词根:-ple-, -pli-, -ply-, -plen-
【词根含义】:充满
【词根来源】:在拉丁语中基本动词plere(填充),加上适当的前缀,可以组成众多的复合词;其中复合动词com.plere(充满,完成)是英语complete和comply的词源、复合动词sup.plere是英语supply的词源,等等;而-plen-来源于拉丁语中由动词plere(填充)派生的plen.us(充满的)。均可追溯至原始印欧语ple-。
【同源单词】:complement, complementary, complete, completely, completion
词根:-pot-, -poss-
【词根含义】:能,能够
【词根来源】:拉丁语动词possum, posse, potui, -(能,能够)来源于早期拉丁语动词短语potis esse(能,能够)。posse的前身是古拉丁语potere(能,能够)。
【同源单词】:impotence, impotency, impotent, multipotent, omnipotence
词根词缀:-ary
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; a person who, a place where, a thing which, or pertaining to; connected with; having the character of; apparatus
【相关描述】The following examples of this suffix represent a very small number of those that exist in other parts of this lexicon.
【同源单词】ablephary, ablutionary, aboriginary, admaxillary, adversary, agynary
词根词缀:ple-, pleini-, plen-, plet-
【来源及含义】Latin: fill, full
【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "more, plentiful, fullness, excessive, over flowing": copi-; exuber-; hyper-; multi-; opulen-; pleio-; plethor-; poly-; super-; total-; ultra-; undu-.
【同源单词】accomplish, accomplished, accomplishment, complement, complement, complemental
词根词缀:poten-, pot-, poss-, -potent, -potence, -potency, -potential
【来源及含义】Latin: power, strength, ability, able; having authority over; rule over, command of
【相关词根词缀】Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "master, lead, leading, ruler, ruling, govern": -agogic; agon-; arch-; -crat; dom-; gov-; magist-; regi-; tyran-.
【同源单词】armipotent, astripotence, auripotence, bellipotence, bellipotent, biopotency