1、- 17 -英文字根词源1 alt, 拉丁文 altus, “high”词例: altar exalt altitude altimeter2 alter/ali, 拉丁文 alter, “other”词例: alter alternate alternativealtruism alien alienate alias alibi3 am, 拉丁文 amare, “to love”词例: amateur amatory amiableamicable amour amorous enamored enemy enmity4 angl/angul, 拉丁文 angulus, “angle” 词
2、例: angular equiangularquadrangular rectangle5 anim, 拉丁文 anima, “breath”,“soul” 词例: animal animate inanimate magnanimous unanimous6 ann, 拉丁文 annus, “year”词例: annals anniversary annuityannual biannual centennial perennial Anno Domini (A.D.)7 anthrop, 拉丁文 anthropos, “human being”词例: anthropology anthro
3、poidmisanthrope philanthropy8 apt/ept, 拉丁文 aptus, “fit”词例: apt aptitude aptness adapt adept adaptation inapt9 aqua, 拉丁文 aqua, “water”词例: aquarium aquatic aqueduct10 art, 拉丁文 art, “art” 词例: artistic artless artifact artificial artisan11 aud, 拉丁文 audire, “to hear”词例: audible inaudible audienceauditori
4、um audiphones auditionauditor auditory12 aug,拉丁文 augere, “increase”词例: auction augment august13 avi, 拉丁文 avis, “bird”词例: avian aviary aviation 14 band/bond, 梵文 bhand, “bind”词例: bandage bondage boundcontraband boundary15 bar, 拉丁文 barra, “bar”词例: barrister barrel barrier barrage embargo embarrass16 be
5、ll, 神话人物 Bellona, “war”词例: bellicose belligerent rebel17 bio, 希腊文 bios , “life”词例: biology autobiography biosphere antibiotic symbiosis18 brev, 拉丁文 brevis, “short”词例: brevity brief abbreviate abridge abridgment19 calc, 拉丁文 calculus, “lime;stone” 词例: calcify calcium calculate calculable calculus chal
6、k20 camp, 拉丁文 campus, “plain;field” 词例: campus champion campaign campfire decamp21 cand, 拉丁文 candidus, “white;bright” 词例: candle candela candid candidate candidacy incandescent22 cant/chant/cent, 拉丁文 canere, “to sing” 词例: cant cantata chantdescant enchant accent accentuate23 cap, 拉丁文 caput, “head”词例
7、: cape capital capitalism capitalize capsize captain cabbagedecapitate precipitate 24 cap/cep/cip/ceive, 拉丁文capere, “take; seize”词例: capable capacious capacitycaption captivate captive captivitycapture acceptable conceive conception deceive deceit deception exceptional inceptionintercept perceive pe
8、rceptive precept receiver receipt receptaclereceptive recipient susceptible anticipate participate participleemancipate25 car, 拉丁文 carrus/carrere, “car; to run”词例: cargo carry career carriagecarrier cart charge chariot26 carn, 拉丁文 caro, “flesh”词例: carnage carnal carnivalcarnivore reincarnate carnati
9、on27 cast, 拉丁文 casten,“to throw”词例: broadcast forecast outcastovercast28 cav, 拉丁文 cavus, “hollow”词例: cave cavernous cavity concave excavation excavator29 cede/ceed/cess, 拉丁文 cedere,“to go; to proceed” 词例: accede access accession antecede antecedent ancestor cedecessation cession concedeconcession ex
10、ceed exceedinglyexcess excessive incessant intercede intercession precede precedence precedent proceed process procession recede recessrecession retrocede secedesecession succeed necessary30 cent,拉丁文 centum, “hundred”词例: century centennial centigrade centimeter centuplecentuplicate percentage31 cent
11、r/center, 希腊文 kentron拉丁文 centrum词例: eccentric egocentric epicenter ethnocentric centrifugal centripetal concentrate heliocentric32 cern/cret, 拉丁文 cernere, “toseparate; to observe”词例: concern discern discreetdiscrete discretion excrete secretsecretary secrete33 cert, 拉丁文 certus, “certain;sure” 词例: as
12、certain certaintycertify certificate concert34 chron, 希腊文 chronos, “time”词例: chronic chronicle chronograph chronological anachronism synchronize35 cide/cise,拉丁文 caedere, “cut”词例: concise decide decisiveexcise excision incise incisive pesticide precise suicide homicide36 circ/cyc, 拉丁文 circus, “circle
13、;ring” 词例: circular circulate circuit circuitous circus encirclecycle cyclone encyclopedia37 cite, 拉丁文 citare, “to call”词例: citable citation excite incite recite recital recitation resuscitate - 18 -solicit solicitor 38 claim/clam, 拉丁文 clamare, “to shout or cry out”词例: claimant clamor clamorousaccla
14、im declaim disclaim exclaimproclaim reclaim reclamation39 clin/cliv, 拉丁文 clinare, “tobend or lean” 词例: acclivity decline declinationdeclivity incline inclinationproclivity recline climax40 clud/clos/clus,拉丁文 claudere,“to shut or close”词例: closet closure concludedisclose disclosure encloseexclude exc
15、lusive include occludepreclude recluse seclude41cognis/gnos,拉丁文 congnoscere,“to know”词例: agnostic cognition cognitivecognizance diagnose diagnosisignore prognosis recognize42 cord, 拉丁文 cor, “heart” 词例: core accord accordanceaccording cordial concord courage discord discordant discourage encourage re
16、cord43 corp, 拉丁文 corpus, “body”词例: corps corpse corporalcorporation corporeal corpulentcorpus corpuscle incorporate44 cosm, 希腊文 kosmos, “order;ornament” 词例: cosmetics cosmic cosmoscosmopolitan microcosm45 count, 拉丁文 computare 词例: countdown counter accountaccountable discount recount46 cover, 拉丁文 coo
17、perire, “to close; to cover” 词例: coveragecovert discover recover uncover47 cre/cresc, 拉丁文 crescere, “tocome into being; to grow”词例: accretion accrue creaturecreate concrete crescent decrepitdecrease increase incrementprocreate recreate48 cred,拉丁文 credere, “believe”词例: credence credential crediblecre
18、dit creditor credo creed credulity credulous discredit49 crim, 拉丁文 crimen, “fault,crime, or accusation”词例: crime criminal incriminate50 crit, 希腊文 krinein, “to judgeor decide” 词例: criterion critic criticalcriticism criticize hypercritical51 cruc, 拉丁文 cruc, “cross”词例: crusade crucial crucify cruxcruis
19、e excruciate52 cult, 拉丁文 cultivare, “to till”词例: culture cultivate agricultureapiculture aquiculture floriculturesericulture colony colonist53 cub/cumb, 拉丁词根 cub-/cumb-, “to lie; to lie down”词例: cumber concubine succumbincumbent procumbent recumbent54 cur, 拉丁文 curare, “care for”词例: cure curious cura
20、tor accurateaccuracy manicure pedicure procure procurement secure55 curr/curs,拉丁文 currere, “run”词例: current currency concurconcurrent curriculum cursivecursor cursory discursiveexcursion incur occur occurrenceprecursor recur recurrent succorcourse discourse recourse56 cuss, 拉丁文 cutere, “to strike or
21、 shake” 词例: concussiondiscuss percussion repercussion57 deb/du,拉丁文 debere, “to owe”词例: debtor indebted due duty58 de/div, 拉丁文 deus/divus, “god; divine”词例: deify deification deity59 dem, 希腊文 demos, “people”词例: democracy democratdemography endemic epidemicpandemic demagogue60 dent, 拉丁文 dent, “tooth”词例
22、: dental dentist denture indentindenture dandelion61 dic, 拉丁文 dicere, “to speak”词例: dictionary dictate dedicateabdicate benediction conditioncontradict edict indicate indictjurisdiction malediction predicatepredication predict seditionvaledictory verdict vindicate62 dign, 拉丁文 dignus, “worthy”词例: dig
23、nity dignify dignitaryindignity indignant dainty disdain63 divid/divis, 拉丁文 dividere, “todivide” 词例: divide dividend divisiondivisor individual individuality64 doc/doct,拉丁文 docere,“teach”词例: docent docile doctoraldoctorate doctrinaire doctrinedocumentary didactic didacticsindoctrinate disciple disci
24、pline65 dom, 拉丁文 domus, “house”词例: dome domestic domesticatedomical domicile66 dom, 拉丁文 dominus, “master;to rule” 词例: dominant dominatedomineer dominion domain predominate kingdom madam 67 don/dot/dow, 拉丁文 donare,“to give” 词例: donate donationdonor condone pardon anecdoteantidote dose dosage dowerdow
25、ry endow endowment68 dorm, 拉丁文 dormire, “sleep”词例: dormant dormitory69 dogma/dox, 希腊文 doxa, “opinion” 词例: dogma dogmaticorthodox paradox paradoxical70 draw, 拉丁文 trahere, “to drawor pull” 词例: drawback draweroverdraw withdraw71 duc, 拉丁文 ducere, “to lead”词例: abduct conduce conductconductor deduce deduc
26、iblededuct deductive ductile educateinduce induct induction introduceoviduct produce product reducereduction seduce semiconductorsubdue traduce viaduct72 dur, 拉丁文 durare, “to last”词例: durable duration endure endurance indurate obdurate73 dyn/dynamo, 希腊文 dynamis,- 19 -“to be able; to have power”词例: d
27、ynasty dynamic dynamismdynamite dynamo dynamometerhydrodynamics thermodynamics74 eco, 希腊文 oikos, “house”词例: ecology economy economic75 ego, 拉丁文, “I; self”词例: egocentric egoism egoist76 electr, 拉丁文 electrum 词例: electricity electrify electrodeelectrocute electrolysis electron77 em/empt/ampl, 拉丁文 emere
28、,“to take” 词例: ample example exemplar exemplify exempt preempt premium prompt redeemredeemer redemption ransom78 equ, 拉丁文 aequalis, “equal”词例: equable equal equalitarianequality equanimity equateequation equinox equinoctialequipoise equity equitableequivalent equivocal adequate79 err, 拉丁文 errare, “t
29、o wanderor stray” 词例: error erroneous errant erratic erratum aberrant 80 ess/est, 拉丁文 esse, “to be”词例: essence essential interestdisinterested quintessence 81 fa/fabl/fam/fess, 拉丁文 fari,“to speak”词例: fate fatal infant infantryinfancy infantile fable fabulousaffable confabulate effableineffable nefar
30、ious prefatoryfame infamy infamous defamedefamatory confess profess82 fac/fic, 拉丁文 facies, “face”词例: facelift facet facetious facialfaade deface efface interfacepreface surface superficial affrontfrontier confront effrontery83 fac/fec/fic, 拉丁文 facere, “tomake or do”词例: fact factor factory factionfac
31、tious factitious factotum facture benefactor malefactormanufacture facile facilitatefacility facsimile faculty affectaffection affectation affectionateconfect defect effect effectualinfect infectious perfect prefectprefecture refection deficientdeficiency difficulty efficacyefficient magnificent off
32、icialproficient profit sacrifice sufficesufficient affair feat defeat featurefeasible counterfeit forfeit 84 fall/fail/fals/fault, 拉丁文fallere, “to deceive”词例: fallacy fallacious fallibleinfallible failing failure falsefalsify fault faulty default85 fare, 拉丁文 faram, “to go”词例: farewell warfare welfar
33、e86 fend,拉丁文 fendere,“to strike”词例: fence fencing defend defendant offend offense offensive87 fer, 拉丁文 ferre, “to carry”词例: ferry fertile fertilizer afferent circumference conferconference defer deferential deferment differ differentiateefferent indifferent infer offerprefer proffer refer suffer tra
34、nsfer88 ferv, 拉丁文 fervere, “to boil”词例: fervent fervor defervesce89 fid, 拉丁文 fides, “faith”词例: fidelity faithful confideconfidant confident confidentialdiffidence infidel defy defiancedefiant perfidy90 fig, 拉丁文 fingere, “to shape or mold” 词例: figment figure figurativeconfiguration disfigure effigy91
35、 fin, 拉丁文 finire, “to end”词例: fine finale finalize financefinish finite infinite infinitiveconfine define definite definitiondefinitive refine refinement92 firm, 拉丁文 firmus, “firm”词例: firmament affirm affirmativeconfirm infirm93 fix, 拉丁文 figere, “fasten”词例: fixation fixture affix infixprefix suffix
36、transfix94 flam/flagr, 拉丁文 flamma, “flame”词例: flammable flamboyantflamingo inflame inflammationflagrant effulgent95 flat, 拉丁文 flare, “to blow”词例: flatulent conflation deflatedeflation inflate96 flect/flex, 拉丁文 flectere, “to bend”词例: flexible flexion inflexibledeflect inflect reflect reflection97 fli
37、ct, 拉丁文 fligere, “to strike”词例: afflict affliction conflictinflict infliction98 flor/flour,拉丁文 flos, “flower”词例: flora floral florescence floriculture florid flourish99 flu, 拉丁文 fluere, “to flow”词例: fluent fluency fluid flumeflush fluctuate affluent confluenteffluent influent influentialsuperfluous
38、inflow overflow fluxafflux conflux efflux influx reflux100 foli, 拉丁文 folium, “leaf”词例: foliage foliate folio defoliateportfolio101forc/fort,拉丁文 fortis,“strong”词例: force enforce reinforce fortforte fortify fortress fortitudecomfort discomfort effort 102 form,拉丁文 formare, “form”词例: formal formality fo
39、rmationformula formulate conforminform information performperformance reform reformatorytransform uniform uniformity103 found/fund, 拉丁文 fundus,“base; bottom”词例: foundation founder fundfundamental profound104 fract/frag, 拉丁文 frangere, “to break or shatter”词例: fraction fracture fragilefragment frail f
40、railty diffractinfract refrain suffrage105 fug, 拉丁文 fugere, “to flee or escape”词例: fugacious fugitive centrifugal febrifuge refuge - 20 -subterfuge106 fuse/found, 拉丁文 fundere, “to pour out or melt” 词例: fusible fusion circumfuseconfuse diffuse diffusive effuseinfuse perfuse profuse profusionrefuse re
41、fusal suffuse transfusefound foundry confound107gam,希腊文 gamos,“marriage”词例: bigamy monogamy108 gen, 希腊文 genesis /拉丁文generare, “come into being or beborn; race”词例: gender gene genealogygeneral generalize generategenerator engender generic generous genesis genetics genialcongenial endogenous exogenous
42、genital congenital pathogenic progenitor progeny genius genusingenious genocide genteel gentlegenuine eugenics pregnant cognate hydrogen nitrogen oxygen109 ger/gest, 拉丁文 gerere, “tocarry” 词例: gestate gesticulategesture congest digest exaggerateindigestion ingest suggest110 grad/gress, 拉丁文 gradus, “t
43、o step; walk” 词例: grade gradient gradualgraduate degrade degradationpostgraduate retrograde upgradeingredient aggression congressdigress progress transgress111 gram/graph, 希腊文 gramma/graphein, “letter; to write”词例: grammar cryptogramdiagram epigram monogram parallelogram program telegramgramophone g
44、raphic autographautobiography calligraphydictograph geography monographlexicography orthography photograph stenography112 grand, 拉丁文 grandis, “great; large” 词例: grandeur grandiloquent grandiose aggrandize113 grat, 拉丁文 gratus, “pleasing, welcome, or agreeable”词例: grateful gratitude ingrategratis grat
45、uitous gratuity gracegracious disgrace agree agreeablecongratulate ingratiate114 grav, 拉丁文 gravis, “heavy,weighty, serious”词例: grave gravity aggravategrieve grief engraving115 greg,拉丁文 grex,“herd; flock”词例: gregarious aggregatecongregate segregate egregious116 habit/hibit, 拉丁文 habere, “to have, or t
46、o hold” 词例: habitual habitant habituatehabitat cohabit inhabit inhabitantexhibit inhibit prohibit 117 hap, 古挪威文 happ, “luck”词例: mishap happen happeninghaphazard perhaps118 helio, 希腊神话人物 Helios 词例: heliotropes helium119 her, 拉丁文 heres, “heir”词例: heirloom heredity hereditaryheritage inherit inheritanc
47、e120 herb, 拉丁文 herba, “grass”词例: herbal herbicide herbivore121 here/hes, 拉丁文 haerere, “to stick, or to get stuck”词例: adhere adherence coherencecohere coherent cohesion inherence inherent hesitate hesitant122 horr,拉丁文 horrere,“tremble”词例: horrible horrify horrifichorror abhor abhorrent123 hum,拉丁文 hum
48、us, “ground”词例: human humane humanismhumanitarian humanity humblehumiliate humiliation humilityhumus exhume posthumous124 hydr, 希腊文 hudr/hudro, “water” 词例: hydrant hydrate hydrogen hydroelectric hydrotropism dehydrate hydrodynamic125 hypno, 希腊神话人物 Hypnos词例: hypnotic hypnotize hypnosis126 idio, 希腊文 i
49、dos, “personal”词例: idiot idiolect idiom idiomatic idiosyncrasy127 insul, 拉丁文 insula, “island”词例: insular insulate insulatorisland isle isolate peninsula128 it, 拉丁文 ire, “to go”词例: itinerant itinerate ambitionambitious circuit circuitousinitiate initiative initial transittransition transitory transient129 jac/jec, 拉丁文 jacere, “throw, or hurl” 词例: abject eject ejectioninject injection interjection objectobjective objectivity projectprojectile projector reject subjectsubje
