词根词缀:empori-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: traveler, trader, merchant; a trading place, market; pertaining to trade or traveling

【同源单词】emporia, emporiatrician, emporium

词根词缀:en-, em-, el-

【来源及含义】Greek: in, into, inward; within; near, at; to put, to go into, or to cover with; as, entomb, encamp, enfold; to provide with; as, to enlighten; to cause to be; as, to enlarge; thoroughly; as, enmesh; in, within, into; as enzootic

【相关描述】This prefix, en-, changes to em- before b, p, or ph.

【同源单词】disembark, disembarkation, embark, embarkation, embarkment, embezzle

词根词缀:-ium

【来源及含义】Greek: a suffix; scientific names; names of metallic elements; a part, lining, or enveloping tissue, region; little; representing a diminutive force

【相关描述】A suffix found on nouns borrowed from Latin; especially, derivatives of verbs (odium; tedium; colloquium; delirium); deverbal compounds with the initial element denoting the object of the verb (nasturtium); other types of compounds (equilibrium; millennium); and derivatives of personal nouns, often denoting the associated status or office (collegium; consortium; magisterium).

This ending of -ium also occurs in scientific terms on a Latin model; such as, in names of metallic elements (barium; titanium) and as a Latinization of Greek -ion (pericardium).

【同源单词】acute delirium, agrobacterium, aigialium, alluvium, andrium, anthium

词根词缀:-orium, -oria, -ory

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; a place or instrument for performing the action of the main element; a place used for something

【同源单词】amatory, ambagitory, ambulatory, armory, auditorium, balneatory