belligerent
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
ger
bell
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
belligerent
waging war
好战的, 交战的, 交战国的; n. 交战者
Dissection of belligerent
belligerent = bell (war) + i + ger (bear, bring, carry) + -ent (relating to);
belligerent = (of a country) relating to waging a war
Now Repeat my Dissection
belligerent = (of a country) relating to waging a war
Important roots for this word:
-ent
ger
bell
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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