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:us-, ut-
【来源及含义】Latin: use, employ, practice
【同源单词】Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia, abuse, abuse, abuse, abusive, abusively
词根词缀:usur-
【来源及含义】Latin: loaning money at extremely high rates of interest; to use
【同源单词】usurer, usurious, usuriously, usuriousness, usury, usury laws