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词根词缀:mal-, male-, mali-

【来源及含义】Latin: bad, badly, harsh, wrong; ill; evil; abnormal, defective; used primarily as a prefix

【相关描述】This combining form has no etymological connection to "male", meaning "man" or "masculine"; despite what some women may think.

【相关词根词缀】Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "bad, wrong": caco-, kako-; dys-; mis-; pessim-; sceler-.

【同源单词】benediction, benevolence, grand mal seizure, mala fide, mala fide, Mala ultro adsunt

词根词缀:-ment

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; result of, means of, act of; place of action

【相关描述】The suffix -meant is a final word element derived through Middle English and French from the Latin suffix -ment(um), originally used to form agent and action nouns from verbs, now used to form nouns and denominative verbs in several related senses:

The verb combinations show no change in basic form: cement, compliment, lament.

Principal parts: -menting, -mented, -mented.

Related forms: -mentum (singular); -menta, -menti, -ments (plurals).

【同源单词】abolishment, abridgment, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement

词根词缀:tra-, tract-, trac-, -tractive, -traction, -tracting, treat-, trai-

【来源及含义】Latin: drag, draw together; a drawing out or pulling

【同源单词】abstract, abstract, abstracted, abstractedly, abstractedness, abstraction