Latin Lessons

Roots

ALIEN

• Of another

• Alien, alienate, alienation

• Inalienable (unalienable)

ART

• Art, skill

• Art, artifact

• artisan

FIN

• End, limit

• Final, infinite, definite, indefinite

FIRM

• Strong, firm

• Confirm, affirm

• firmament

FORT

• Strong

• fortitude,

• Fort, forte,

• comfort

GRAND

• Great

• Grand, grandeur

GRAV, [GRIEV]

• Heavy

• Grave, grievance

• Grieve

• Grief (an orthographic variant)

LINE, [LIGN]

• Line

• Line, align

NIHIL

• Nothing

• Nihilism

• annihilate

NULL

• Nothing

• Null, annull

PART

• Part

• part, depart, impart

• partition

VERB

• Word, verb

• Verb, adverb

• Verbatim, proverb

VEST

• Garment

• Vest, vestment

CED-, CESS

• To go, yield

• Concede, precede

• Excess, procession

DUC-, DUCT-

• To lead

• Conduct, reduction

• Reduce, induce

JUDIC-

• Judgment

• Judicial, judiciary

• adjudicate

JUR-, JUST-

• Law, right, take an oath, form an opinion

• Jury, conjure

• Just, justify

• jurisprudence

LEV-

• Light (in weight), lift

• Levitate, elevate

• levity

LOQU-, LOCUT-

• Speech, to speak

• Colloquial

• Eloquent

• Elocution

• interlocutor

LUD, LUS-

• To play, mock

• Interlude, delude

• illusion

PREC-

• To request, beg; prayer

• Imprecate

• precarious

TRUD-, TRUS-

• To push, thrust

• Protrude; intrusion

• unobtrusive

VEN-, VENT-, [VENU-]

• To come

• Intervene, invention

• Avenue, venue

CRUC

• cross

GREG

• Flock, herd

HAB-, AB-, (HIB-)

• To have

• To hold as customary

PED

• foot

PUNG-, PUNCT-

• To prick

• To point

SACR-, [SECR-]

• sacred

SANCT

• holy

SENT, -SENS-

• To feel

• To think

TURB-

• disturb

VERT-, VERS-

• To turn

VI(A)-

• Way

• road

CLUD-, CLUS-[CLOS-]

• To shut

CUR(R)-, CURS-

• To run, go

GRAD-, GRESS-

• To step, to go

PEND, - PENS-

• To hang

• To weigh

• To pay

PLE-, PLET-, PLEN-

• To fill

• full

SPEC-, [SPIC], SPECT-

• To look

UND-, [OUND-]

• wave

VID-, VIS-, [VIEW-]

• To see

VOC-, VOK-

• Voice

• To call

SEMI

• HALF, PARTLY

UN

• ONE

PRIM

• FIRST

DU

• TWO

BI, BIN

• TWO

• TWICE

TRI

• THREE

QUADR

• FOURTH

QUINT

• FIFTH

SEXT

• SIX

• SIXTH

SEPT

• SEVEN

OCT

• EIGHT

OCTAV

• EIGHTH

DECI

• TENTH

CENT

• HUNDRED

MILL

• THOUSAND

ANIM

• MIND

• FEELING

• LIFE

ANNU(U), ENNI-

• YEAR

BENE, BON

• WELL

• GOOD

CANT, [CHANT]

• TO SING

CUR

• CURE

• CARE

EQU (IQU)

• EQUAL

• EVEN

FER

• TO BEAR

• TO CARRY

LAT

• TO BEAR, CARRY

MAGN

• GREAT

MAL(E)

• BAD

MULT

• MANY

OPTIM

• BEST

PLIC-, PLEX -

• TO FOLD

• UNTANGLE

• INTERWEAVE

AQU(A)

• water

Corp(us)

• body

omn

• All, every, whole

reg

• Rule

• Guide

• Direct

• govern

simil

• similar

temper

• Time

• Season

• To set bounds

ten

• To hold

tend

• To strive

• To stretch

tenu

• Thin

• stretched

dom

• House

• master

Flag(r)

• Burn

• flame

flat

• blow

gen

• Race, kind, stock family

• Beget, bear, bring forth, origin

later

• side

luc

• light

par

• Make ready

• Put in order

• provide

sen

• old

serv

• Serving, servile

• Keep or preserve (save)