portrait
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
tract
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
portrait
a representation of a person, especially of the face; drawn, painted, or photographed, or sculptured representation of a person
肖像, 画像; adj. (文件页面)竖的
Dissection of portrait
portrait = por (=pro-, before, extended further to mean forward, forth) + trait (=tract, draw);
portrait = draw something out;
portrait = extended further to mean a representation of a person in a picture, a photo, or a sculpture
Now Repeat my Dissection
portrait = draw something out;
portrait = extended further to mean a representation of a person in a picture, a photo, or a sculpture
Important roots for this word:
pro-
tract
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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