appendix
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
pend
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
appendix
supplementary material usually attached at the end of a piece of writing
附录, 阑尾
Dissection of appendix
appendix = ap- (to) + pend (hang) + -ix (a noun suffix);
appendix = something that is hanging on to or attached to another thing;
appendix = extended further to mean something supplementary that is attached to another thing
Now Repeat my Dissection
appendix = something that is hanging on to or attached to another thing;
appendix = extended further to mean something supplementary that is attached to another thing
Important roots for this word:
ap-
pend
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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