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词根词缀:-ation, -ization, -isation

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: a suffix; action, act, process, state, or condition; or result of doing something

【相关描述】Although there are over 1,450 word entries ending with -ation or -ization listed in this unit, there are certainly many more which exist in the English language. At any rate, this unit provides a significant number of -ation and -ization examples for you to see.

【同源单词】abarticulation, abbreviation, abdication, abdominal examination, aberration, abevacuation

词根词缀:idio-

【来源及含义】Greek: peculiar, one's own, personal, private; of or pertaining to one's self, distinct, separate, alone

【相关词根词缀】Cross references of word families related to: "individual, personal": pecu-; privat-, priv-.

【同源单词】idioagglutinin, idiobiology, idioblast, idiocaucasian, idiochlotic, idiochromatic

词根词缀:vari-

【来源及含义】Latin: different, diversity, change, changing

【相关描述】Believed by some etymologists to be from varus, "bent, knock-kneed; to bend, to turn, to twist".

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "another, other, different, alternating, varied, changing": ali-; allo-; alter-; allelo-; hetero-; mut-; poikilo-; reciproc-.

【同源单词】divaricate, electrically variable coil, electrophoretic variants, geomagnetic secular variation, geomagnetic variation, idiovariation