词根词缀:-ate (to do)
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; to do, to make, to cause, or to act upon; to do something with
【同源单词】abbreviate, abdicate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerative, accentuate
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:pass-, pati-
【来源及含义】Latin: suffering, feeling; enduring
【相关词根词缀】 Related-word units meaning feeling: aesth-; senso-; patho-.
【同源单词】compassion, compassionate, compassionately, compassionless, compassive, compassivity