aeronautics
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
aer
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
aeronautics
the science of lower air ship (or lower air craft); the science of aircraft or flight
航空学
Dissection of aeronautics
aeronautics = aero (lower air) + naut (=nau, ship, sailor) + -ics (study of)
aeronautics = the study of lower air ship
Now Repeat my Dissection
aeronautics = the study of lower air ship
Important roots for this word:
nau
aer
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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