词根：-tend-, -tent-, -tens-

【词根含义】：延伸

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语动词tendo, tendere, tetendi, tensus or tentus(伸延),可追溯至原始印欧语ten-(伸延)。

【同源单词】：attend, attendance, attendant, contend, distend

前缀：il-, in-, ir-, im-

【词根含义】：不,无,非;入,向内

【词根来源】：(il-用于l前;im-用于b, m, p前;ir-用于r前;in-用于其它情况)   来源于拉丁语in。

【同源单词】：illegal, illegality, illegitimate, illiterate, illogical

词根词缀：tend-, tendo-, ten-, teno-, tenot-, tenonto-, tens-, tent-, -tend, -tension, -tent, -tense, -tensive, -tentious

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: to move in a certain direction; to stretch, to hold out; tension; as well as tendon, sinew

【同源单词】Achilles tendon, achillotenotomy, attend, attendance, attendance, attendant

词根词缀：-tion

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix forming nouns from verbs of condition and action; an act or process: resumption, absorption; state or condition, redemption, exhaustion; something resulting from or otherwise related to an act or process, assumption, friction

【相关描述】This unit is presenting a small fraction of the hundreds of words ending with the suffix of -tion; however, there is a significant number of words which may help everyone have a better understanding and appreciation of the use of this element.

【同源单词】abduction, abjection, ablution, ablution, abolition, abruption