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：pro-, por-, pur-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: a prefix signifying before; forward, forth; for, in favor of; in front of; in place of, on behalf of; according to; as, to place before; to go before or forward, to throw forward

【相关词根词缀】 Related before-word units: ante-; antero-; anti-; pre-.

【同源单词】portend, portent, portentous, portentously, portentousness, pro

词根词缀：prodig-, prodigi-

【来源及含义】Latin: a sign, an omen, portent; a wonder, a person; especially, a child who is endowed with extraordinary qualities

【同源单词】prodigious, prodigiously, prodigiousness, prodigy