retroactive
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
act
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
retroactive
extending in effect to a time in the past
有追溯力的, 可追溯的
Dissection of retroactive
retroactive = retro- (backward) + act (=agere, to act, do, drive) + -ive (indicating tendency, quality, connection)
retroactive = relating to applying back
retroactive = extended further to mean having an effect on something in the past
Now Repeat my Dissection
retroactive = relating to applying back
retroactive = extended further to mean having an effect on something in the past
Important roots for this word:
retro-
act
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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