accuracy
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
-acy
cura
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
accuracy
the quality or state of being accurate or exact; precision; exactness
准确(性), 精确度
Dissection of accuracy
accuracy = ac- (to) + cura (care) + remove a + -acy (condition; state; quality; act);
the quality of being careful and exact;
accuracy = extended further to mean exactness
Now Repeat my Dissection
the quality of being careful and exact;
accuracy = extended further to mean exactness
Important roots for this word:
ac-
-acy
cura
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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