alternation
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
alter
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
alternation
the act or process of alternating (doing or performing by turns or in succession) or causing to alternate; succession
交互, 轮流, 隔一个
Note: compare alternation to altercation
Dissection of alternation
alternation = alter (the other; one or the other) + n (n is a remnant from -nus which is a Latin adjective suffix) + -ation (act; process);
alternation = the act or process of taking turns;
alternation = extended further to mean the act or process of doing or performing by turns
Now Repeat my Dissection
alternation = the act or process of taking turns;
alternation = extended further to mean the act or process of doing or performing by turns
Important roots for this word:
-ation
alter
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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