 fac/fec/fic, 拉丁文 facere, “to make or d

25、o” 詞例: fact factor factory faction factious factitious factotum facture benefactor malefactor manufacture facile facilitate facility facsimile faculty affect affection affectation affectionate confect defect effec

26、t effectual infect infectious perfect prefect prefecture refection deficient deficiency difficulty efficacy efficient magnificent official proficient profit sacrifice suffice sufficient affair feat defeat feature f

27、easible counterfeit forfeit 84 fall/fail/fals/fault, 拉丁文 fallere, “to deceive” 詞例: fallacy fallacious fallible infallible failing failure false falsify fault faulty default 85 fare, 拉丁文 faram, “to go” 詞例: farewell wa

28、rfare welfare 86 fend,拉丁文 fendere,“to strike” 詞 例 : fence fencing defend de- fendant offend offense offensive 87 fer, 拉丁文 ferre, “to carry” 詞例: ferry fertile fertilizer afferent circumference confer conference defer d

29、eferential deferment differ differentiate efferent indifferent infer offer prefer proffer refer suffer transfer 88 ferv, 拉丁文 fervere, “to boil” 詞例: fervent fervor defervesce 89 fid, 拉丁文 fides, “faith” 詞例: fidelity fa

30、ithful confide confidant confident confidential diffidence infidel defy defiance defiant perfidy 90 fig, 拉丁文 fingere, “to shape or mold” 詞例: figment figure figurative configuration disfigure effigy 91 fin, 拉丁文 fini

31、re, “to end” 詞例: fine finale finalize finance finish finite infinite infinitive confine define definite definition definitive refine refinement 92 firm, 拉丁文 firmus, “firm” 詞例: firmament affirm affirmative confirm inf

32、irm 93 fix, 拉丁文 figere, “fasten” 詞例: fixation fixture affix infix prefix suffix transfix 94 flam/flagr, 拉丁文 flamma, “flame” 詞例: flammable flamboyant flamingo inflame inflammation flagrant effulgent 95 flat, 拉丁文 flare

33、, “to blow” 詞例: flatulent conflation deflate deflation inflate 96 flect/flex, 拉丁文 flectere, “to bend” 詞例: flexible flexion inflexible deflect inflect reflect reflection 97 flict, 拉丁文 fligere, “to strike” 詞例: afflict a

34、ffliction conflict inflict infliction 98 flor/flour,拉丁文 flos, “flower” 詞例: flora floral florescence floriculture florid flourish 99 flu, 拉丁文 fluere, “to flow” 詞例: fluent fluency fluid flume flush fluctuate affluent c

35、onfluent effluent influent influential superfluous inflow overflow flux afflux conflux efflux influx reflux 100 foli, 拉丁文 folium, “l(fā)eaf” 詞例: foliage foliate folio defoliate portfolio 101forc/fort,拉丁文 fortis,“strong”

36、詞例: force enforce reinforce fort forte fortify fortress fortitude comfort discomfort effort 102 form,拉丁文 formare, “form” 詞例: formal formality formation formula formulate conform inform information perform performan

37、ce reform reformatory transform uniform uniformity 103 found/fund, 拉丁文 fundus, “base; bottom” 詞例: foundation founder fund fundamental profound 104 fract/frag, 拉丁文 frangere, “to break or shatter” 詞例: fraction fracture

38、 fragile fragment frail frailty diffract infract refrain suffrage 105 fug, 拉丁文 fugere, “to flee or escape” 詞例: fugacious fugitive centrifu- gal febrifuge refuge subterfuge 106 fuse/found, 拉丁文 fundere, “to pour out o