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Learning English Roots

commodious
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix



commodious
offering plenty of room; spacious; roomy
宽敞的
Dissection of commodious
commodious = com- (together) + mod (measure; manner; extended further to mean moderate, adjust, suit) + -ious (full of);
commodious = full of suitable space; roomy
Now Repeat my Dissection
Important roots for this word:
com-
-ious
mod

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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