terrace
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
terrace
a raised, flat mound (heap) of earth with sloping sides
梯田的一层, 梯田, 房屋之平顶, 露台, 阳台, 倾斜的平地
Dissection of terrace
terrace = terra (=terr, earth; land) + -ce (=-ace, condition, state; act; thing used in the act or from the act);
terrace = a mound (heap) of earth;
terrace = extended further to mean a flat mound of earth that has sloping sides
Now Repeat my Dissection
terrace = a mound (heap) of earth;
terrace = extended further to mean a flat mound of earth that has sloping sides
Important roots for this word:
terr
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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