词根:-cit-
【词根含义】:呼喊
【词根来源】:拉丁语中ciere或cire(移动)的过去分词citus派生了动词cito, citare, citavi, citatus,其意义为“引起移动”→“召集,号召”,进入古法语为citer,进入英语为-cit-(呼喊)。
【同源单词】:citation, cite, excite, excitement, incite
前缀:e-, ex-
【词根含义】:出,向外;向上
【词根来源】:e-用在b, c, d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v前;ex-用在s前时,s常省略。来源于拉丁语前缀ex-。
【同源单词】:edit, edition, editor, editorial, educate
词根词缀:cit-, citat-
【来源及含义】Latin: talk, speak, say; to put into quick motion, to excite, to provoke, to call urgently; to summon, to summon forth, to arouse, to stimulate; used in the sense of "stimulating"
【相关词根词缀】Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.": clam-; dic-; fa-; -farious; glosso-; glotto-; lalo-; linguo-; locu-; logo-; loqu-; mythico-; -ology; ora-; -phasia; -phemia; phon-; phras-; Quotes: Language,Part 1; Quotes: Language, Part 2; Quotes: Language, Part 3; serm-; tongue; voc-.
【同源单词】accite, citable, cital, citation, citatory, cite
词根词缀:-ment
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; result of, means of, act of; place of action
【相关描述】The suffix -meant is a final word element derived through Middle English and French from the Latin suffix -ment(um), originally used to form agent and action nouns from verbs, now used to form nouns and denominative verbs in several related senses:
The verb combinations show no change in basic form: cement, compliment, lament.
Principal parts: -menting, -mented, -mented.
Related forms: -mentum (singular); -menta, -menti, -ments (plurals).
【同源单词】abolishment, abridgment, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement