词根：-min-, -mini-

【词根含义】：小

【词根来源】：-min-和-mini-来源于拉丁语形容词parv(小的)的比较级minor(阳性和阴性)和minus(中性)、最高级minimum,以及拉丁语动词minuo, minuere, minui, minutus(缩小,减少)。

【同源单词】：diminish, diminutive, minimal, minimise, minimize

前缀：di-

【词根含义】：通过,横过;分离,分开;二,双

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语前缀di-。

【同源单词】：antediluvian, digest, digestion, digestive, digress

词根词缀：dis-, di-, dif-

【来源及含义】Latin: separation, apart, asunder; removal, away, from; negation, deprivation, undoing, reversal, utterly, completely; in different directions

【相关描述】The meaning of dis- varies with different words; dif-, assimilated form of dis- before f; di-, form of dis- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v.

【同源单词】diffect, differ, difference, different, differentia, differential

词根词缀：-ish

【来源及含义】Old English: a suffix meaning, characteristic of, like, tending to; of or relating to, from; somewhat, approximately; or a verb ending

【相关描述】A suffix used to form adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It refers to "relation, resemblance, similarity", and sometimes has a diminutive force; such as, "selfish, boyish, brutish; whitish, somewhat white".

A verb ending, originally appearing in certain verbs of French origin; such as, "abolish, cherish, finish, furnish, garnish", and "impoverish".

【同源单词】abolish, accomplish, acutish, admonish, anguish, anguish

词根词缀：mini-, minor-, minut-, minu-, min-

【来源及含义】Latin: small, little, less; decline, decrease, diminish; become less, reduce, becoming smaller or shorter

【相关词根词缀】Related "few, small, less, little" word units: micro-;mio-; nano-; oligo-, olig-.

【同源单词】a maximis ad minima, A minimis quoque timendum, admin, admin, administer, administrant