【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: Greek [abussoz], a-, "no" plus bussos, "bottom" through Latin [abyssus], "no bottom, bottomless"
【相关词根词缀】Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water: ;Atlantic,batho-, bathy- (depth),bentho- (deep, depth),halio-, halo- (salt or "the sea"); ;mare, mari- (sea); ;necto-, nekto- (swimming); ;oceano-; ;pelago- (sea, ocean); ;plankto- (drifting); ;thalasso- (sea, ocean).
【同源单词】abysm, abysmal, abysmally, abyss, abyssal, abyssal plains