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:sanct-, sancti-
【来源及含义】Latin: sacred, holy; religious
【相关词根词缀】 Related "holy, sacred" word families: hagio-; hiero-; icono-; sacro-.
【同源单词】acta sanctorum, Memento ut diem sabbati sanctifices, sacrosanct, sacrosanctity, sancta simplicitas, sanctanimity