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词根词缀:linguo-, lingu-, lingua-, -linguist, -linguistic, -linguistical, -linguistically

【来源及含义】Latin: literally tongue; and by extension, speech, language

【相关描述】From Old Latin dingua which is a cognate (kindred) with Old English tunge, The change of d (in Old Latin dingua) to l (in Latin lingua) was probably due to dialectal influence (the so-called "Sabine l"). It was facilitated by a folk-etymological association with lingere, "to lick", the tongue having been conceived as "the licking organ".

【相关词根词缀】Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.": cit-; clam-; dic-; fa-; -farious; glosso-; glotto-; lalo-; locu-; logo-; loqu-; mythico-; -ology; ora-; -phasia; -phemia; phon-; phras-; Quotes: Language,Part 1; Quotes: Language, Part 2; Quotes: Language, Part 3; serm-; tongue; voc-.

【同源单词】acutilingual, alveololingual, ambilingualism, anthropological linguistics, apex linguae, audiolingual

词根词缀:total-, tot-

【来源及含义】Latin: all, whole, entire

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "more, plentiful, fullness, excessive, over flowing": copi-; exuber-; hyper-; multi-; opulen-; ple-; pleio-; plethor-; poly-; super-; ultra-; undu-.

【同源单词】in toto, Non nobis solum sed toti mundo nati, Non sibi sed toti, Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum, Quot linguas calles, Si finis bonus est

词根词缀:valid-, val-, vale-, -vail, -valent, -valence

【来源及含义】Latin: valere, to be strong, to be well, to be worth; strong; power, strength; and "fare well" [go with strength]

【同源单词】Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia, Ab actu ad posse valet illatio, ad valorem, Aeternum vale, ambivalence, ambivalent