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词根词缀:atmido-, atmid-

【来源及含义】Greek: smoke, vapor, steam; from amis, atmidos, "smoke, vapor"

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "smoke, smoking": capno; Capnomania & Fumimania, Pt. 1; Capnophobia & Fumiphobia, Pt. 1; fumi-; nebula-; typho-.

【同源单词】atmidometer, atmidometric, atmidometry, atmometer

词根词缀:formid-

【来源及含义】Latin: formido, "terror"; causing fear, terrible; to dread, to fear

【同源单词】formidability, formidable, formidableness, formidably, informidable

词根词缀:humid-, humor-

【来源及含义】Latin: moist, moisture, wet, damp

【相关描述】The correct spelling of the Latin origins is umor, umere, umidus. The spelling with the initial h is a result of folk (false) etymology, which once associated these words with Latin humus, "earth".

【相关词根词缀】Related "jest; joke; wit; humor; funny" word units: faceti-; farc-; jocu-; lud-; satir-.

【同源单词】dehumidify, humid, humidification, humidifier, humidify, humidistat

词根词缀:myrmidon-

【来源及含义】Greek [Murmidones] > Latin: [Myrmidones, Myrmidons]

【相关描述】One of a legendary Greek warrior people of ancient Thessaly who followed their king Achilles on the expedition against Troy. Now, it means a "loyal, unquestioning follower".