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

前缀：post-

【词根含义】：后;次

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语post。

【同源单词】：postgraduate, posthumous, postmeridian, postpone, postscript

词根词缀：humus, hum-

【来源及含义】Latin: earth, ground, soil

【同源单词】disinhume, Errare humanum est, exhumation, exhume, fracture of the humerus, humble

词根词缀：-ous, -ious, -eous

【来源及含义】Latin: full of or having the qualities of; in chemistry, a suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.

【相关描述】Only a small number of the hundreds of examples are presented because there are just too many to include at this time.

【同源单词】abdominous, abiogenous, ablepharous, abstemious, acanthaceous, acanthocephalous

词根词缀：post-

【来源及含义】Latin: after, behind, later, subsequent

【同源单词】a posteriori, anemic necrosis, Anno post Romam conditam, anteroposterior, Culpam maiorum posteri luunt, dorsoposterior