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词根词缀:-ism, -ismus

【来源及含义】Greek, ismos; Latin, ismus: a suffix: belief in, practice of, condition of, process, characteristic behavior or manner, abnormal state, distinctive feature or trait

【同源单词】abaptism, abolitionism, abortionism, abrakophilism, absenteeism, absolutism

词根词缀:pedo-, paedo-, ped-, paed-, paido-, paid-

【来源及含义】Greek: child, boy; infant

【相关描述】The British tend to use paed- while those in the United States tend to use ped-. Remember that the Greek ped- means "child" while the Latin ped- means "foot". Don't confuse this Greek element with another Greek pedo- which means "ground, soil, earth".

【同源单词】callipedia, cyclopedia, cyclopedic, encyclopedia, encyclopedian, encyclopedic