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词根词缀:-able

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.

【相关描述】A suffix that forms adjectives. The suffix -ible has related meanings; expressing ability, capacity, fitness; capable of, fit for, able to be done, can be done, inclined to, tending to, given to.

This list is only a small sample of the thousands of -able words that exist in English.

【同源单词】abdicable, -able, abolishable, abominable, abradable, acceptable

词根词缀:fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication

【来源及含义】Latin: to make, to do, to build, to cause, to produce; forming, shaping

【同源单词】Ab officio et beneficio, abortifacient, absorbefacient, absorbifacient, acoustoelectric effect, affair

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