词根词缀:micro-, micr-

【来源及含义】Greek: small, tiny; also, a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements

【相关描述】One millionth part of [something]; in the metric system: 10-6 [0.000 001].

【相关词根词缀】Related "few, small, less, little" word units: mini-; mio-, meio-; nano-; oligo-, olig-.
Related "metric" families: yotta; zetta; exa; peta; tera; giga; mega; kilo; hecto; deka; deci; centi; milli; nano; pico; femto; atto; zepto; yocto.

【同源单词】micracoustic, microaerophil, microaerosol, microaerotonometer, microaesthete, microanalysis

词根词缀:-ology, -logy, -ologist, -logist

【来源及含义】Greek: a suffix meaning: to talk, to speak; a branch of knowledge; any science or academic field that ends in -ology which is a variant of -logy; a person who speaks in a certain manner; someone who deals with certain topics or subjects

【相关描述】The word -ology is a back-formation from the names of certain disciplines. The -logy element basically means "the study of ____". Such words are formed from Greek or Latin roots with the terminal -logy derived from the Greek suffix -λογια (-logia), speaking, from λεγειν (legein), "to speak".

The suffix -ology is considered to be misleading sometimes as when the "o" is actually part of the word stem that receives the -logy ending; such as, bio + logy.

Through the years -ology and -logy have come to mean, "study of" or "science of" and either of these suffixes often utilize the form of -ologist, "one who (whatever the preceding element refers to)".

The examples shown in this unit represent just a small fraction of the many words that exist in various dictionaries.

【相关词根词缀】Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.": cit-; clam-; dic-; fa-; -farious; glosso-; glotto-; lalo-; linguo-; locu-; logo-; loqu-; mythico-; ora-; -phasia; -phemia; phon-; phras-; Quotes: Language,Part 1; Quotes: Language, Part 2; Quotes: Language, Part 3; serm-; tongue; voc-.

【同源单词】abiology, abiophysiology, academic anthropologist, academic anthropology, acanthologist, acanthology

词根词缀:phyto-, phyt-, -phyte

【来源及含义】Greek: a plant; growth [growing in a specified way or place; to produce]

【同源单词】acarophytism, acrophyte, acropleustophyte, acropleustophytic, aerophyte, aigialophyte