-itious
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- Relating to or characterized by:
…的:与其相关或是有其特征的:
cementitious
黏合的
语源
- From Latin -icius
From Latin -icius - -īcius [adj. suffixes]
-īcius [adj. suffixes]
-itious
suffix forming adjectives
having the nature of; characterized by
⇒
nutritious
⇒
suppositious
Origin
from Latin -icius, -itious-itious
Word Origin
1
a compound suffix occurring in adjectives of Latin origin (adventitious) and with adjectives, formed in Latin or English, associated with nouns ending in -ition (ambitious; expeditious).
Compare -ite2, -ous.
Origin
< Latin -icius or -īcius (as in adventitious); and < Latin -itiōsusor -ītiōsus (as in ambitious)
Related Words
- adscititious
- adventitious
- artifactitious
- cementitious
- excrementitious
- expeditious
-itiousan adjective suffix occurring in adjectives associated with nouns in -ition, as expeditious, etc.
[Latin -icius, -īcius]-itious
adjective suffix
excrementitious
adjective suffix
ETYMOLOGY Latin -icius, -itius
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics ofexcrementitious
-itious1
suffix
- forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -ition (such as ambitious corresponding to ambition)[构成形容词, 与以-ition结尾的名词相对应, 如ambitious 与ambition 相对应]。
词源
from Latin -itiosus.
-itious2
suffix
- (forming adjectives) related to; having the nature of[构成形容词] 表示“与…相关的; 有…性质的, 有…特性的”:
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fictitious
suppositious.
词源
from late Latin -itius, alteration of Latin -icius.
1
ORIGIN: Late Latin -itius alt. of Latin -icius : cf. -ous .
2
ORIGIN: Repr. Latin -itiosus , from -itio(n-) -ition + -osus -ous : cf. -ious .
-itious
combining form. of or having the nature of: Fictitious = having the nature of fiction.
[< Latin -īcius, -icius, and -itius]
-i·tious
\|ishəs\ adjective suffix
Etymology: Latin -icius, -itius, adjective suffix added to the base of a noun or past participle
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics or properties of (something specified)
< excrementitious >
< cementitious >
< excrementitious >
< cementitious >
后缀:-itious [形容词后缀]
表示有...性质的,属于...的、具有...的,意义与-ous同
suppositious 想象的,假定的
cementitious 水泥的
adventitious 外来的,偶然的
factitious 人为的
expeditious 急速的
nutritious 有营养的
fictitious 虚构的
词根词缀:-itious
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; tending to, characterized by
【同源单词】adventitious, expeditious, fictitious