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Learning English Roots

advent
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix



advent
the coming of
出现, 到来
Dissection of advent
advent = ad- (to) + vent (come);
advent = to come; used as a noun, meaning the coming of
Now Repeat my Dissection
Important roots for this word:
ad-
vent

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
Repetition is the key to learning. Now please try to dissect the word into the roots that you know yourself in the box below:
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