词根：-stingu-, -stinct-

【词根含义】：刺,扑灭

【词根来源】：-stingu-和-stinct-来源于拉丁语复合动词诸如distinguere(区分), extinguere(扑灭)和intinguere(驱赶)等中出现的基本形式stinguo, stinguere, stinxi, stinctus(刺,扑灭)；可追溯至原始印欧语stig-,steig-(刺,戳)。

【同源单词】：distinguish, distinguishable, distinguished, extinguish, distinct

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：stingu-, -stingu, stinct-, -stinct

【来源及含义】Latin: from -stingere and -stinguere, to separate; to quench, quenching; to wipe out, to obliterate; to goad, to stick; sticking, puncturing, probing

【同源单词】contradistinction, contradistinctive, contradistinctively, contradistinguish, differentiate, distinct

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