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词根:-meas-, -mens-

【词根含义】:测量

【词根来源】:来源于拉丁语动词metior, metiri, mensus, sum(测量)。可追溯至原始印欧语me-。

【同源单词】:measurable, measure, measurement, dimension, immense

词根词缀:mens-

【来源及含义】Latin: measure

【相关词根词缀】 Related "measure" and "metric" words and charts: meter-, metro-; Metric Chart of Units; Metric-Length Converter; Metric Units and Links.

【同源单词】Biometrics, commensal, commensalism, commensurable, commensurably, commensurate

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