词根：-pet-

【词根含义】：寻求

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语动词pet.o, -ere, -ivi, -itus(追求,力争)。

【同源单词】：appetite, compete, competence, competent, competition

前缀：re-

【词根含义】：再,重复;回,向后;相反,反对;离开

【同源单词】：arrest, correlate, correlation, correspond, correspondence

词根词缀：peti-, pet-, -pit-

【来源及含义】Latin: to aim at, aim for, go toward; to seek, seek out, ask, request; strive after

【同源单词】Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, appetence, appetency, appetent, appetently, appetite