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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

词根词缀:dom-, domo-, domat-, domato-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: house, home ["master, lord" of the house]

【相关词根词缀】Related "home; house" word units: ecdemo-; eco-; nosto-. Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "master, lead, leading, ruler, ruling, govern": -agogic; agon-; arch-; -crat; gov-; magist-; poten-; regi-; tyran-.

【同源单词】condominial, condominium, danger, dangerous, dangerously, daunt

词根词缀:-ium

【来源及含义】Greek: a suffix; scientific names; names of metallic elements; a part, lining, or enveloping tissue, region; little; representing a diminutive force

【相关描述】A suffix found on nouns borrowed from Latin; especially, derivatives of verbs (odium; tedium; colloquium; delirium); deverbal compounds with the initial element denoting the object of the verb (nasturtium); other types of compounds (equilibrium; millennium); and derivatives of personal nouns, often denoting the associated status or office (collegium; consortium; magisterium).

This ending of -ium also occurs in scientific terms on a Latin model; such as, in names of metallic elements (barium; titanium) and as a Latinization of Greek -ion (pericardium).

【同源单词】acute delirium, agrobacterium, aigialium, alluvium, andrium, anthium

词根词缀:-um

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: a suffix that forms singular nouns

【相关描述】Here are just a few of the hundreds of words that end with -um.

【同源单词】abandum, abortorium, absorption spectrum, acropodium, actinium, acute delirium