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词根词缀:serv- (slave)

【来源及含义】Latin: servire, to serve, to be a slave; slave; slavery

【相关描述】From Latin servire, to be a slave, to serve; from servus, slave, which is an Etruscan loan word. Of course, the modern use of "serve" has gone beyond the "slavery" aspect, but we are considering the etymology of the words which apparently came from the original idea of "slavery".

This Latin serv- is not related to another serv-, -serve which means "to save, to preserve".

【同源单词】deserve, deservedly, disserve, disservice, Nemo liber est qui corpori servit, Paratae servire

词根词缀:sub-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus-, su-

【来源及含义】Latin: under, below, beneath; used as a prefix as shown in various formats below

【相关描述】The prefix sub- often becomes suc- before c: succumb.

The prefix sub- often becomes suf- before f: suffuse.

The prefix sub- often becomes sug- before g: suggest.

The prefix sub- often becomes sum- before m: sumptuous.

The prefix sub- often becomes sup- before p: suppression.

The prefix sub- often becomes sur- before r: surrogate.

The prefix, sub- is often simplified to su- before sp; as seen in suspect, suspend, suspicion, suspension, et al. Before c, p, and t; it is sometimes formed into sus-.

【同源单词】oversufficient, sub specie, sub voce, subabdominal, subaquatic, subaquatics