-fuge

-fuge

(word root) away from

Examples of words with the root -fuge: centrifuge

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-fuge

suff.

One that expels or drives away: vermifuge.

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[French, from New Latin -fugus, driving away, fleeing, from Latin, fleeing (from fugere, to flee) and from Latin fugāre, to drive away (from fuga, flight).]

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-fuge

n combining form

indicating an agent or substance that expels or drives away: vermifuge.

[from Latin fugāre to expel, put to flight]

-fugal adj combining form

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-fuge

a combining form meaning “something that repels or drives away” the thing specified by the initial element: vermifuge.

[< French < Latin -fugus, derivative of fugāre to drive away]

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