词根:-hum-
【词根含义】:土,土地;人类;卑下;湿
【词根来源】:拉丁语中名词hum.us, hum.i, f(土地)派生了human.us(人类的)和humilis(卑下的);拉丁语中动词hum.ere(潮湿)派生了形容词humid.us(潮湿的)和名词humor(液体,潮湿)。
【同源单词】:exhumation, exhume, human, humane, humanism
词根词缀:homo-, hom-, hum-
【来源及含义】Latin: human beings, mankind; literally, "man, men"; however, it now also includes, "woman, women" or all of humanity
【相关描述】This Latin homo- is related to humus, "earth" or "born" and so it is said to mean "earthly being" or "born of the earth" and it refers to all of humanity. Don't confuse this Latin homo- with the Greek homo- that means "same" or "equal".
【相关词根词缀】Links to other units that include the topic of "man", "mankind":
andro-;
anthropo-;
vir-.
【同源单词】ad hominem, Anno humanae salutis, Anno humanae salutis, argumentum ad hominem, Artes, Christo et humanitati
词根词缀:-ity
【来源及含义】Latin: suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing act, state, quality, property, or condition corresponding to an adjective
【同源单词】abnormality, absorbability, acclivity, acerbity, acridity, acrity