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Latin Roots

ROOT
MEANING
EXAMPLES


ac, acr
sour, sharp
acute, acrid, acumen, acrimonious

aero
air
aerodynamics, aerodyne, aerosol

ag, act
do, drive, move, impel
agile, agent, act, agenda, reaction

agr
field
agriculture, agrarian, agronomy

alb
white
albino, albinism, albedo

ali
other
alien, alibi, alias

alt
high
altitude, altimeter, alto

alter
other, change
alter, alternate, alternant

ambul
walk
ambulatory, ambulant

amic, am
love, friend
amity, amatory, amicable

ampli
large
ampliation, ample, amplification

anim
mind, soul, spirit
animate, animosity, magnanimity

ani, enni
year
annals, anniversary, perennial

apt, ept
adjust, fit
adapt, aptitude, inept

api
bee
apiary, apian, apiarist

aqu
water
aquatic, aquarium, aqueduct

arm
arm, weapon
army, disarming, armory, armament

art
skill, craft, art
artisan, artful, artificial

aud, audit
hear
audible, audience, auditorium

aug
increase
augment, augmentative

aur
gold
aureate, aureole, auriferious

avi
bird
aviary, aviatrix, aviculture

bel, bell
war
bellicose, belligerent, rebel

bene, ben
well, good
benefit, benefactor, benediction

brev
short, brief
brevity, abbreviate, abridge

bull
boil
ebullient, ebullition

cand
white, glowing
incandescent, candle, candent

cant
sing
cantation, cantata, cantilate

cap, capt, cept, cip
take
capable, capacity, captious, reception, anticipate

capit
head
capital, decapitate, per capita

carn
meat, flesh
incarnate, carnal, carnivorous

ced, ceed, cess
move, yield, go
recede, proceed, concession

cent
hundred
century, centennial, centipede

cern, cert
perceive, separate, decide
discern, ascertain, certify

cid, dis
cut, kill
incision, homocide, fratricide

cit
summon, impel
excite, citation, incite

civ
citizen, city
civilian, civic, civilize, civility

clam, claim
shout, cry
clamor, proclaim, exclamation

clar
clear
clarify, clarity, clarinet, declare

clin
bend, lean
decline, declension, inclination

clud, clus, clau, clos
shut, close
conclude, closet, occlude, exclusion, claustrophobia

cogn
know, be acquainted
incognito, recognize, cognizant

commun
common
community, communion, communication

copi, op
abundance, wealth
copious, opulent

cord
heart
cordial, discord, accord, concord

corn
horn, point
cornucopia, cornea, corniculate

corp
body
corpuscle, corporation, corpulent

cred
belief, trust
credible, credulous, credit

cresc, cret
rise, grow
crescent, concrete, accretion

cruc
cross
crucifixion, crucifer, cruciform

culp
fault, blame
culpable, culprit, exculpate

cupr
copper
cupreous, cuprous, cupric

cur
care, care for
accurate, security, curator

cur, curr, curs
run, cours
curriculum, concur, recurrent

dec
ten
decimal, decimate, decennial

dent
tooth
dentist, denture, indent

dict
say, speak, word
diction, contradict, abdicate

digit
finger
digitate, digitigrade, digital

dign
worth, worthy
dignify, indignity, condign

doc, doct
teach, prove
docile, doctrine, indoctrinate

domin
master
dominate, domain, predominant

dorm
sleep
dormant, dormitory, dormer

du
two
duel, duet, duplicate

duc, duct
lead
adduce, seduce, abduct, education

dur
hard, lasting
durable, objurate, duration

ego
I, self
egotist, egoist, egocentric

equi, equ
equal
equality, equity, equinox

err
wander
errata, erratic, aberration

ev
time, age
medieval, longevity, primeval

fabul
story
fable, fabulous, fabliau

fac, fact, fec, fic
do, make, put
facile, facsimile, calefacient, defect, efficacious, factotem

fer
bear, yield, carry
confer, defer, offer, fertile

ferv
boil, bubble
fervor, perfervid, effervescent

fid
belief, faith
fidelity, perfidious, infidel

fin
end, limit
final, infinite, definitive

firm
strong, steadfast
confirm, firmament, infirmary, affirm

flor
flower
floral, florid, florescence, flourish

flext, flex
bend, twist
flexible, circumflex, genuflect

flu, fluct
flow
influence, flux, superfluous

foli
leaf
foliate, foliage, foliaceous

form
form, shape
conform, uniform, reformation

fort
strong
fortify, fortitude, effort, force

frag, fract
break
fragile, fragment, fraction, refract

frat
brother
fraternity, fraternize, fratricide

fund, fus
pour, melt
transfuse, suffuse, refund, foundry

gest, ger
carry, produce
gestation, gesture, ingest, gerund

grad, gress
take steps, step, go, walk
digress, gradient, aggression, egress, degrade, ingredient

grat
please, favor, thankful
gratitude, gratuity, congratulate

grav
weigh, heavy
gravity, gravitation, aggravate

grex, greg
flock, herd
congregate, gregarious, egregious

her, hes
cling, stick
adhere, coherence, adhesion

herb
grass
herbivorous, herbalist, herbicide

horr
shudder at
horrendous, horror, abhorrent

hum
be moist
humidify, humidity, humidor

ig
fire
igneous, ignite, ignescent

irid, irido
rainbow, iris of eye
irridescence, iridic, iridectomy

it
go, travel
exit, transit, circuit, itinerarv

jac, ject
throw, hurl, cast
ejaculate, eject, rejection

jud
judge
judicious, adjudicate, prejudice

junct
join
juncture, disjunctive, adjunct

jur
swear
conjure, abjure, perjury

labor
work
laboratory, elaborate, laborious

lact
milk
lactescent, lactiferous, lacteal

langu
feel weak
languor, languish, languid

latus
wide, side
latitudinarian, equilateral, latitude

laud
praise
laudable, applaud, laudation

leg
law
legislate, illegal, illegitimate

leg, lig, lect
gather, choose, read
legible, eligible, lectern, college

lev, leger
light, rise
levitation, elevate, levity

lingu
tongue, language
linguist, lingulate, bilingual

liter
letter
literal, alliterate, illiterate

loc
place
locus, locale, allocate, location

locu, loqu
talk, speech
colloquial, obloquy, location

luc
light
transluscent, lucid, elucidate

luna
moon
lunar, paralun, lunate, lunatic

magn
great, large
magnitude, magnanimous, magnate

mal
bad
malady, malevolent, malediction

man, manu
hand
manacle, manicure, manual

mar
sea
marine, maritime, submarine

mater, matr
mother
maternity, matricide, matriarchy

medi
middle
mediocre, mediate, medieval
memor
memory
memorial, remember, memorable

merg, mers
dip, plunge
submerge, emergent, immersion

meso
middle
mesomorph, mesosphere, mesozoic

migr
depart
migratory, immigration, emigrant

min
less, little
minus, minimize, minority

mit, miss
send
admit, omit, missile, emissary

mob, mo, mot, mov
move
mobile, remote, move, motor

mon, monit
warn
admonish, monitor, monish

monstr
show
demonstrate, remonstrate, monstrate

mont
mountain
mount, amount, dismount

mor, mort
die, death
moribund, mortuary, immortal

multi
many
multitude, multiple, multifarious

mur
wall
mural, immure

mut, mutat
change
immutable, transmute, mutation

natur
nature
natural, native, naturopathy

nav
ship, sail
naval, navigate, circumnavigate

neg
deny
negate, renege, negative

nomen, nomin
name
nomenclature, nominee, cognomen

nov
new
novelty, innovate, renovate

nox
harmful
noxious, obnoxious, noxiousness

num
marry
nubial, connubial, nuptials

ocul
eye
ocular, oculist, binocular

offic
duty
office, officious, officer

omni
all
omnipotent, omnivorous, omniscient

onus
load, burden
onus, onerous

ora
speak, pray
orate, oratorio, oracular

ord
order
disorder, ordinance, ordinary, ordain

orn
decorate
ornate, adorn, ornament

pac, pax
peace
pacify, Pax Romana, pacific

par
equal
par, disparity, disparate, separate

par
make ready, shield
prepare, repair, pare

pater, patr
father
paternal, patrimony, patristic

pecuni
money
percuniary, impecunious

ped
foot
pedal, centipede, quadruped

pel, puls
drive, urge
repel, compulsion, impulse

pend, pens
hand, weigh, pay
expensive, pension, suspend, pendant

pet
seek, ask, strive for
competitor, petulant, petition

petr
rock
petrified, petrography, petroglyph

pisci
fish
Pisces, piscary, pisciculture

plan
level
plane, explain, explanation

plen
full
plenty, plentitude, replenish

plic, pli, ply
fold, bend
duplicity, replica, imply

plumb
lead(metal)
plumbiferous, plumb, plumbeous

pomi
apple, fruit
pomander, pomade, pommel

pon, pos
place, put
postpone, proponent, deposit

port
carry
porter, export, portable, comportment

popul
people
popular, populous, population

pot
power
impotent, omnipotent, potentiality

prehend,prehens
seize
prehensile, apprehend, comprehension

press
press, force
press, pressure, oppress, expression

prim
first
primer, primitive, primeval

prob
good
probation, opprobrium, prove

propr
one's own, fitting
property, probity, proper

quir, quis
ask, seek
inquire, inquistion, requisition

quasi
somewhat, seemingly
quaisjudical, quasi, quasipublic

radi
ray
radiant, radial, irradiate

reg
straighten, rule
regiment, regal, interregnum, regicide

rid, ris
laugh
ridiculous, deride, derision

rog
ask
interrogate, rogation, derogative

rupt
break
rupture, abrupt, interrrupt

salv
safe
salvation, salvage, salvo

sanct
holy
sanction, sanctuary, sanctimonious

sang
blood
sanguine, consanguinity, sanguinary

sci
know
science, conscious, prescient

scrib, script
write
inscribe, transcribe, scriptures

sed, sid, sess, sej
sit, seat
sedentary, supersede, sejant, sessile, session, assiduous

seg, sect
cut
segment, sector, dissect

semin
seed
seminal, seminiferous, disseminate

sen
old
senior, senile, senescence, senate

sens, sent
feel
sensory, sensuous, sentimental, sentient

seq, secut, sue
follow
sequel, consequence, ensue, persecute

serv
keep, save, serve
conserve, preserve, service, servant

silv
forest
sylvan, silva, silviculture

simil
like
similar, similitude, assimilate

sist
stand
insist, persistence, desist

sol, soli
alone
solitude, solitaire, desolate

solid
compact
solid, consolidate, solder

solv, solu, solut
loosen, free
solvent, soluble, absolute

somni
sleep
somnambulate, somniferous, somnific

son
sound
unison, resonance, dissonance

spec, spic, spect
look, see
specimen, despicable, circumspect

spir
breathe
aspire, perspiration, spirit

sta
stand, firm
stable, establish, station, status

string, strict
bind tight
stringent, restrict, stricture

stru, struct
build
structure, construe, destruction

suad, suas
advise
persuade, dissuade, suasion

sud
sweat
sudorific, sudatorium, sudatory

sum, sumpt
take, spend, take
consumption, presume, assume

tang, ting, tig, tact
touch
tangible, tactile, contingent, contiguous, contact

tempor
time
contemporary, temporal, extemporaneous

teg, tect
cover
integument, protect, tegular

ten, tin, tent
hold
tenure, retentive, continence

tend, tens, tent
stretch
distend, tendency, pretense

tenu
thin
tenuous, attenuate, extenuate

terr, ter
land
terrestrial, subterranean, disinter

test
witness
testify, testimony, testament

torp
numb
torpid, torpor, torpedo

tort, tors
twist
distort, contortion, torsion

tract, tra
draw, pull, drag
traction, distract, train

trib
assign
attribute, distribute, contribute

trud, trus
thrust
intrusion, protrude, abstruse

turb
agitate
turbid, turbulence, disturbance

turg
swell
turgid, turgescent, turgor

umbr
shade
umbrella, adumbrate, penumbra

und
wave
undulant, inundate, abundant

uni
one
unity, uniform, unison

urb
city
urbanity, suburban, urbane

vac
empty
vacant, vacuous, evacuate

vad, vas
go
pervade, evasion, pervasive

ven, vent
come, go
intervene, convene, event, prevent

ver
true
verily, veracity, verisimilitude

verb
word
verbal, verbose, verbiage

verm
worm
vermicular, vermiculate

vert, vers
turn
aversion, inadvertent, convent

vest
dress
vesture, divest, vestment

vid, vis
see
visual, evident, supervisor

vinc, vict
conquer
convince, victor, invincible, evict

vit, viv
life, lively
vitality, vitamin, vivid

voc, vok
call
vocation, invoke, advocate

vol
wish
volition, volunteer, malevolent

volv, volu, volut
roll, turn
evolve, devolve, evolution, convolution

vulg
common
vulgar, vulgate, divulge

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