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Learning English Roots

junction
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix



junction
a joining or being joined
联接, 会合处, 交叉点
Note: compare juncture with junction
Dissection of junction
junction = junct (join) + -ion (act; process);
junction = a joining
Now Repeat my Dissection
Important roots for this word:
-ion
junct

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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