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词根:-flour-, -flor-

【词根含义】:花

【词根来源】:来源于拉丁语动词floreo, florere, florui, -(花),经由古法语flour和盎格鲁-诺曼底语flur进入英语。

【同源单词】:flour, flourish, flower, reflourish, biflorate

词根词缀:flori-, flor-, flora-, -florous

【来源及含义】Latin: flower; full of flowers, abounding in flowers; flora, plant life, plants of a general region or period

【同源单词】albiflorous, biflorate, biflorous, breviflorus, calyciflorous, cauliflorous

词根词缀:-ish

【来源及含义】Old English: a suffix meaning, characteristic of, like, tending to; of or relating to, from; somewhat, approximately; or a verb ending

【相关描述】A suffix used to form adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It refers to "relation, resemblance, similarity", and sometimes has a diminutive force; such as, "selfish, boyish, brutish; whitish, somewhat white".

A verb ending, originally appearing in certain verbs of French origin; such as, "abolish, cherish, finish, furnish, garnish", and "impoverish".

【同源单词】abolish, accomplish, acutish, admonish, anguish, anguish