词根:-terr-
【词根含义】:土地;恐惧
【词根来源】:来源于拉丁语名词terra, -ae, f(土地)和动词terreo, -ere, -ui, -itus(恐惧)。
【同源单词】:Mediterranean, terrain, terraqueous, terrible, terribly
词根词缀:terr-, terra-, -ter
【来源及含义】Latin: earth, dry land, land
【相关描述】This unit presents many words that are used in references having to do with earth and land; that is, the loose, fragmented material that composes part of the surface of this planet that we live on.
Don't confuse this element with other words that are spelled in a similar way; such as, terrify, terrible.
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "land, ground, fields, soil, dirt, mud, clay, earth (world)": agra-; agrest-; agri-; agro-; argill-; choro-; chthon-; epeiro-; geo-; glob-; lut-; myso-; pedo-; pel-; rhyp-; soil-; sord-.
【同源单词】circumterrestrial, disinter, disinterment, exoterroid, extraterrestrial, extraterrestrial