词根词缀：-ability

【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; expressing ability, capacity, fitness, or "that which may be easily handled or managed"

【相关描述】Just a few examples out of hundreds of words presented as the noun forms of -able; forming nouns of quality from, or corresponding to, adjectives in -able; the quality in an agent that makes an action possible. The suffix -ible has related meanings.

【同源单词】absolute permeability, absorbability, accountability, achievability, acquirability, adaptability

词根词缀：-able

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.

【相关描述】A suffix that forms adjectives. The suffix -ible has related meanings; expressing ability, capacity, fitness; capable of, fit for, able to be done, can be done, inclined to, tending to, given to.

This list is only a small sample of the thousands of -able words that exist in English.

【同源单词】abdicable, -able, abolishable, abominable, abradable, acceptable

词根词缀：-ably

【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; able manner, capably

【相关描述】Forming adverbs corresponding to adjectives in -able.

【同源单词】ably, acceptably, accountably, accusably, adaptably, admirably

词根词缀：-ac

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: suffix; from French -aque, or directly from Latin -acus, from Greek -akos forming adjectives. This suffix was used to form names of arts and sciences in Greek and it is now generally used to form new names of sciences in English; meanings, "related to, of the nature of, pertaining to, referring to"

【相关描述】The suffix -ic has related elements.

【同源单词】ambrosiac, ammoniac, amnesiac, anaphrodisiac, anthomaniac, antidemoniac

词根词缀：-aceous, -acea, -aceae, -aceaen, -aceus

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; having the quality of, of the nature of, characterized by, belonging to, resembling

【相关描述】There are hunderds of words that utilize the -aceous suffix which are not shown here; however, the following will present important examples.

A suffix that forms adjectives and is used with technical combinations, especially in biological terms: "pertaining or belonging to, of the nature of, or characterized by; to be full of, to possess abundantly". The suffix -acea usually denotes "orders and classes in zoology" while the suffix -aceae usually denotes "orders and families in botany" and -aceaen is used to denote members of "orders of the animal kingdom".

【同源单词】acanthaceous, -aceous, alliaceous, ampullaceous, amygdalaceous, amylaceous

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：-arian

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix forming adjectives from nouns ending in -ary; a person who, a thing that; a person who is a part of something, pertaining to one's state or condition; a person who has a connection with or belief in the stated subject; an advocate of something; a native or inhabitant of someplace; someone of a certain age

【同源单词】abecedarian, acararian, acarian, agrarian, alphabetarian, altitudinarian

词根词缀：-esce, -escent, -escence

【来源及含义】Latin: beginning to be, becoming; to be somewhat; a suffix that forms nouns and adjectives

【同源单词】acaulescent, acquiescence, acquiescent, adherescent, adipescent, adolescence

词根词缀：-ial

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix that forms English adjectives from Latin adjectives ending with -is or -ius with meanings that include "pertaining to, relating to", or "characterized by"

【同源单词】abacterial, adaxial, adverbial, aerial, affixial, agrestial

词根词缀：-ical

【来源及含义】Latin: from -icalis, a suffix that forms adjectives from nouns; of or having to do with; having the nature of; constituting or being; containing or made up of; made by or caused by; like, characteristic of; art or system of thought; chemical terms

【同源单词】abdominovesical, abiological, ableptical, academical, acarological, acarologically