词根：-tom-

【词根含义】：切,割

【同源单词】：anatomy, atom, atomic

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：a-, an-

【来源及含义】Greek: prefix; no, absence of, without, lack of; not

【相关描述】These prefixes are normally used with elements of Greek origin, a- is used before consonants and an- is used before vowels.

It affects the meanings of hundreds of words.

There are too many words that use these prefix elements to list all of them on this site; however, there are significant examples listed in this and the other units where they exist.

【同源单词】abacterial, abaptism, abarognosis, abasia, abiocoen, abiogenesis