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:spiro-, spir-, spira-, spirat-, -spire, -spiring, -spiration, -spirational (breath)
【来源及含义】Latin: breath of life, breath, breathing; mind; spirit, "soul"; courage
【相关描述】Don't confuse this spiro-, with another spiro- meaning "coil, twisted".
【相关词根词缀】 Word units related to breath and breathe: hal-; pneo-; pneumato-; pneumo-; psych-.
【同源单词】antiperspirant, aquatic respiration, aspirant, aspirate, aspirate, aspiration