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Word Roots: H

H – Heta: fences or posts 

  • 围栏, 庇护: hug (embrace), hat (cap), hut, home, hood, hair, house, hog
  • hour (高日小寸), 
  • 梯子/高: hot, high (tall), hall, height (altitude), head,  Helmet, human, huge, happy, horse, hope, heart, humor, honest, health, heal, honor
  • 出气: Hi, hey, hello, horn, hit, hard, hash, hack,  hale, harm, harsh, heave, hammer, hate

hab: habit, habitual, habituate, cohabit, habitation, rehabilitate

he – fence used to keep things inside, extend inside

herit (one who inherits property, successor): heir, heritage, heirloom, inherit, heredity

her (stick, cling, hold): adhere, inhere, cohere; inherent, coherent

hes (stick): adhesive, hesitate, cohesive, hesitant

hibit (hold): exhibit, prohibit, inhibit, 

hind (back): hindmost, hinder, hindsight, hindquarters

homo- (same): things fenced together

homogeneity, homonym, anomaly, homologous, homeostasis

hospit (host, guest): hospice, hostel, 

hypo- (under, below): hyphen, hypochondriac, hypocrisy, hypocrite, hypocritical, hypothesis, hypothetical, hypothermia, hypotenuse, hyphenated, hypodermic

hier: hierarchy, hieroglyph

hod (road, way): method, period, episode, methodical, exodus, electrode, odometer, periodic

hor: aphorism, horizon

human (of mankind) Below God

humane, humanitarian, inhumane, humble, humiliate, posthumous, exhume

hilar (cheerful, merry): hilarious, hilarity, exhilarated

hort (urge, encourage): exhort, hortatory,

 

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