efficiency
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
fact
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
efficiency
quality of being efficient (being able to produce a desired result, effect, product, etc. with a minimum of effort, expense, or waste)
效率, 功率
Dissection of efficiency
efficiency = ef- (completely, very) + -fic (do, make, cause) + i + -ency (quality; condition; state);
efficiency = the quality of being very able to accomplish or do something well
Now Repeat my Dissection
efficiency = the quality of being very able to accomplish or do something well
Important roots for this word:
ef-
fact
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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