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词根词缀:-ation, -ization, -isation

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: a suffix; action, act, process, state, or condition; or result of doing something

【相关描述】Although there are over 1,450 word entries ending with -ation or -ization listed in this unit, there are certainly many more which exist in the English language. At any rate, this unit provides a significant number of -ation and -ization examples for you to see.

【同源单词】abarticulation, abbreviation, abdication, abdominal examination, aberration, abevacuation

词根词缀:cast-

【来源及含义】Latin: pure, cut off, to cut off from, separated

【相关描述】A reference to "a race of men" is from Latin casto, "chaste" from castus, "pure, cut off, separated"; past participle of carere, "to be cut off from" (and related to castrate and -cest-).

【相关词根词缀】 Related cutting-word units: castrat-; -cise, -cide; -ectomy; mutil-; put-; sec-, seg-; temno-; -tomy; trunc-.

【同源单词】caste, castigate, castigation, castigatory, chaste, chastely