capricious
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
-ious
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
capricious
subject to caprices (sudden impulsive change in the way one thinks); tending to change abruptly and without apparent reason; erratic (wandering); flighty (flying through space)
变化无常的, 任性的
Dissection of capricious
capricious = cap (=capit, head) + ric (curly, like a hedgehog, like hair standing on end, shivering) + -ious (full of);
capricious = of sudden change;
capricious = extended further to mean subject to sudden change in the way one thinks
Now Repeat my Dissection
capricious = of sudden change;
capricious = extended further to mean subject to sudden change in the way one thinks
Important roots for this word:
capit
-ious
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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