词根词缀：pil-

【来源及含义】Latin: to gather, to pillage, to plunder, to rob, to steal, to snatch, to heap up (as stones) and to carry off

【相关描述】Don't confuse the words in this pil- unit with the pil-, pilo- or "hair" group of words.

【同源单词】compellation, compilation, compilatory, compile, compiled, compilement

词根词缀：psepho-, pseph-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: pebble/pebbles, stone/stones; election; vote

【相关描述】To cast one's vote with a pebble, to count, reckon; from small stone, pebble [used in counting or voting]. Pebbles were used in ancient Greece for casting votes, and so psephos came to metaphorically mean, "vote".

【同源单词】isopsephic, psephism, psephite, psephocracy, psephocrat, psephograph