词根：-ac-, -acu-, -acr-, -acer-, -acet-

【词根含义】：尖,酸

【词根来源】：-ac-来源于拉丁语动词aceo, acere, -, -(尖,酸); -acu-来源于拉丁语动词acu.o, acu.ere, acu.i, acut.us(使尖锐); -acr-和-acer-来源于希腊语形容词akros(最高的,末端的)和拉丁语形容词acer, acris(尖利的,辛辣的); -acet-来源于拉丁语名词acetum, aceti, n(醋)。均可追溯至原始印欧语ak-(尖,锋利)。

【同源单词】：acid, aciform, acme, acupuncture, acute

词根：-mon-

【词根含义】：提醒,警告;单一,公共

【词根来源】：分别来源于拉丁语动词moneo, monere, monui, monitus(劝勉,提醒)和形容词monos, -e, -on(单一的)。

【同源单词】：acrimonious, acrimony, admonish, common, demonstration

词根词缀：acerb-, acerbo-; acri-, acrid-

【来源及含义】Latin: bitter, sharp, sour, stinging

【相关描述】Formed from a blend of Latin acer- (feminine acris, neuter acre) which are both related to Latin acus, "needle"; acies, "sharp edge, point, the front of an army, line of battle, battle array"; and acuere, "to sharpen".

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "sour, sharp": aceto-; acid-; acies- (not "sour"); acuto- (not "sour"); oxy-; pung- (not "sour").

【同源单词】acerbate, acerbic, acerbity, acerbophobia, acerophobia, acerose

词根词缀：-ous, -ious, -eous

【来源及含义】Latin: full of or having the qualities of; in chemistry, a suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.

【相关描述】Only a small number of the hundreds of examples are presented because there are just too many to include at this time.

【同源单词】abdominous, abiogenous, ablepharous, abstemious, acanthaceous, acanthocephalous