hibernate
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
hibern
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
hibernate
to spend the winter in a dormant (sleeping) state
过冬, 冬眠, 避寒
Dissection of hibernate
hibernate = hibern (winter) + -ate (do; make; cause);
hibernate = to pass the winter;
hibernate = extended further to mean to pass winter by sleeping through the winter
Now Repeat my Dissection
hibernate = to pass the winter;
hibernate = extended further to mean to pass winter by sleeping through the winter
Important roots for this word:
-ate
hibern
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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