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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:ceal-

【来源及含义】Latin: to hide; hidden; secret

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "secret, hidden, confidential, concealed": clandesti-; crypto-; myster-; occult-; orgy; stego-, stegano-.

【同源单词】conceal, conceal evidence, concealability, concealable, concealed, concealed weapon

词根词缀:com-, co-, cog-, col-, con-, cor-

【来源及含义】Latin: together, together with, with

【相关描述】The prefix com- is assimilated to co- before h, w, and all vowels:

The prefix com- becomes, cog- before g: cognition, [co + gnoscere, "to know"], et al.

The prefix com- becomes, col- before l: colloquial, et al.

The prefix com- becomes, con- before c, d, g, j, n, q, s, t, v: covivant, et al.

The prefix com- becomes, cor- before r: corrigible, et al.

【相关词根词缀】 Related "together" units: greg-; inter-; struct-.

【同源单词】abscond, abscondee, anticorrosive, bioconcentration, coadjutant, coadjuting