词根：-polis-, -polit-

【词根含义】：城市;政治

【词根来源】：希腊语中polis(城市,城邦)派生了polites(公民),继而politikos(城市的,城邦的,公民的,政治的);进入拉丁语为politicus(政治的,深思远虑的)。

【同源单词】：acropolis, cosmopolis, policy, policymaker, cosmopolitan

词根词缀：-ian

【来源及含义】Latin: suffix form of -an from -ianus, a modifier of the main word to which it is attached: belonging to, coming from, being involved in, or being like something

【相关描述】Appearing in such words as comedian, egalitarian, Bostonian, Italian, Smithsonian, mathematician, Alabamian, Californian, Arizonian, and Canadian. It is attached to the root of common or proper nouns with the meanings "of, pertaining to, from", or "like" the proper name appearing in the stem.

【同源单词】abecedarian, academician, acanthopterygian, acararian, acoustician, aeolian

词根词缀：-ician

【来源及含义】Greek: a suffix; meaning, specialist in, practitioner of

【同源单词】academician, acoustician, aesthetician, agrotechnician, apician, arctician

词根词缀：polis-, polit-, poli-

【来源及含义】Greek: city; method of government; citizenship, government, administration

【相关描述】Don't confuse this polis, "city" with the suffix -polism, etc. meaning "selling".

【同源单词】aerotropolis, Annapolis, apolitical, Aquapolis, Biopolis, Constantinople