词根词缀：circum-

【来源及含义】Latin: around, about, surrounding, closed curve, circling, circular on all sides; literally, "in a circle"

【相关词根词缀】 Related "around, round, surrounding" units: ambi-; ampho-; circ-; cyclo-, -cycle; gyro-; peri-.

【同源单词】Antarctic Circumpolar Current, circuit, circuitous, circuitously, circuitousness, circuitry

词根词缀：scrib-, script-, -scribe, -scription, -scriptive

【来源及含义】Latin: write, record

【相关描述】Writing has not always been available to the "common person". It was restricted only to the few who were educated especially for that purpose either as scribes or monks who dedicated their lives to this vocation. You can learn more about the ancient Egyptian scribes in this unit.

【相关词根词缀】Related "writing" units: glypto-; gram-; graph-.

【同源单词】adscript, antescript, ascribable, ascribe, ascript, ascription

词根词缀：-tion

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix forming nouns from verbs of condition and action; an act or process: resumption, absorption; state or condition, redemption, exhaustion; something resulting from or otherwise related to an act or process, assumption, friction

【相关描述】This unit is presenting a small fraction of the hundreds of words ending with the suffix of -tion; however, there is a significant number of words which may help everyone have a better understanding and appreciation of the use of this element.

【同源单词】abduction, abjection, ablution, ablution, abolition, abruption