词根：-spec-, -specul-, -spic-, -spect-

【词根含义】：看

【词根来源】：-spec-/-spect-/-specul-(看)来源于拉丁语动词specere, spectare和speculari,均有"看","观察"的意义;-spic-(看)来源于specere的变体spicere(只在拉丁语复合词中出现)。可追溯至原始印欧语spek-(看)。

【同源单词】：despite, especially, special, specialisation, specialise

前缀：a-

【词根含义】：在,到;来,临近;离开;否定;副词前缀;加强意义

【词根来源】：来源于古英语和中古英语a-, an, on。

【同源单词】：aboard, abroad, acentric, across, ago

词根词缀：ad-

【来源及含义】Latin: prefix; to, toward, a direction toward, addition to, near, at; and changes to: ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, aq-, ar-, as-, at- when ad- is combined with certain words that begin with the letters c, f, g, l, n, p, q, r, s, and t

【相关描述】The form ad- appears in this form before a vowel and before the consonants d, h, j, m, and v. It is simplified to a- before sc, sp and st.

Before c, f, g, l, n, p, q, r, s, and t; ad- is changed to ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, aq-, ar-, as-, and at-.

In other words, the d of ad usually changes into the same letter as the first letter of the following root or word when it is a consonant: ad-fix becomes affix, and ad-sign becomes assign; therefore, making a double consonant.

Another example includes: attract as with ad-tract (drawn towards); so it has a double t. On the other hand when ad- precedes a vowel, as with adapt, it is simply ad-apt, with one d. For the same reason, there is only one d in adore and adumbrate, because ad- has combined with orare and umbra each of which starts with a vowel.

So, remember: since these Latin words begin with vowels and not consonants, the d of ad does not double as shown in the previous examples.

【同源单词】a capite ad calcem, Ab ovo usque ad mala, Ab uno ad omnes, Abiit ad majores, abjure, accede

词根词缀：spec-, spic-, spect-, spectat-, spectro- -spectr, -spectful, -spection, -spective

【来源及含义】Latin: to see, seeing; to look at, looking at; sight, to appear, appearing; to behold, to examine, examining

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "appear, visible, visual, manifest, show, see, reveal, look": blep-; delo-; demonstra-; opt-; -orama; pare-; phanero-; phant-; pheno-; scopo-; vela-, veal-; video-, visuo-.

【同源单词】Ab alio expectes, alcohol fetopathy, allopatric speciation, aspect, audiospectography, auspex