词根词缀：-able

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.

【相关描述】A suffix that forms adjectives. The suffix -ible has related meanings; expressing ability, capacity, fitness; capable of, fit for, able to be done, can be done, inclined to, tending to, given to.

This list is only a small sample of the thousands of -able words that exist in English.

【同源单词】abdicable, -able, abolishable, abominable, abradable, acceptable

词根词缀：de-

【来源及含义】Latin: from, away from, off; down; wholly, entirely, utterly, complete; reverse the action of, undo; the negation or reversal of the notion expressed in the primary or root word

【同源单词】de die in diem, de facto, De gustibus non est disputandum, de jure, De minimis non curat praetor, De mortuis nihil nisi bonum

词根词缀：flect-, flex-

【来源及含义】Latin: bend, bending; curve, curving; turn, turning

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn": diversi-; diverticul-; gyro-; meand-; -plex; streph-; stroph-; tors-; tropo-; verg-; vers-; volv-.

【同源单词】anteflect, anteflexion, baroreflex, biflex, chemoreflex, circumflex