维基百科英语词根List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English_P–Z.pdf,List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from P to Z. See als
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The Greek roots of this word are “mother” and “city.” Socrates, convicted in court of corrupting the youth with his philosophy, was given a choice between drinking poison or exile from his mother city of Athens. He chose poison because he wasn’t an idiot, in the ancient sense. If ...
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A dealer in rare books. [Latinbibliopōla,bookseller, from Greekbibliopōlēs:biblio-,biblio-+pōlein,to sell; seepel-inIndo-European roots.] bib′li·o·pol′ic(-pŏl′ĭk),bib′li·o·pol′i·caladj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright ...
Note that ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See alsoLatin spelling and pronunciation...
[Middle English sidre, hard cider, from Old French sizre, sidre, from Late Latin sīcera, intoxicating drink, from Greek sikera, of Semitic origin; see škr in Semitic roots.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin ...