gregarious
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
greg
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
gregarious
tending to associate with others of one's kind; social; marked by or indicating a liking for companionship; sociable
群居的, 爱社交的
Dissection of gregarious
gregarious = gred (herd; herd together) + -ar (relating to) + -ious (full of);
gregarious = liking to herd together;
gregarious = extended further to mean tending to associate with others
Now Repeat my Dissection
gregarious = liking to herd together;
gregarious = extended further to mean tending to associate with others
Important roots for this word:
-ious
greg
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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