词根：lith, lite, lithic, litho = stone 石
词根来自希腊语的lithos意为stone。lite- / -lithic- / -litho- 为 -lith- 的变体，有异形同义词根：lapi,calcu,petr 石/岩石，前两者为它相应的拉丁语词根，分别来源于拉丁语 lapis 和calculus，如：lapillus 火山砾、dilapidated 倒塌的、calculate 计算、calculus 微积分。另一异形同义词根是lapid 石。
同源词：
1. monolithic adj.整体的；坚如馨石的
monolith adj.独块巨石（如 obelisk（方尖碑）等
John Wayne had a monolithic presence in movies that few current stars can match.约翰.韦思在电影中的表演综合而全面，这是当今影星中很少可以匹敌的。
2. meolithic adj.新石器时代的 *neo (=new)
neolithic man 新石器时代的人
3. paleolithic adj.旧石器时代的 *paleo (= old)
4. lithography n.[印]平版印刷（术） *graph(=write)
lithograph n.平版印刷品，石印品
lithographic adj.平版印刷（术）的
5. aerolite [aero 空中,lite 石;“从天空中落下的石头”→]
n.陨石
6. aerolithology [aero 空，lith 石，-o-,-logy ...学]
n.陨石学
7. carpolite [carpo 果实,lite 石，含有果实残留物的石头→]
n.果实化石
8. zoolite [zoo 动物，lite 石]
n.动物化石
9. phonolite [phon 声音,-o-,lite 石；“能够发出声音的石头”→]
n.响石,响岩
10. cryolite [cryo 冷,lite 石；“一种很冷的结晶石”→]
n.冰晶石
11. microlite [micro 微,小,lite 石；“一些微小的结晶石”→]
n.微晶,细晶石
12. lithoid [lith 石，-oid 如...的]
adj.如石的，似石质的
13. lithology [lithp 石，-logy ...学]
n.岩石学
14. lithologist [litho 石，-logist ...学者]
n.岩石学者
词根词缀：antho-, anth-, anthero-, anther-, -antherous, -anthemous, -anthic, -anthous, -anthus, -anthy
【来源及含义】Greek: flower, flowers; blossom, blossoms; that which buds or sprouts
【同源单词】acranthous, aianthous, amaranth, amaranthine, amblyanthus, amphanthium
词根词缀：arch, -archic, -archical, -archism, -archist, -archy
【来源及含义】Greek: govern, rule; ruler, chief [first in position]
【同源单词】anarch, anarchic, anarchism, anarchist, anarchy, antimonarchy
词根词缀：glypto-, glypt-, -glypha, -glyph, -glyphic, -glyphous
【来源及含义】Greek: carve, carving, engraving; to hollow out; by extension, a form of writing
【相关描述】This ancient Egyptian hieroglyph, the symbol of the Egyptian scribe, will take you to an explanation of hieroglyphs for a greater understanding of these special writing symbols.
【相关词根词缀】Related "writing" units: gram-; graph-; scrib-, script-.
【同源单词】aglyphicate, aglyphous, bioglyphic, dactylioglyph, dactylioglyphy, dendriglyph
词根词缀：gnatho-, gnath-, -gnatha, -gnathan, -gnath, -gnathia, -gnathic, -gnathous
【来源及含义】Greek: jaw
【相关描述】The jaw is the name applied to the bones which contain the teeth.
The two upper jaw-bones, the maxillae, are firmly attached to the other bones of the face.
The lower jaw, the mandible, is shaped in a form similar to that of a horseshoe, and, after the first year of life, it consists of a single bone.
It forms a hinge-joint with the squamous part (thin, plate-like section) of the temporal bone, immediately in front of the ear.
Both the upper and the lower jaw-bones include deep sockets known as alveoli, which contain the roots of the teeth.
【同源单词】agnathia, anisognathous, atelognathia, brachygnathia, chaetognath, cheilognathoschisis
词根词缀：litho-, lith-, -lith, -lithic, -lite, -liths, -lites
【来源及含义】Greek: stone, rock; hard consolidated mineral matter; hard matter formed from mineral and earth material; hard substance that is solid
【相关词根词缀】 Related "stone, rock" word families: lapid-; petro-; saxi-; stele-.
【同源单词】abyssolith, acaustobiolith, acrolith, aerolite, allotriolith, amygdalolith
词根词缀：-mach, -machy, -machies, -machia, -machist, -machic, -machical
【来源及含义】Greek: battle, war; fight; contest
【相关词根词缀】 Related "war, war-like" or "battle" word units: areo-; belli-; milit-.
【同源单词】alectryomachy, andromachy, angelmachy, arctomachy, batrachoherpetomachia, batrachoherpetomachy
词根词缀：morpho-, morph-, -morphous, -morphically, -morphia, -morphosis, -morphously, -morphy, -morphic, -morphism
【来源及含义】Greek: shape, form, figure, appearance
【相关描述】The Roman god of sleep is Somnus; so, when we are sleepy, we are "somnolent". Sleep walking is "somnambulism" which in Latin means exactly the same thing; that is, "sleepwalking".
The son of Somnus is Morpheus, the god of dreams, indicating that sleep gives birth to dreams. Morpheus goes back through Latin to the Greek word for "form" or "shape" because dreams are forms and shapes developed in the mind while sleeping.
【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "form, shape, appearance": eido-; figur-; form-; icono-; ideo-; imag-; -oid; typo-.
【同源单词】acrostomorphilia, actinomorphic, actinomorphous, actinomorphy, adelomorphous, aeromorphosis
词根词缀：mythico-, mytho-, myth-, -mythical, -mythical, -mythically, -mythic
【来源及含义】Greek: talk, speech, word; story; legend
【相关词根词缀】Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.": cit-; clam-; dic-; English Words: Origins and Histories; fa-; -farious; glosso-; glotto-; lalo-; linguo-; locu-; logo-; loqu-; -ology; ora-; -phasia; -phemia; phon-; phras-; Quotes: Language,Part 1; Quotes: Language, Part 2; Quotes: Language, Part 3; serm-; tongue; voc-.
【同源单词】demyth, demythify, demythologize, engastrimyth, epimyth, myth
词根词缀：ornitho-, ornith-, -ornithic, -ornithes, -ornithoid, -ornis, ornis-
【来源及含义】Greek: bird, birds
【同源单词】dinornithic, ichthyornis, notornis, ornighopus, ornighorynchous, ornis