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LATIN ROOTS

 

Prefix Meaning Examples
alter other alternate, alter ego
ami, amic- love amiable, amicable
aqua, aque water aquatic, aquarium, aqueduct
ann, enni year anniversary, annual, biennial, perennial
aud sound auditorium, audible, audiologist, audiotape
bell war belligerent, bellicose
brev short brief, abbreviate
cap take, seize capture, captivate, capacity
carn meat carnivorous, chili con carne
ced yield, go recede, secede, proceed, intercede, concession
-cide kill(ing) patricide, infanticide, herbicide. suicide
cogn know recognize, cognitive, incognito
corp body corpus, corpse, corporal
cred believe credible, credulous, credibility, credit, credo
cruc cross crucifix, crucial, cruciferous (vegetables)
culp guilt culpable, culprit
dei god deity, deify
dent tooth dentist, dentifrice, dentin
dic speak, say dictate, predict, diction, indict
duc, duct lead induce, deduce, seduction, conduct, abduct
ego self egotist, egomania
equ equal equal, equity, equanimity, equate, equidistant
fac make, do manufacture, factory, benefactor
frater brother fraternal, fraternize
grad, gress step gradual, progression, transgression
ject throw inject, reject, subject, projection
jud judge judicial, judge, adjudicate
leg, lect read, choose legible, lectern, lecturer, election
liter letter literature, illiterate, literal
loc place local, location, in loco parentis (in the place of parents)
luc light lucid, elucidate
magn large magnify, magnate, magnificent
man hand manufacture, manual, manuscript
mar sea marine, mariner
mater mother maternal, maternity, matriarchy, matricide
min small minority, minuscule, minute
mit, miss send permit, submission, mission, emit,
mob, mot move mobile, motile, automobile, mobility,
mov immobilize, motion, promote, movie
mon warn premonition, admonition
mor, mort death mortal, mortician, immortality
mut change mutant, mutability, mutate
nomen name nominal, nominate, nomenclature
nomin
nov new novel, renovate, innovation, novella
pac peace pacify, Pacific Ocean, pacifist
pater father paternal, paternity, patricide, patrilineal, patriotic
ped, pod foot pedal, pedometer, centipede, gastropod
pel, puls push pulsate, repulsive, impulse, compel, propel
pend hang, weigh pendulum, pendant, suspend, pending
pot power potent, omnipotent, potentate
port carry portable, transport, portage, report,
pugna fight pugnacious, pugilist
quer, quis ask query, inquisition,
scrib write manuscript, scribe, proscribe, circumscribe, nondescript, scripture
sed, sess sit sedentary, session
sent feel sensory, sensitive, insentient, sense
sequ, secu follow sequence, sequel, consecutive
simil same similar, assimilate, simile, facsimile (fax)
son sound sonar, resonate, unison
spec, spic look, see spectacles, spectator, inauspicious, prospect
perspicacious
spir breathe inspire, respiration, conspire, perspiration
tang, tact touch tactile, tangible
temp time temporary, temporize
ten, tent hold tentative, tenable, tenuous
terr earth subterranean, terrain, terrestrial, disinter
vac empty vacation, vacuum, vacuous, vacant
ven, vent come, go intervene, convene, contravene
ver truth veracity, verify, verity
vert turn introvert, irreversible, vertigo
vit life vital, revitalize, vitamin
voc call revoke, invocation, vocal, evocative, convocation

 



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