All Latin roots
The 467 Latin roots behind English
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A
- a — on
- a, ab/s — from, away, off
- a/c/d — to, toward, near
- acer/acr — sharp, bitter
- act — do
- agr — field
- alb — white
- ali — other
- alter — other, change
- ambi — both, on both sides, around
- ambul — walk, move
- ami/o — love
- ampl — large, wide
- angu — narrow, distress
- anim — life, spirit
- ann/enn — year
- ante — before, in front
- antiq — old, ancient
- apt/ept — fit, suitable
- aqu/a — water
- arbor — tree
- ard/ars — burn
- arm — weapon
- art — skill
- aud/i/io — hear
- aug/auct — increase
- aur — gold
- avi/a — bird
- axi- — axis
B
C
- cad/cas/cid — fall
- calc — stone
- camp — field
- cand — glowing, iridescent
- cant — sing
- cap/capit — head
- capt, cept, ceive — take, hold
- carn/i — flesh, meat
- cast — pure
- caus/cus — cause, motive
- cav — hollow
- cede, ceed, cess — go, yield
- celer — fast
- cell — hide, small room
- cens — judge, assess
- cent/i — hundred, hundredth
- centr — center
- cerebr/o — brain
- cert — sure
- cide, cise — cut, kill
- cing/cinct — surround, bind
- circum, circle — around, about
- civ — citizen
- claim, clam — shout, speak out
- clar — clear
- clav — key
- cline — lean
- clud, clus — close
- co — with, together, joint
- cogn/i — know
- col — together, jointly
- color — color
- com — together, common
- commun — shared, common
- con — with, jointly
- consul — advise
- contra/o — against, opposite
- copi — abundance
- cord — heart
- coron — crown
- corp/o — body
- cred — believe
- crem — burn
- cresc/cret — grow
- crimin — charge, accusation
- cruc — cross
- cub/cumb — lie down
- culp — blame, fault
- cultu — cultivate, tend
- cumul — mass, heap
- cur/cura — care
- curr, curs — run
D
- damn — loss, harm
- dat — give
- de — reduce, away, down, remove
- deb — owe
- deci — one tenth
- decor — beauty, grace
- delic — delight, allure
- demi — half, less than
- dens — thick
- dent, dont — tooth
- di/s — apart, away, not, to the opposite
- dict — speak
- diet/diurn — day
- digit — finger
- dign — worthy
- div — separate, god
- doc/doct — teach
- dol — pain, grieve
- dom — home
- domin — master
- don/at — give
- dorm — sleep
- du/o — two, twice
- dub — doubt
- duc/t — lead
- dur — harden, to last, lasting
E
F
- fabr — craft, make
- fac/t — make, do
- fals — false, deceive
- fam — fame, report
- famili — household, family
- febr — fever
- feli — happy
- femin — woman
- fend/fens — strike, defend
- fer — bear, bring, carry
- ferr — iron
- ferv — boil, glow
- fest — festival, joyful
- fid — faith
- figur — shape, form
- fil — thread
- fin — end, limit
- fing/fict — form, feign
- firm — strong, steadfast
- flagr — burn, blaze
- flat — blow
- flect — bend
- flor/a — flower
- fluv/flux — flow
- foli — leaf
- form — shape
- fort — strong
- fract, frag — break
- frater — brother
- fruct/frug — fruit, enjoy
- fug — flee, run away, escape
- fum — smoke
- funct — perform, work
- fund/found — bottom, base
- funer — funeral, death rites
- fus — pour
G
H
I
J
L
- lab — work
- lact/o — milk
- langu — weak, faint
- lapid — stone
- laps — slip, fall
- lat — wide, broad
- later — side
- laud — praise
- lav/lut — wash
- leg — law, read
- legat — send, appoint
- lev — light, rise
- liber — free
- libr — book
- lig — bind
- lign — wood
- limin — threshold
- lingu — language, tongue
- liqu — fluid
- liter — letter
- loc — place
- long — long
- loqu, locu — speak
- luc — light
- lud, lus — to play
- lumin — light
- lun/a/i — moon
M
- machin — device, contrivance
- magn/a/i — great, large
- mal/e — bad, ill, wrong
- man/i/u — hand
- mand — to order
- mar/i — sea
- marg — edge, border
- mater, matr/i — mother
- max — greatest
- medi — middle
- memor/i — remember
- ment — mind
- merc — trade, reward
- merge, mers — dip, dive
- migr — move
- milit — soldier
- milli — one thousandth
- min/i — small, less
- mir — wonder, look at
- misc — mix
- miser — wretched, unhappy
- miss, mit — send, let go
- mob — move
- mod — measure, manner
- mol — mass, bulk
- mon/monit — warn, remind
- mont — mountain
- mor — custom, character
- mort — death
- mot, mov — move
- multi — many, more than one or two
- mun/muni — duty, fortification
- mur — wall
- mut — change
N
O
P
- pac/pax — peace
- pan — bread
- par — equal
- para — protection from
- part — part, share
- pass — step, endure
- past — feed
- pater, patr/i — father
- pauc — few
- pecc — sin, fault
- ped/i/e — foot, feet
- pel — drive, force
- pen/poen — punishment
- pend/pens — hang, weigh, pay
- per — through, throughout
- pet/petit — seek, strive
- petr — rock, stone
- pig/pict — paint, color
- pisc — fish
- plac — please, calm
- plant — plant, sole of foot
- plaud, plod, plaus, plos — approve, clap
- pleb — common people
- plen/plet — full
- plic — fold
- plor — cry, weep
- plur — more
- pon — place, put
- pont — bridge
- pop — people
- port — carry
- pos — place, put
- post — after, behind
- pot/potent — power, able
- pre — earlier, before, in front of
- prec — pray, entreat
- preci — price, value
- press — press, push
- prim — first
- priv — private, own
- prob — prove, test
- propri — own, proper
- proxim — near
- pugn/a, pung — to fight
- pul — urge
- purg — clean
- put — think
Q
R
- radic, radix — root
- radio — radiation, ray
- ram/i — branch
- rap/rapt — seize, carry away
- re — again, back, backward
- rect — right, straight
- reg — guide, rule
- retro — backward, back
- rid — laugh
- riv — stream, bank
- rog — ask
- rot — wheel, turn
- rub — red
- rud — rough, unformed
- rupt — break, burst
- rur/rus — country, countryside
S
- sacr/secr — sacred
- sal/sult — leap, jump
- salv — save, safe
- san — health
- sanct — holy
- sang/sangui — blood
- sap/sip — wise, taste
- sat/satis — enough
- scal — ladder, climb
- scend — climb, go
- sci — know
- scrib, script — write, written
- se — apart
- sec/sequ — follow
- sect — cut
- sed, sid, sess — sit
- semi — half, partial
- semin — seed
- sen — old
- sens/sent — feel, think
- sept/i — seven
- serp — crawl, creep
- serv — save, keep
- sex — six
- sider — star
- sign — mark, sign
- silv — forest, wood
- simil/simul — like, same
- simpl — simple, single
- sinu — curve, bend
- sist — stand, stop
- soci — companion
- sol — alone
- sol — sun
- solv/solu — loosen, free
- somn/i — sleep
- son — sound
- spec/t, spic — see, look
- spir — breathe
- splend — shine, be bright
- spons — promise, pledge
- sta — stand
- stell — star
- stingu/stinct — quench, prick
- string/strict — bind, tighten
- struct — build
- sub — under, lower than, inferior to
- sum — highest
- super — higher in quality or quantity
- surg/surrect — rise
T
- tab/tabul — board, table
- tac/tacit — silent
- tact, tang — touch
- temp/or — time
- temper — mix, moderate
- ten, tin, tent — hold
- ten/tenu — thin, slender
- ter, trit — rub
- term/ina — end, limit
- terr/a/i — land, earth
- test — witness
- text — weave
- timid — fear
- tort — twist
- tot — whole, entire
- tox — poison
- tract — pull, drag
- trans — across, beyond, through
- trib — give, assign
- trud/trus — push, thrust
- trunc — cut off, shorten
- tuit/tut — watch, protect
- tumul — swell, commotion
- turb — disturb, agitate
U
V
- vac — empty
- vag — wander
- valu — worth, strength
- vapor — steam, mist
- vari — different, changing
- vast — empty, immense
- vel — veil, cover
- ven/t — come
- vend — sell
- ver/i — truth
- verb — word
- vern — spring
- vers, vert — turn
- vest — clothe, garment
- vi/via — way, road
- vice — acting in place of, next in rank
- vig/veg — lively, active
- vigil — watchful, awake
- vin — wine
- vince, vic — conquer
- vir — man, strength
- vis, vid — see
- vit/viti — fault, vice
- viv/i vit — live, life
- voc/i — voice, call
- vol/i/u — wish, will
- volv/volu — roll, turn
- vor, vour — eat
- vulg — common people
- vulner — wound
action 29
- act — do
- art — skill
- capt, cept, ceive — take, hold
- cide, cise — cut, kill
- dat — give
- don/at — give
- fabr — craft, make
- fac/t — make, do
- funct — perform, work
- ger/gest — carry, bear
- hab/hib — have, hold
- lab — work
- lav/lut — wash
- lud, lus — to play
- misc — mix
- onus/oner — burden, load
- oper — work
- pet/petit — seek, strive
- pig/pict — paint, color
- press — press, push
- purg — clean
- rap/rapt — seize, carry away
- sect — cut
- serv — save, keep
- solv/solu — loosen, free
- ten, tin, tent — hold
- ter, trit — rub
- trib — give, assign
- util — use
body 32
- acer/acr — sharp, bitter
- aud/i/io — hear
- cap/capit — head
- carn/i — flesh, meat
- cerebr/o — brain
- cord — heart
- corp/o — body
- cub/cumb — lie down
- dent, dont — tooth
- digit — finger
- dorm — sleep
- ed — eat
- febr — fever
- gust — taste
- lact/o — milk
- langu — weak, faint
- man/i/u — hand
- nerv — nerve, sinew
- ocu — eye
- odor — smell, scent
- oss — bone
- ped/i/e — foot, feet
- san — health
- sang/sangui — blood
- somn/i — sleep
- son — sound
- spir — breathe
- tact, tang — touch
- tox — poison
- vest — clothe, garment
- vor, vour — eat
- vulner — wound
conflict 19
- arm — weapon
- bell belli — war
- camp — field
- cide, cise — cut, kill
- contra/o — against, opposite
- damn — loss, harm
- fend/fens — strike, defend
- fug — flee, run away, escape
- milit — soldier
- noc/nox — harm
- ob, op — in the way, against
- para — protection from
- pugn/a, pung — to fight
- rap/rapt — seize, carry away
- surg/surrect — rise
- tumul — swell, commotion
- turb — disturb, agitate
- vince, vic — conquer
- vulner — wound
emotion 37
- acer/acr — sharp, bitter
- ami/o — love
- angu — narrow, distress
- ard/ars — burn
- bene — good, well
- bon — good
- cord — heart
- cur/cura — care
- delic — delight, allure
- dign — worthy
- dol — pain, grieve
- feli — happy
- ferv — boil, glow
- fest — festival, joyful
- fid — faith
- grat — pleasing
- horr — shudder, dread
- jubil — shout for joy
- langu — weak, faint
- laud — praise
- lud, lus — to play
- mal/e — bad, ill, wrong
- mir — wonder, look at
- miser — wretched, unhappy
- pac/pax — peace
- pass — step, endure
- pet/petit — seek, strive
- plac — please, calm
- plaud, plod, plaus, plos — approve, clap
- plor — cry, weep
- pul — urge
- quiet/qui — rest, calm
- rid — laugh
- sacr/secr — sacred
- sens/sent — feel, think
- timid — fear
- vol/i/u — wish, will
language 31
- cant — sing
- claim, clam — shout, speak out
- dict — speak
- fam — fame, report
- laud — praise
- leg — law, read
- libr — book
- lingu — language, tongue
- liter — letter
- loqu, locu — speak
- mand — to order
- mon/monit — warn, remind
- narr — tell
- nom/in — name
- not — mark
- noun, nunc — declare
- or/ora — speak, pray
- plaud, plod, plaus, plos — approve, clap
- plor — cry, weep
- prec — pray, entreat
- quer/quest — ask, seek
- rog — ask
- scrib, script — write, written
- sign — mark, sign
- son — sound
- spons — promise, pledge
- tac/tacit — silent
- test — witness
- text — weave
- verb — word
- voc/i — voice, call
life 15
light 17
mind 36
- apt/ept — fit, suitable
- caus/cus — cause, motive
- cens — judge, assess
- cerebr/o — brain
- cert — sure
- clar — clear
- cogn/i — know
- consul — advise
- cred — believe
- cur/cura — care
- doc/doct — teach
- dub — doubt
- ego — self, I
- err — wander, mistake
- exempl — model, example
- fals — false, deceive
- fid — faith
- fing/fict — form, feign
- idem — same
- imag — likeness
- inan — empty, foolish
- memor/i — remember
- ment — mind
- opin — think, suppose
- prob — prove, test
- put — think
- quer/quest — ask, seek
- rud — rough, unformed
- sap/sip — wise, taste
- sci — know
- sens/sent — feel, think
- simil/simul — like, same
- stingu/stinct — quench, prick
- tuit/tut — watch, protect
- ver/i — truth
- vigil — watchful, awake
movement 52
- ambul — walk, move
- cad/cas/cid — fall
- cede, ceed, cess — go, yield
- celer — fast
- cline — lean
- cub/cumb — lie down
- curr, curs — run
- duc/t — lead
- err — wander, mistake
- fer — bear, bring, carry
- flat — blow
- flect — bend
- fluv/flux — flow
- fug — flee, run away, escape
- fus — pour
- ger/gest — carry, bear
- gress, grad/e/i — to step, to go
- iter — journey, again
- ject — throw
- laps — slip, fall
- lev — light, rise
- merge, mers — dip, dive
- migr — move
- miss, mit — send, let go
- mob — move
- mot, mov — move
- nav — ship
- orbit — circle, path
- pass — step, endure
- ped/i/e — foot, feet
- pel — drive, force
- port — carry
- pul — urge
- re — again, back, backward
- retro — backward, back
- rot — wheel, turn
- sal/sult — leap, jump
- scal — ladder, climb
- scend — climb, go
- sec/sequ — follow
- serp — crawl, creep
- surg/surrect — rise
- tort — twist
- tract — pull, drag
- trans — across, beyond, through
- trud/trus — push, thrust
- turb — disturb, agitate
- vag — wander
- ven/t — come
- vers, vert — turn
- vi/via — way, road
- volv/volu — roll, turn
nature 57
- agr — field
- aqu/a — water
- arbor — tree
- ard/ars — burn
- aur — gold
- avi/a — bird
- calc — stone
- camp — field
- cav — hollow
- crem — burn
- cultu — cultivate, tend
- ferr — iron
- ferv — boil, glow
- flagr — burn, blaze
- flor/a — flower
- fluv/flux — flow
- foli — leaf
- fruct/frug — fruit, enjoy
- fum — smoke
- gel/gelat — freeze
- germ — sprout, seed
- glaci — ice
- gran — grain
- herbi — grass, plant
- hum — ground, earth
- ign — fire
- insul — island
- lact/o — milk
- lapid — stone
- lign — wood
- liqu — fluid
- lun/a/i — moon
- mar/i — sea
- mont — mountain
- nav — ship
- noct — night
- orbit — circle, path
- pan — bread
- past — feed
- petr — rock, stone
- pisc — fish
- plant — plant, sole of foot
- radic, radix — root
- ram/i — branch
- riv — stream, bank
- rur/rus — country, countryside
- semin — seed
- serp — crawl, creep
- sider — star
- silv — forest, wood
- sol — sun
- stell — star
- terr/a/i — land, earth
- tox — poison
- vapor — steam, mist
- vern — spring
- vin — wine
position 45
- a — on
- a, ab/s — from, away, off
- a/c/d — to, toward, near
- ambi — both, on both sides, around
- ante — before, in front
- centr — center
- cing/cinct — surround, bind
- circum, circle — around, about
- co — with, together, joint
- col — together, jointly
- com — together, common
- con — with, jointly
- de — reduce, away, down, remove
- di/s — apart, away, not, to the opposite
- e- — out, away
- em, en — into, cover with, cause
- en, in — inside, inwards
- ex — from, out
- extra, extro — outside, beyond
- fund/found — bottom, base
- il, in — in, into
- infra — beneath, below
- inter — between, among, jointly
- intra, intro — within, inside
- later — side
- limin — threshold
- loc — place
- marg — edge, border
- medi — middle
- pend/pens — hang, weigh, pay
- per — through, throughout
- pon — place, put
- pos — place, put
- post — after, behind
- pre — earlier, before, in front of
- proxim — near
- se — apart
- sed, sid, sess — sit
- sist — stand, stop
- sta — stand
- sub — under, lower than, inferior to
- sum — highest
- super — higher in quality or quantity
- trans — across, beyond, through
- ultra — beyond, extreme, more than
power 19
- brut — heavy, dull
- cap/capit — head
- coron — crown
- domin — master
- duc/t — lead
- firm — strong, steadfast
- fort — strong
- gubern — govern, steer
- imper — command
- legat — send, appoint
- liber — free
- mand — to order
- pel — drive, force
- pot/potent — power, able
- reg — guide, rule
- rog — ask
- vice — acting in place of, next in rank
- vince, vic — conquer
- vir — man, strength
quantity 64
- ambi — both, on both sides, around
- ampl — large, wide
- aug/auct — increase
- bi bin bis — two, twice, once in every two
- brev — short
- cent/i — hundred, hundredth
- copi — abundance
- cresc/cret — grow
- cumul — mass, heap
- deci — one tenth
- demi — half, less than
- dens — thick
- du/o — two, twice
- equ/i — equal, equally
- fin — end, limit
- grav — heavy
- ig, il, im, in, ir — not, without
- inan — empty, foolish
- integr — whole, complete
- lat — wide, broad
- lev — light, rise
- long — long
- magn/a/i — great, large
- max — greatest
- milli — one thousandth
- min/i — small, less
- mod — measure, manner
- mol — mass, bulk
- multi — many, more than one or two
- neg — no
- non — no, not, without
- null — none, nothing
- numer — number
- omni — all
- opt — best
- par — equal
- part — part, share
- pauc — few
- plen/plet — full
- plur — more
- prim — first
- quad/r/ri — four
- quart — fourth
- quin/t — five, fifth
- sat/satis — enough
- semi — half, partial
- sept/i — seven
- sex — six
- simil/simul — like, same
- simpl — simple, single
- sol — alone
- sum — highest
- super — higher in quality or quantity
- temper — mix, moderate
- ten/tenu — thin, slender
- tot — whole, entire
- tumul — swell, commotion
- ultra — beyond, extreme, more than
- un — not,opposite of, lacking
- uni — one, single
- vac — empty
- valu — worth, strength
- vari — different, changing
- vast — empty, immense
society 61
- ali — other
- burs — pouch, purse
- cast — pure
- cens — judge, assess
- civ — citizen
- commun — shared, common
- consul — advise
- coron — crown
- crimin — charge, accusation
- culp — blame, fault
- cultu — cultivate, tend
- deb — owe
- dign — worthy
- div — separate, god
- dom — home
- fam — fame, report
- famili — household, family
- femin — woman
- fest — festival, joyful
- frater — brother
- greg — flock, group
- her/hered — heir, inherit
- hosp/host — guest, host
- hum — ground, earth
- jud — law
- jur/jus — law, right
- just — right, fair
- leg — law, read
- legat — send, appoint
- liber — free
- mater, matr/i — mother
- merc — trade, reward
- mor — custom, character
- mun/muni — duty, fortification
- nub/nupt — marry
- pac/pax — peace
- part — part, share
- pater, patr/i — father
- pecc — sin, fault
- pen/poen — punishment
- pend/pens — hang, weigh, pay
- pleb — common people
- pop — people
- prec — pray, entreat
- preci — price, value
- priv — private, own
- propri — own, proper
- rur/rus — country, countryside
- sacr/secr — sacred
- sanct — holy
- soci — companion
- spons — promise, pledge
- test — witness
- trib — give, assign
- urb — city
- valu — worth, strength
- vend — sell
- vice — acting in place of, next in rank
- vir — man, strength
- vit/viti — fault, vice
- vulg — common people
structure 46
- angu — narrow, distress
- axi- — axis
- cav — hollow
- cell — hide, small room
- clav — key
- clud, clus — close
- cruc — cross
- decor — beauty, grace
- div — separate, god
- fabr — craft, make
- figur — shape, form
- fil — thread
- fing/fict — form, feign
- flect — bend
- form — shape
- fract, frag — break
- fund/found — bottom, base
- glob — ball, sphere
- integr — whole, complete
- junct — join
- lig — bind
- machin — device, contrivance
- mod — measure, manner
- mol — mass, bulk
- mun/muni — duty, fortification
- mur — wall
- nect/nex — bind, connect
- ord — order, rank
- plic — fold
- pont — bridge
- press — press, push
- radic, radix — root
- ram/i — branch
- rect — right, straight
- rupt — break, burst
- sect — cut
- sinu — curve, bend
- solv/solu — loosen, free
- string/strict — bind, tighten
- struct — build
- tab/tabul — board, table
- text — weave
- tort — twist
- trunc — cut off, shorten
- vel — veil, cover
- vest — clothe, garment
time 22
- alter — other, change
- ann/enn — year
- ante — before, in front
- antiq — old, ancient
- diet/diurn — day
- dur — harden, to last, lasting
- ev/aev — age
- fin — end, limit
- iter — journey, again
- juven — young
- mut — change
- noct — night
- nov — new
- post — after, behind
- pre — earlier, before, in front of
- prim — first
- re — again, back, backward
- retro — backward, back
- sen — old
- temp/or — time
- term/ina — end, limit
- vern — spring
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