missive
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
miss
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
missive
letter; a written communication
公文, 书信; adj. 送出的
missive 的切分如下:
missive = miss (send; let go 派， 送； 让走) + -ive (condition; state; quality; act; thing from or used in the act 条件； 性质； 状态； 行动； 行动的手段或结果);
missive = thing to be sent 要送之物;
missive = extended further to mean letter; a written communication 引申为公文
现在我来再次切分一下该词试试
missive = thing to be sent 要送之物;
missive = extended further to mean letter; a written communication 引申为公文
该词的重要词根如下:
-ive
miss
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.
Now please try to dissect the word into the roots that you know yourself in the box below:
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