LATcomes from Latin noun latum"to carry, to bring, to bear", 同義詞根有fer, 注意: lat為Latin verb ferre的動名詞詞幹, 由於lat的衍生性強很多，所以這邊把它單獨當成一個詞根處理.
LAT相關的詞彙
translate [trns'let] vt. 翻譯；轉化；解釋；轉變為；調動 vi. 翻譯
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☉拆 trans(from...to...)+lat(to carry)+e -> carry an idea from one language to another -> 翻譯(從一種語言轉化到另外一種語言)
☉拓展
translation [trns'len] n. 翻譯；譯文；轉化；調任
translator [trns'let] n. 譯者；翻譯器
translative adj. 翻譯的；轉移的；轉讓的
☉詞源
translate (v.)early 14c., "to remove from one place to another," also "to turn from one language to another," from Old French translater and directly from Latin translatus "carried over," serving as past participle of transferre "to bring over, carry over" (see transfer), from trans- (see trans-) + latus "borne, carried"
relate [r'let] vt. 敘述；使…有聯繫 vi. 涉及；認同；符合；與…有某種聯繫
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☉拆: re(back again)+lat(to bring)+e -> bring back in mind -> 講; 使聯繫
☉拓展
relation [r'len] n. 關係；敘述；故事；親屬關係
☉詞源
relate (v.)1520s, "to recount, tell," from Middle French relater "refer, report" (14c.) and directly from Latin relatus, used as past participle of referre "bring back, bear back" (see refer), from re- "back, again" + latus (see oblate (n.)).
superlative [su'pltv] adj. 最高的；最高級的；過度的 n. 最高級；最好的人；最高程度；誇大話
☉ TEM4 GRE
☉拆: super(above 在...之上)+lat(to carry)+ive(adj後綴) -> 拿到了...上方 -> 最高級的
☉拓展
superlativeness n. 最高級；最好
☉詞源
superlative (adj.)late 14c., from Old French superlatif "absolute, highest; powerful; best" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin superlativus ,from Latin superlatus "exaggerated" , from super "beyond" (see super-) + lat- "carry," from *tlat-, past participle stem of tollere "to take away"
ablation ['blen] n. [水文] 消融；切除
☉拆: ab(away)+lat(to carry)+ion(the act) -> the act of carry away -> 取走身體的某個部分 -> 外科的切除術
☉拓展
ablate 注意: ablation的逆生動詞 v 切除
☉詞源
ablation (n.)early 15c., from Latin ablationem (nominative ablatio), "a taking away," noun of action from past participle stem of auferre "to carry away," from ab- "off" (see ab-) + ferre (past participle latum; see oblate) "to bear."
collate [k'let] vt. 核對，校對；校勘
☉ TEM8 GRE
☉拆: col(com together)+lat(bring)+e -> 拿到一起比較 -> 較對; 核對
☉拓展
collation [k'len] n. 校對；齋日的點心；牧師職務
collator [kɑ'let] n. 整理器；核對人；校對機
☉詞源
collate (v.)1610s, from Latin collatus, irregular past participle of conferre "to bring together," from com- "together" (see com-) + latus (see oblate (n.)), serving as past participle of ferre "to bear" (see infer). Related: Collated; collating.
delate [d'let] vt. 告發，控告 [ 過去式 delated 過去分詞 delated 現在分詞 delating ]
☉拆: de(down)+lat(bring)+e -> bring sb down -> 把某人拉下來 -> 控告; 告發
☉拓展
delator [di'leit] n. [法] 控告者；告密者
illation ['len] n. 演繹；推論；推定
☉拆: il(in into)+lat(to bring)+ion(n後綴) ->the act of bringing into a conclusion 引入結論的行為 -> 推論; 演繹
☉拓展
illative ['ltv] adj. 引出推論的 n. 推論詞
壹 句
It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history.
有人說沒有歷史的民族是幸福的, 這從根本上就是錯誤的。