illuminate
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
-ate
lumin
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
illuminate
to give light to; light up; to brighten; animate
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Dissection of illuminate
illuminate = il- (in) + lumin (light) + -ate (do; make; cause);
illuminate = to cause to light up
Now Repeat my Dissection
illuminate = to cause to light up
Important roots for this word:
il-
-ate
lumin
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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