词根词缀:-ence, -ency

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; action, process, state, quality, or condition of

【同源单词】abhorrence, absence, abstinence, adherence, adolescence, affluence

词根词缀:-esce, -escent, -escence

【来源及含义】Latin: beginning to be, becoming; to be somewhat; a suffix that forms nouns and adjectives

【同源单词】acaulescent, acquiescence, acquiescent, adherescent, adipescent, adolescence

词根词缀:irido-, irid-, iri-, iris-

【来源及含义】Greek: iris [relating to the eye]; the rainbow; colored circle, colored portion of the eye [originally, "something bent or curved"]

【相关词根词缀】 Related references to "eye" or "eye part" word families: blepharo-; core-; corneo-; eye, eyes; lenti-, lens-; lenticulo-; ocelli-; oculo-; op-, -optic; ophthalmo-; phaco-; pupillo-; retino-; uveo-.

【同源单词】iridaceous, iridadenosis, iridalgia, iridauxesis, iridectasis, iridectome