altitude
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
alt
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
altitude
height; especially the height of a thing above sea level or above the earth surface
高度, 海拔, 高地
Dissection of altitude
altitude = alt (high, extended further to mean height) + i + -tude (condition, state, quality, act);
altitude = the condition or state of being high;
altitude = height above sea level
Now Repeat my Dissection
altitude = the condition or state of being high;
altitude = height above sea level
Important roots for this word:
-tude
alt
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.
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