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
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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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