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
GREG
• Flock, herd
HAB-, AB-, (HIB-)
• To have
• To hold as customary
PUNG-, PUNCT-
• To prick
• To point
SACR-, [SECR-]
• sacred
SENT, -SENS-
• To feel
• To think
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
BI, BIN
• TWO
• TWICE
SEXT
• SIX
• SIXTH
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
PLIC-, PLEX -
• TO FOLD
• UNTANGLE
• INTERWEAVE
omn
• All, every, whole
reg
• Rule
• Guide
• Direct
• govern
temper
• Time
• Season
• To set bounds
tend
• To strive
• To stretch
tenu
• Thin
• stretched
dom
• House
• master
Flag(r)
• Burn
• flame
gen
• Race, kind, stock family
• Beget, bear, bring forth, origin
par
• Make ready
• Put in order
• provide
serv
• Serving, servile
• Keep or preserve (save)