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This is a list of English words derived from Latin words, including Latin nouns, verbs and adjectives. The list is organized by Latin words.
See also:
- Category:Latin appendices
- Appendix:Ancient Greek words with English derivatives
- User:Dmcdevit/word list
Contents: | A B C D E F G H I L M N O P Q R S T U V |
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A[edit]
- acere, aceo «to be sour» acid, acidic
- acervus «heap» acerval, acervate, coacervate, coacervation
- aemulus «striving to equal or excel» emulous, emulate, emulation, emulator
- aequus «even, equal» adequacy, adequate, egalitarian, egalitarianism, equal, equalitarian, equalitarianism, equality, equalize, equalizer, equanimity, equate, equation, equator, equatorial, equidistant, equilibrium, equinox, equitable, equity, equivalence, equivalent, equivocation, equivocal, inadequacy, inadequate, inequitable, inequality, inequation, unequal, unequivocal
- aestimare «to value, rate, weigh, estimate» esteem, estimable, estimate, estimation, estimator, overestimate, underestimate
- aevum, aevī «age, lifetime, generation» coeval, eternal, eternity, longevity, longevous, medieval, primeval
- ager, agrī «(arable) land, (tilled) field» agrarian, agriculture, peregrine, pilgrim
- agere, ago «to do, act» act, action, actionable, active, activity, actor, actual, actualism, actuarial, actuary, actuate, actuation, actuator, agency, agenda, agent, agile, agility, agitate, agitation, allegation, allege, ambage, ambiguous, assay, cache, coagulation, cogency, cogent, essay, exact, exacta, examination, exigent, exiguous, fumigation, fustigate, interact, interaction, interactive, intransigent, levigate, litigate, navigate, navigation, navigator, objurgate, prodigal, prodigy, reaction, reactivation, reactivate, reactive, reactiveness, reactivity, reactor, redaction, retroactive, squat, transact, transaction, transactional, variegate, variegation
- alere, alo «to grow» (from here «altus») altar, altitude, altitudinous, enhance, enhancement, exalt, exaltation
- alius «other» abalienate, abalienation, alien, alienage, alienate, alienation
- alter «other» alter, alterable, alterate, alteration, altern, alternate, alternation, alternative, alternator, altruism, altruist, altruistic
- alvus «the belly» alveolar, alveolate, alveolus, alveus
- ambulare, ambulo «to walk, go about» amble, ambulance, ambulant, ambulate, ambulator, ambulatory, funambulist, perambulate, perambulation, perambulator, preamble, somnambulist, somnambulate, somnambulistic
- amicus «friend» amiable, amicable, amity, amicus
- angere «to cause pain, choke, distress, trouble» anguish, anxiety, anxious
- angulus «corner» angle, angular, angulate, angulation, pentangle, quadrangle, rectangle, rectangular, triangle, triangulate, triangulation
- annus, annī «year, season, age» annals, annual, annuity, anniversary, biennium, decennium, millennium, perennial, quadrennium, quindecennial, quinquennium, septennial, sexennial, superannuated, triennium, vicennial
- ante «before» advance, advancement, advantage, advantageable, advantageous, A.M., ante-, antecedent, disadvantage, disadvantageous, vantage
- apere, apo «to fasten, to join, to fit» adapt, adaptable, adaptability, adaptation, adaptational, adaptationism, adaptationist, adaptative, adapter, adaptive, adaptorial, apt, aptitude, attitude, attitudinal, exaptation, inept, ineptitude
- arbiter «witness» arbit, arbiter, arbitrable, arbitrage, arbitrary, arbitrate, arbitration, arbitrator
- arbor «tree» arbor, arboreal, arboretum, arboricide, arboricity, arborize, arborization, arborvitae
- arguere, arguo «to declare, show, prove, make clear, reprove, accuse» arguable, argue, arguer, argument, argumentation, argumentative
- ars «skill» art, artful, artifact, artifice, artificer, artificial, artificiality, artisan, artist, artiste, artistic, artless, artsy, inert, inertia, inertial
- articulus «a joint, limb, member, part, division, etc.» article, articulate, articulation
- astus «craft» astute, astuteness
- audere, audeo «to dare» audacious, audaciousness, audacity
- audire, audio «to hear» audible, audience, audile, audio, audit, audition, auditor, auditorium, auditory, oyez, obey, subaudition
- augere, augeo «to increase, augment» auction, auctioneer, augend, augment, augmentation, author, authority, authorization, authorize, auxiliary
- augur «an augur, a reader of omens» augur, augural, augury, inaugural, inaugurate, inauguration, inaugurator, inauguratory
- auscultare, ausculto «to listen» auscultate, auscultation, scout
B[edit]
- basis «pedestal, foot, base; etc.» (from Ancient Greek) basal, base, basis
- bini «two by two» combination, combinatory, combinatorics, combine, recombinant, recombinase, recombination, recombine
- bonus «good» bonafide, bonus, bountiful, bounty, boon
- bōs, bovis «cow» beef, bovine, bugle
- brevis «short» abbreviate, abbreviation, abbreviator, abridge, abridgment, brevet, breviary, brief, briefing, brevity, unabridged
C[edit]
- caballus «horse» cavalcade, cavalier, cavalry, chevalier, chivalrous, chivalry
- cadere, cado «to fall» accident, accidental, incidence, incident, coincide, coincidence, cadence, casual, casualty, chance, cheat, decadence, decay, deciduous, occasion, occasional, occident
- caedere, caedo «to cut» abscise, abscision, concise, decidable, decidability, decide, decision, decisive, imprecise, imprecision, incide, incise, incision, incisor, precise, precision
- caelum «sky» celestial
- calculus «a pebble» (> calculare) calculate, calculation, calculator, calculus, miscalculate, miscalculation, overcalculate, recalculate, recalculation
- calx «limestone, lime, chalk» calcite, calcium, chalk
- camera «chamber» camera, chamber, chamberlain, chambermaid, camaraderie, comrade, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship
- cancer «a crab; a tumor, cancer; lattice, grid, or barrier» cancel, cancellation, cancer, chancel, chancellery, chancellor, chancery
- canere, canto «to sing» cantor, chant, recant, recanter, recantation
- canis, canis «dog» canaille, canary, canicular, canine, chenille, kennel
- capanna «cabin, hut» cabana, cabin, cabinet
- capere, capio «to take» accept, acceptable, acceptability, acceptance, apperceive, apperception, apperceptive, capable, capability, capacious, capacitate, capacity, capacitance, capacitation, capacitor, capture, conceit, conceive, concept, conception, deceit, deceive, deception, except, exception, exceptional, incapacitate, inception, incipient, intercept, interception, occupy, perceive, perception, perceptive, precept, receipt, receive, receptacle, reception, receptionist, recipient
- capsa, capsae «container, holder, box, case» acapsular, case, cash, cashier, capsaicin, capsicum, capsular, capsulate, capsule, encase, encapsulate, encapsulation
- caput «head» chapter, chapiter, capital, capitalism, captain, capitulate, capitulation
- caro «flesh» carnal, carnality, carnalize, carnassial, carnival, carnivore, incarnadine, incarnate, incarnation, reincarnate, reincarnation
- carpere, carpo «to pluck» carpet, excerpt
- castrum «fort» castle, château, chatelaine
- cathedra «chair, throne» cathedra, cathedral, chair
- caudex «tree trunk» code, codec, coder, codex, codification, codifier, codify, decode, decoder, decoding, encode, encoder, encoding, recode, re-encode, transcode, transcoder
- causa «cause, reason, account, lawsuit» accusable, accusation, accusative, accusatory, accuse, accuser, causal, causality, causation, causative, cause, excusable, excuse, recuse
- cavus «hollow» cave, cavity, concave, excavate, excavation, excavator
- cedere, cedo «to go» abscess, accede, accedence, access, accessory, accessibility, accessible, accession, ancestor, ancestry, antecedent, cease, cede, cessation, concede, concession, decease, decede, exceed, excess, excessive, intercede, intercession, precede, precedence, precedent, predecessor, procedure, proceed, process, recede, recession, recessionary, succeed, success, succession, successive, successor, unprecedented
- celer «quick» accelerate, acceleration, accelerator, celerity
- cella, cellae «storeroom, silo, small room, poor man’s apartment» cell, cella, cellar, cellarer, rathskeller
- censere, censeo «to tax, assess, value, judge, consider, etc.» censor, censorial, censorious, censorship, censure, census, recension
- centrum «center» center, central, centrality, centralization, centralize, centrifugal, centrifuge, centripetal, concentrate, concentration, concentric, decentralization, decentralize, egocentric, epicenter, excentric
- centum «a hundred» cent, centennial, centipede, centum, century, centurion
- cernere, cerno «to separate, perceive, decide» certain, concern, crime, criminal, decree, discern, discernible, discernment, discreet, discrete, discretion, discretionary, discriminant, discriminate, discrimination, discriminative, excrement, excreta, excrescent, excrete, excretion, excretory, indiscernible, secret, secretary, secretion, secretive, secretory
- charta «papyrus, paper» card, cartographer, cartography, cartoon, cartouche, chart, charter
- ciere, cieo «to call, summon» accite, cite, citation, excite, excitement, excitation, excitatory, incite, incitement, recital, recitation, recitative, recite
- circus «ring, circle» (> circulus) circle, circular, circularity, circulate, circulation, circumference, circumstance, circus
- cīvis, cīvis «citizen» citizen, citizenry, city, civic, civil, civility, civilization, civilize
- classis, classis «fleet of ships, class of citizens, band, group» class, classic, classical, classism
- clarus «clear, bright, brilliant» chiaroscuro, claret, clarification, clarify, clarity, clear, declaration, declarative, declaratory, declare, declarer
- claudere, claudo «to shut» clause, claustrophobic, cloister, close, closure, conclude, conclusion, conclusive, include, inclusion, inclusive, exclusion, exclude, exclusive, occlude, occluder, occlusion, occlusive, preclude, preclusion, seclude, seclusion, seclusive, reclude, recluse, reclusion
- colere, colo «to till, cultivate, worship» agriculture, colonial, colonialism, colonization, colonize, colonist, colony, cult, cultic, cultist, cultivar, cultivate, cultivation, cultural, culture, cyberculture, horticulture, monoculture, occult, occultation, occultism, occultist, subculture
- comminisci, comminiscor «to devise, contrive, invent» comment, commentary, commentator, commenter, uncomment
- communis «common, general, universal» common, commonality, communal, communicate, communication, communicator, communicative, commune, communion, communism, communist, community
- cor, cordis «heart, mind judgment, dear friend» accord, accordance, concord, concordance, cordate, cordial, cordiality, cordiform, courage, courageous, discord, discordant, discourage, discouragement, encourage, encouragement, misericord, quarry, record, recorder
- corona «garland, chaplet or wreath» corona, coronary, coronal, coronate, coronation, coronet, crown
- cornū, cornūs «horn, drinking vessel, funnel, trumpet, arm (of a lake) » bicornuate, Capricorn, corn, cornea, corneous, corner, cornet, cornicopia, corniculate, cornification, cornu, lamellicorn, longicorn, tricorn, unicorn
- cras, crastinus «tomorrow» procrastinate
- creare, creo «to make, create» create, creation, creationism, creationist, creative, creativity, creativeness, creator, creature, recreate, recreation, recreational
- credere, credo «to lend, loan, believe, trust, accept as true» credence, credential, credibility, credible, credit, creditable, creditor, credo, credulous, creed, grant, incredible, incredulous, miscreant, recreant
- cremare, cremo «to burn to ashes» cremate, cremation, crematorium, crematory
- crepare, crepo «to rattle, rustle, clatter; etc.» crepitant, crepitate, crepitation, decrepit, decrepitude, discrepancy, discrepant
- crescere, cresco «to grow» accresce, accrescence, accrescent, accrete, accretion, accretive, accrue, concrete, increase, decrease, crescence, crescendo, crescent, crescentic, crew
- criterion, criterium «a test, a means of judging» criterion
- criticus «capable of judging» (from Greek) critic, critical, criticize, criticism, critique
- crūx, crūcis «cross, crucifix, torment, tormentor» cross, crucial, cruciate, crucifer, crucifixion, cruciform, crucify, cruise, cruiser, crusade, crusader crux, excruciate
- culpa «guilt» culpability, culpable, culprit, exculpate, exculpation, exculpatory, felix culpa
- cumulus «heap» accumulate, accumulation, accumulator, cumulus
- cura «care» accuracy, accurate, curable, curate, curation, curator, curative, cure, curio, curious, curiosity, inaccuracy, inaccurate, incurable, insecure, insecurity, proctor, proctorial, proctorship, procurator, procure, procurement, procurer, procuress, secure, securitization, securitize, security
- currere, curro «to run (hard, over), traverse, pass, skim over» concourse, concur, concurrency, concurrent, corral, corrida, corrido, corridor, corsair, courante, courier, course, current, currency, cursive, cursor, cursory, curule, decurrent, discourse, excursion, hussar, incur, intercourse, kraal, occur, occurrence, percurrent, precursor, recourse, recur, recurrence, recurrent, recursion, recursive, recursiveness, recursivity, succor
- curvus «bent, crooked, curved» curb, curvaceous, curvature, curve, curvy
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- damnum «loss» condemn, condemnable, condemnation, damage, damn, damnable, damnation, damnify, indemnify, indemnity
- dare, do «to give» betray, betrayal, betrayer, date, dative, datum, tradition, traditional, traitor, traitorous, treason, treasonable
- dens «tooth» dental, dentist, dentistry, denture, indent, indentation, outdent, trident, unindent
- desiderare, desidero «to desire» desiderate, desirable, desire, desirous
- deterior «worse» deteriorate, deterioration
- diēs, diēī «day, time, period, space of time» adjourn, adjournment, circadian, dial, diary, diet, dismal, diurnal, du jour, journal, journey, meridian, postmeridian, quotidian, sojourn
- dicere, dico «to say, tell, declare, name» addict, addiction, benediction, condition, conditional, contradict, contradiction, dedicate, dedication, dictate, diction, dictionary, dictum, ditto, ditty, edict, fatidic, herb bennet, indict, indiction, indite, interdict, juridical, jurisdiction, maledict, malediction, malison, predicable, predicament, predicate, predicative, predict, predictable, prediction, predictive, predictor, valediction, verdict, veridical, verdictive, voir dire
- dividere, divido «to divide» dividable, divide, dividend, divider, dividual, dividuous, divisibility, divisible, division, divisor, device, devise, individual, individualism, individualist, individuality, individualize, indivisibility, indivisible
- divus «a god» divination, divine, diviner, divinity
- docere, doceo «to teach» docent, docile, doctor, doctorate, doctrinaire, doctrinal, doctrine, document, documentary, indoctrinate
- dolere, doleo «to hurt, suffer, feel pain» condolence, dolent, indolence, indolency, indolent
- dolor «pain» dolor, dolorous
- domina, dominae «mistress of the house, lady, owner, sweetheart, wife» derivatives at dominus
- dominus «owner, proprietor, master, ruler, lord» belladonna, dame, Dan, danger, Dom, domain, dominate, dominical, dominie, dominion, domino, domino, don, Donna, duende, dungeon, madam, Madame, Mademoiselle, madonna, predominate
- domus «a farmstead with its people, plants and animals» dome, domestic, domicile, majordomo
- dormire, dormio «to sleep» dorm, dormancy, dormant, dormition, dormitive, dormitory
- ducere, duco «to lead, bring» abduce, abduction, adduce, adducible, adduction, adductive, adductor, conduce, conduct, conducive, conduction, conductor, deduce, deducible, deduct, deduction, deductive, duct, ductile, duction, induce, inductor, induction, inductive, introduce, introduction, introductory, produce, product, producer, production, productive, productiveness, reduce, reducibility, reducible, reductant, reduction, seduce, seducement, seducer, seduction, seductive, seductress, transduce, transduction
E[edit]
- emere, emo «to buy» ademption, ensample, example, exemplar, exemplary, exemplification, exemplify, exemplum, exempt, exemption, impromptu, peremptory, preempt, preemption, preemptive, preemptor, preemptory, premium, prompt, pronto, ransom, redeem, redemption, sample, vintage
- equus, equi «horse» equine, equestrian, equitation
- errare, erro «to wander, stray, err, mistake» aberr, aberrance, aberrant, aberrate, aberration, aberrational, err, erratic, erratum, erroneous, error
- esse, sum «to be» absence, absent, absenteeism, essence, essential, essentialism, presence, present, presentation, quintessential
- examen «the tongue of a balance, a weighing» (> examinare) exam, examination, examine, examinee, examiner
- excellere, excello «to raise, elevate» excel, excellence, excellent, excelsior
- expedire, expedio «to bring forward, dispatch, expedite» expede, expedience, expediency, expedient, expedite, expedition
F[edit]
- faber «a workman» fabric, fabricate, fabrication, forge, forger, forgery, reforge
- facere, facio «to make» affect, affectation, affective, affection, affectionate, affecter, defect, defective, defection, defector, deficiency, deficient, deficit, effect, effectiveness, effectivity, effector, effectual, effectuate, efficacious, efficacity, efficacy, efficiency, efficient, facile, facility, facilitate, fact, factor, factorization, faction, factoid, factorial, factory, factual, fashion, fashionable, -fy, infect, infection, infectious, prefect
- fallere, fallo «to deceive» (> falsus) fail, failure, fallacy, fallacious, fallibilist, fallibilism, fallibility, fallible, false, falsifiable, falsification, falsificator, falsifier, falsify, falsity
- familia «the servants in a household» (from famulus) family, familiar, familiarity, familiarize
- fateri, fateor «to confess, acknowledge» confess, confession, confessional, confessor, profess, profession, professional, professor
- favere, faveo «to be well disposed or inclined toward, favor» favor, favorability, favorable, favorite, favoritism, unfavorable, unfavorite
- femina, feminae «female, woman» effeminate, female, feme, feminine, femme, femme fatale
- fendere, fendo «to strike» defend, defender, defense, defensive, fence, fend, offend, offense, offensive
- ferre, fero «to bear, place» afferent, circumference, confer, conference, defer, deference, differ, different, differentiate, efferent, fertile, infer, inference, offer, prefer, preference, preferential, proffer, relatable, relate, relative, relation, relativeness, relativist, relativism, relativity, refer, reference, referent, suffer, transfer, vociferous
- ferus «wild, savage» ferity, ferocious, ferocity, fierce
- fibra «fiber, filament» defibrillate, defibrillation, fibre, fibril, fibrillar, fibrillate, fibrillation, fibrous
- fidere, fido «to trust» confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confidential, defiance, defiant, defy, diffidence, diffident, faith, faithful, faithless, fidelitous, fidelity, infidel, infidelity, nullifidian, solifidian
- fingere, fingo «to make, form, feign» configure, configuration, faint, feign, feint, fiction, fictional, fictitious, figment, figure, figurative, figurine, prefigure
- finis «limit, end» final, finale, finalist, finalize, finalization, finish, finitary, finite, finiteness, infinite, infinitesimal, infinity, transfinite, unfinished
- firmus «firm» affirm, affirmation, affirmative, confirm, confirmation, confirmative, firm, firmness, infirm, infirmity
- fiscus «basket, purse, chest, treasury» confiscate, fiscal
- flectere, flecto «to bend, bow, curve, turn around» deflect, deflection, deflective, fletch, fletcher, flex, flexible, flexibility, inflect, inflection, inflexion, reflect, reflective, reflectivity, reflex, reflexion, reflexive, reflexivity
- fligere «to strike» afflict, conflict, inflict
- flōs, flōris «flower, bud, blossom, best of (something)» cauliflower, deflower, effloresce, enfleurage, ferret, flora, Flora, floral, floret, floriated, florid, florigen, florin, florist, –florous, flour, flourish, flower, millefleur
- fluere, fluo «to flow, stream, pour» affluence, affluent, confluence, confluent, conflux, effluence, effluent, effluvium, efflux, effluxion, fluctuate, fluctuation, fluency, fluent, fluid, flux, influence, influx, refluent, reflux
- focus, focī «fireplace, hearth» focal, focus
- fōns, fontis «spring, fountain, source, origin» font, fountain
- forma, formae «form, shape, figure, beauty» (> formare) conform, conformance, conformity, deform, deformation, deformity, form, formal, formality, formalize, formalization, formalism, format, formation, formative, formula, formulaic, formulate, formulation, formulary, inform, information, informant, informer, reform, reformation, reformer, transform, transformation, transformer
- fortis «strong, powerful» enforce, enforcement, force, forceful, forcefulness, fort, fortify, fortification, fortress
- fortuitus «happening by chance» fortuitous, fortuity
- fortuna «fortune, luck» fortunate, fortune, unfortunate
- frangere, frango «to break» anfractuous, chamfer, defray, diffraction, fractal, fraction, fractional, fractious, fracture, fragile, fragility, fragment, frail, frailty, frangible, infrangible, infringe, irrefrangible, refract, refraction, refractive, refrain, sassafras, saxifrage
- fraus «a cheating, fraud; delusion, error» defraud, defraudation, defrauder, fraud, fraudster, fraudulence, fraudulent
- frequens «frequent, crowded» frequency, frequent, frequentative, infrequent
- frons, frontis «forehead, brow, front (of something)» affront, confront, confrontation, effrontery, front, frontal, frontispiece
- fugere, fugio «to flee» centrifuge, fugitive, refuge, refugee, refugeehood, refugium, subterfuge
- fumare «smoke» fume, fumigate, fumigation, perfume
- fundere, fundo «to pour out, shed» confound, confuse, confusion, diffuse, diffusion, effuse, effusive, infuse, infusion, found, fuse, fusion, profuse,profusion, refund, refuse, transfuse, transfusion
- fundus «bottom, base, foundation» (> fundare) found, foundation, fund, fundamental, fundament, profound, profundity
- fungi, fungor «to perform or execute» dysfunction, dysfunctional, function, functional, functionalist, functionalism, functor, fungible, malfunction
- fuscus «dark» obfuscate, subfusc
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- gaudere, gaudeo «to rejoice» enjoy, enjoyable, enjoyment, gaud, gaudy, joy, joyful, rejoice, unenjoyable
- genus «a kind, race, family» gender, general, generalize, generalization, generality, generate, generation, genus, generic
- gerere, gero «to bear, carry, refl. bear oneself, behave, act» congest, congestion, decongestant, digest, digestion, digestive, gerund, gerundive, gesticulate, gesticulation, gesticulative, gestural, gesture, indigestion, ingest, ingestion, preregister, preregistration, register, registrar, registration, registry, suggest, suggestion, suggestive
- gignere, gigno «to beget, produce» engine, engineer, genital, genitive, genius, genial, ingenious, ingeniosity
- globus «globe» global, globalism, globalist, globalization, globalize, globe, globose, globous, globular, globule, globulin, hemoglobin
- glomus «ball» agglomerate, agglomeration, conglomerate, conglomeration
- gradi, gradior «to walk, go» (> gradus) aggress, aggression, aggressive, aggressiveness, aggressor, congress, degree, egress, egression, gradable, gradation, grade, gradient, gradual, graduality, graduate, graduation, ingredient, ingress, postgraduate, progress, progressive, progression, regress, regressive, regression, transgress, transgression, transgressive, transgressor, undergraduate
- granum «grain» coarse-grained, fine-grained, grosgrain, grain, granary, granular, granularity, granulate, granulation, granum
- gravis «heavy» aggravate, aggravation, aggrieve, grave, graveness, gravid, gravidity, gravitation, gravity, grief, grievance, grievant, grieve, grievous
- grex «flock, herd, drove, swarm» aggregate, aggregation, congregate, congregation, gregarious
- gurges «a raging abyss, whirlpool» ingurgitate, ingurgitation, regurgitate, regurgitation
H[edit]
- habere, habeo «to have, hold» able, cohabit, exhibit, exhibition, exhibitor, habile, habit, habitable, habitant, habitat, habituation, inhabit, inhabitable, inhabitant, inhibit, inhibitory, malady, prohibit, prohibition, prohibitive
- haerere, haereo «stick, cleave, adhere» adhere, adherent, cohere, coherence, coherent, hesitant, hesitate, hesitation, inhere, inherence, inherent
- halare, halo «to breathe» exhale, exhalation, inhale, inhaler, inhalation
- homō, hominis «human being, man, person, humankind» bonhomie, bonhomous, homage, hombre, homicide, hominid, homo, homunculus, human, humane, humanist, humanistic, humanism, humanity, humanitarian, humanitarianism, inhuman, inhumane, ombre
- hospes «host, guest» hospitable, hospital, hospitality, host, hostel, hosteler, hostelry, hostess, hostler, hotel, hotelier
- horrere, horreo «to stand on end, shiver» horrendous, horrid, horrific, horrify, horrible, horror, ordure
I[edit]
- iacere, iacio «to throw» abject, abjectness, inject, injection, interjection, introject, introjection, object, objective, objection, objectionable, objectivism, objectivist, project, projectile, projection, projective, reject, rejection, rejective, subject, subjection, subjective, subjectivism, subjectivist, surjection, surjective
- imago «a copy, likeness, image» image, imagery, imaginable, imaginary, imagination, imaginative, imagine
- initium «beginning» initiate, initial
- imitari «to copy, portray, imitate» imitate, imitation, imitator, imitative
- insula «island» insular, insulate, insulator, insulation, isolatable, isolate, isolated, isolating, isolation, isolationism, isolative, isolator, peninsula, peninsulate
- ire, eo «to go» commence, commencement, initial, initialism, initialization, initialize, initiate, initiation, initiative
- iterum «again» iterate, iteration, iterative, iterator, reiterate, reiteration, reiterative, reiterator
- iudex «judge» (from ius) judicial, judicious, judge, judgement, judgemental
- iugum «yoke» abjugate, conjugal, conjugate, conjugation, jugal, jugular, subjugal, subjugate, subjugation
- iungere, iungo «to join, yoke» conjoin, conjunction, disjoin, disjunction, interjoin, interjunction, join, junction, juncture
- ius, iuris «law» abjure, adjure, conjure, injury, jural, juridical, jurisconsult, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, jurist, jury, just, justice, nonjuror, objurgate, perjure
- iuvare, iuvo «to help» adjutant, adjutor, adjutory, adjutrix, adjuvant, aid, aidance, aidant, aide
L[edit]
- labi, labor «to slip» collapse, elapse, illapse, labile, lability, lapse, relapse
- labor «labor, toil, work, exertion» belabor, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative, elaborate, elaboration, labor, laborer, laborious, laboratory
- lacere, lacio «to allure, entice» delectable, delicacy, delicate, delicatessen, delicious, delight, delightful, dilettante
- languere, langueo «to be faint, weak» languid, languish, languor, languorous
- latus «broad, wide» latifundium, latitude, latitudinal, latitudinarian
- latus «side» lateral, bilateral, collateral, collateralizable, collateralization, collateralize, equilateral, quadrilateral, trilateral, unilateral
- laus «praise, glory, fame, reknown» laud, laudable, laudability, laudative, laudator, laudatory
- lavare, lavo «to wash» launder, laundry, lavatory, lave, lavish, lotion
- laxus «wide, roomy, loose» lax, laxity, relax, relaxation
- legere, lego «to gather, select; to read» coil, collect, collection, collective, diligence, diligent, intellect, intellectual, intellectualism, intelligence, intelligent, intelligibility, intelligible, lection, lecture, lecture, legend, legendary, legibility, legible, legion, lesson, neglect, neglectful, negligée, negligence, negligent, negligible
- levis «light» alleviate, alleviation, alleviator, elevate, elevation, elevator, levant, lever, leviate, levitation, levity, levy, relevant, relief, relieve
- lēx, lēgis «law, motion, bill, statute, rule» illegitimate, legal, legislate, legislation, legislative, legislator, legislature, legist, legit, legitimate, lex, loyal, privilege
- liber «free» liberal, liberalism, liberate, liberation, libertarian, libertarianism, libertine, liberty
- liber «book» libel, librarian, library
- libra «pound, balance» deliberate, deliberation, equilibrium, librate, libration
- licere, licet «to be allowed, be allowable» illicit, illicitness, licence, license, licensee, licensor
- ligare, ligo «to tie, bind» alliance, alloy, ally, disoblige, lien, league, ligament, ligamental, ligation, ligature, obbligato, obligate, obligation, obligational, obligator, obligatory, oblige, obligee, obliger, obligor
- limen «threshold» preliminary
- limes «cross-path, boundary, border, limit» delimit, limit, limitation
- lingua «tongue, speech, language» language, linguist, linguistic, linguistics, lingua franca
- linquere, linquo «to leave» delict, delinquency, delinquent, derelict, relic, relict, relinquish, reliquary
- līnum «flax, linen, thread» align, crinoline, leno, line, line, lineage, linen, lingerie, linnet, linseed, lint
- liquere «to be liquid, be fluid» liquid, liquidate, liquidation, liquidity, liquidizer, liquor, liquefiable, liquefy
- littera «letter of the alphabet» illiteracy, illiterate, literal, literalness, literacy, literary, literate, literature, obliterate, obliteration, transliterable, transliterate, transliteration, transliterator
- locus, locī «place, site, spot» allocate, allocation, dislocate, dislocation, local, locality, localization, localize, locate, location, locative, locator, relocate, relocation
- longus «long» longevity, longevous, longitude, longitudinal, oblong, prolong, prolongation
- loqui, loquor «to speak» colloquial, colloquialism, colloquium, eloquence, eloquent, grandiloquence, grandiloquent, illocution, interlocutor, locution, loquacious, loquaciousness, loquacity, magniloquence, magniloquent, perlocution
- lucere, luco «to shine» (> lustrum) elucidate, illustrate, illustration, illustrious, lucent, lucid, lucidity, luster, pellucid, relucent, translucent
- luctari, luctor «to struggle» obluctation, reluctance, reluctant, ineluctable
- ludere, ludo «to play, mimic, deceive» allude, allusion, collude, collusion, delude, delusion, elude, elusive, illusion, interlude, ludic, ludicrous, prelude, prolusion
- luere «to wash» diluent, dilutant, dilute, dilution, diluvium
- lugere, lugeo «to mourn, grieve, lament» lugubrious
- lumen «light» abluminal, adluminal, intraluminal, lumen, luminal, luminescence, luminescent, luminous, luminosity, illuminate, illumination, luminary, luminate, phillumenist, phillumeny
- luna, lunae «moon, month, night, crescent» cislunar, Luna, lunar, lunate, lunatic, lune, lunula, mezzaluna, sublunar, sublunary, translunar
- lupus, lupī «wolf» lobo, loup-garou, lupine, lupus, robalo
- lux «light»
- luxus «entravagance, excess» luxurious, luxury
M[edit]
- machina «a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick» (from Greek) deus ex machina, machinate, machination, machine, machinery, mechanic, mechanical, mechanism, mechanistic, machinate, machination
- magnus «great» magnanimous, magnate, magnificence, magnificent, magnify, magnitude
- malleus «hammer, mallet» malleable, malleability, malleate, mallet, malleus
- malus «bad» mal-, malady, malediction, malefaction, malefactor, malevolent, malice, malicious, malign, malignant
- mandare, mando «to commit, intrust, enjoin» command, commandeer, commander, commandment, commend, commendable, mandate, mandator, mandatory, recommend, recommendable, recommendation, recommender
- manere, maneo «to stay, remain» immanence, immanent, manor, manse, mansion, ménage, permanency, permanent, remain, remainder, remanence
- manus «hand» emancipate, manage, manager, managerial, manual, manufacture, manuscript
- mare, maris «sea, saltwater» Beche-de-mer, cormorant, maar, mare, mariculture, marinara, marinate, marine, Marines, maritime, ormer, submarine, ultramarine
- mas «male» emasculate, emasculation, emasculator, emasculatory, male, masculine, masculinity
- māter, mātris «mother» alma mater, madrepore, mater, maternal, maternity, matriculation, matrimony, matrix, matron
- mederi, medeor «to heal» medic, medical, medicament, medicate, medicinal, medicine, premedication, remedy
- medius «middle» immediate, immediacy, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediate, mediation, mediator, median, mediocre, mediocrity, medium
- melior «better» ameliorate, amelioration, meliorate
- membrum «limb» dismember, dismemberment, member, membership
- memor «mindful, remembering» commemorate, commemoration, commemorative, countermemo, immemorial, memo, memoir, memoization, memoize, memorable, memorandum, memorate, memorization, memorize, memory, memorial, remember, remembrance, rememberer
- mens «the mind» mental, mentalese, mentalism, mentalist, mentality
- merere, mereo «to earn, deserve, merit, obtain» demerit, merit, meritorious, meritocracy
- mergere «to dive, dip, immerse, sink in» emerge, emergent, emergence, emergency, immerse, immersion, immersive, merge, submerge, submersion
- merx «merchandise» commerce, commercial, commercialism, commercialize, market, marketable, marketeer, marketing, mart, mercantile, mercantilism, merchandise, merchant, merchantable, mercenary, mercy
- minium «red lead» miniature, miniaturization, miniaturize
- minor «lesser, smaller» minor, minority, minus, minuscule
- minuere, minuo «to make smaller» diminish, diminutive, minute, minutia
- miser «wretched, unfortunate» miser, miserable, miserablism, miserablist, miserliness, miserly, misery
- mitis «soft» mitigant, mitigate, mitigation, unmitigated
- mittere, mitto «to send» admission, admit, commission, commit, commitment, compromise, demit, demise, demiss, demission, dismiss, dismission, emit, emission, intermission, intermit, intermittent, mess, message, messenger, mission, missionary, missile, missive, permit, permission, permissive, promise, reemission, reemit, remissible, remission, remit, remittance, remittent, remitter, submit, submission, submissive, transmit, transmission
- modus, modī «measure, size, limit, manner, harmony, melody» accomodate, accommodation, commode, commodious, commodity, modal, modality, mode, model, modern, modernism, modicum, modifier, modify, modular, modularity, modulate, modulation, modulator, module, modulus, mold, mood, moulage, postmodern, postmodernism
- monere, moneo «to warn, admonish, remind» (> monstrare) admonish, admonition, admonitory, demonstrable, demonstrate, demonstration, monish, monition, monitor, monument, monster, muster, premonition, remonstrate, remonstration, summon
- mora «delay, duration of time» moratorium, moraic, monomoraic, mora, bimoraic, commorancy, commorant, commorance, moratory
- morbus «disease» comorbidity, morbilli, morbid, morbidity, morbidness, morbific
- mors «death» amortization, amortize, immortal, immortality, mortal, mortality, mortification, mortify
- movere, moveo «to move» amotion, amove, commotion, commutation, commutative, commute, demote, demotivate, demotivation, emotion, emotional, emotive, immutable, immutability, mob, mobile, mobility, mobilize, mobilization, moment, motile, motion, motivation, motivate, motive, motor, move, movement, mutable, mutability, mutant, mutate, mutation, permutation, permute, promote, promotion, removal, remove, transmutable, transmutant, transmutation, transmute
- mulgere, mulgeo «to milk» emulsify, emulsion
- munire «to defend» ammo, ammunition, munition
- munus «service; obligation» munificence, munificent, municipal, municipality, remunerable, remunerate, remuneration
- mus «mouse» muscle, muscular, muscularity, musculature, musculocutaneous, musculophrenic, musculospiral, musophobia, mussel
- musca «a fly» mosquito, muscarine
N[edit]
- nasci, nascor «to arise, be born, originate» antenatal, cognate, innate, nascent, natal, nation, national, nationality, native, nativity, nativization, nativism, natural, nature, naturism, naturalism, postnatal, prenatal
- navis «ship» naval, navigate, navigation, navigator, navy
- necesse «unavoidable, inevitable, indispensable» necessariness, necessary, necessitate, necessitation, necessitousness, necessitude, necessity
- nectere, necto «to bind, tie» annex, annexable, annexure, annexation, annexational, connect, connection, connective, connectivity, connector, disconnect, nexus
- nervus «sinew» innervate, innervation, nerve, nervous, nervousness, nervosity
- nihil, contracted to nīl (indeclinable) «nothing» annihilate, nihilism, nihility, nil
- nocere, noceo «to hurt, injure» innocence, innocent, nocent, noxious, nuisance, obnoxious
- nōmen, nōminis «name, clan/middle name, reputation, title» agnomen, binomial, cognomen, denomination, ignominy, misnomer, nomenclator, nomenclature, nominal, nominate, noun, nuncupative, praenomen, pronoun, renown
- noscere, nosco «to know» acquaint, acquaintance, cognition, cognitive, cognizant, cognizance, cognize, cognizor, cognosce, connoisseur, ignorable, ignorance, ignorant, ignore, incognito, precognition, recognize, recognition, quaint
- novus «new» innovate, innovative, innovation, innovatory, novel, novelist, novelization, novelize, novelty, novice, novitiate, renovate, renovation, renovator
- numerus «number» enumerate, enumeration, number, numeracy, numerary, numeral, numerate, numerator, numeric, numerical, supernumerary
- nuntius «messenger» announce, announcement, annunciate, annunciation, denounce, denouncement, denouncer, enounce, enunciate, internuncio, nuncio, pronounce, pronouncement, pronouncer, pronunciation, renounce, renouncement, renouncer
- nota «mark, sign» annote, annotation, annotator, connote, connotation, denote, denotation, notable, notability, notary, notate, notation, notational, note, notice, noticeable, reannotate
- nutrire «to suckle, nourish, foster» nourish, nourishment, nurse, nursery, nutrient, nutriment, nutrition, nutritional, nutritious, nutritive
O[edit]
- oculus, oculī «eye, bud (of a plant), vision, mind’s eye» antler, eyelet, inoculate, monocle, ocellus, ocular, oculist, oculomotor, oculus, pinochle, trompe l’oeil, ullage
- odium «hatred» odious, odiousness, odium
- odor «smell» deodorant, malodor, malodorous, odor, odorant, odorous, reodorant
- oleum «oil, olive oil» (from Ancient Greek) indole, linoleum, oil, oleic, oleum, petroleum
- onus, oneris «burden, load, trouble, fetus» exonerate, onerous, onus
- opacus «shaded, shady, dark» opacity, opaque, opaqueness
- opinari, opinor «to suppose, deem, think» opination, opine, opinion, opinionated
- optare, opto «to choose, select» adopt, adoptee, adoption, adoptive, co-opt, co-optation, co-option, opt, option, optionable, optional
- optimus «best, very good» optimal, optimality, optimate, optime, optimism, optimist, optimistic, optimity, optimization, optimize, optimum, suboptimal, superoptimal
- opus, operis «work» co-op, co-operation, cooperative, hors d’oeuvre, inure, maneuver, manure, oeuvre, officinal, opera, operable, operation, operand, operant, operate, operational, operative, operator, operose, opus, stover
- orare, oro «to speak» orate, oration, orator, oratory
- orbis «circle, wheel, disk, the disk or orb of the sun or moon» orb, orbit, orbital
- ordo «order» ordain, order, ordinal, ordinance, ordinary, ordinate, ordination, ordnance, ordonnance, subordinate, subordination, superordinate, superordination
- oriri «to rise» orient, orientate, orientation, orienteer, origin, originate, originator, origination, original
- orcus «hellish» orc, ogre, ogress
P[edit]
- palpare, palpo «to touch softly, stroke, pat» palp, palpability, palpable, palpate, palpation, palpiform, palpitate, palpitation
- pandere, pando «to strech» expand, expandable, expander, expanse, expansible, expansile, expansion, expansive, pace, pacer, pass, passage, passenger, passport, surpass, trespass
- pangere, pango «to fasten» compact, compaction, impact, impactful, impaction, impinge, impingement
- pānis, pānis «bread, loaf of bread» accompaniment, accompany, appanage, companion, company, panada, panatela, panic grass, pannier, panocha, pantry, pastille, penuche
- par «equal» compare, comparable, comparison, comparative, on a par with, parity
- parare, paro «to prepare, provide» disrepair, empress, emperor, empire, imperial, imperialism, imperialist, imperium, parable, pare, prepare, preparation, preparatory, preparative, repair, repairable, reparable, repairer, reparation, reparatory
- parere, pareo «to appear, come to light» apparent, appear, appearance, disappear, transparency, transparent
- parere, pario «to give birth, produce» parent, parental
- pars, partis «part, portion, share, fraction, side» apartment, bipartite, compart, compartment, depart, department, departure, impart, impartial, impartiality, parcel, parcener, parse, part, partial, partiality, participate, participation, participatory, participle, particle, particular, partisan, partita, partitive, partner, partnership, party, repartee
- pater, patris «father» compadre, compatriot, expatriate, goombah, padre, pater, paternal, paternalist, paternalism, patri-, patriate, patriation, patriot, patriotism, patriotic, patrician, patrimony, patron, père, repatriate, repatriation
- patrare «to perform» perpetrate, perpetration, perpetrator
- pauper «poor» impoverish, impoverishment, pauper, pauperdom, pauperism, pauperize, poor, poverty
- pausa «pause» pause, pose, repose
- pāx, pācis «peace, treaty, compact, agreement» appease, appeasement, pace, pax, pay, peace, pacific, pacify
- peior «worse» impair, impairment, pejoration, pejorative
- pellere, pello «to drive» appeal, compel, compellation, compulsion, compulsive, compulsory, dispel, expel, impel, impulse, impulsion, impulsive, impulsor peal, pelt, poussette, propel, propeller, pulsate, pulsation, pulsar, pulse, push, repel, repellent, repulse, repulsive, repulsion
- pendere, pendo «to hang» append, appendage, appendix, depend, dependable, dependence, dispend, expend, expenditure, prepend, spend, suspend, suspension
- pendere, pendo «to weigh» dispend, dispensable, dispensation, dispensative, dispensatory, dispense, ponder, ponderous, preponder, preponderance, preponderant, preponderate
- persōna, persōnae «mask, role, person» probably from Etruscan phersu «mask» impersonate, person, personable, personality, personalize
- petere, peto «to seek, pursue» appetency, appetent, appetite, appetitive, appetizer, centripetal, compete, competition, competitive, competitiveness, impetigo, impetuous, impetus, perpetual, perpetuate, perpetuation, petition, petulant, repeat, repetition, repetitive, repetitiveness
- pingere, pingo «to portray» depict, depiction, paint, painter, painting, picture, pictorial, picturesque, pigment, pigmentary, pigmentation, repaint
- pīla, pīlae «pillar, pier» pile (heap), pillar
- pīlum «spear, pestle» pile (foundation of a structure)
- pilus «hair» pile, depilation, depilatory
- plangere «to strike, beat, as the breast in extreme grief, bewail» complain, plangent, plaint, plaintiff, plaintive
- planus «level, plain» explain, explanation, explanatory, plain, plan, planar, plane, planner
- plaudere, plaudo «to clap, applaud» applaud, applause, explode, explosion, explosive, implode, implosion, implosive, plaudit, plausibility, plausible
- plectere «to weave, braid» complex, complexity
- plenus «full» plenty
- plere «to fill» complete, completion, complement, complementary, compliment, compliance, compliant, comply, deplete, depletion, replete, repletion, supplier, supplement, supply
- plicare, plico «to fold, weave, knit» appliance, applicant, application, applicable, applicability, apply, complicate, complication, explicit, explicate, explication, explicator, implicate, implicative, implicit, implicitness, implication, imply, plier, ply, simple, simpleton, simplex, simplicity, simplification, simplify
- plus «more» plural, plurality, pluralism, plus
- poena «punishment, pain» impune, impunity, pain, penal, penalize, penalty, penance, penitence, penitent, punish, punishable, punishment, penitant, penitence, punitive, repent, repentance, subpoena
- polire «to polish» polish, polite, politeness
- politia «the state» police, policy, polity
- politicus «pertaining to the state» politic, political, politician, politicize
- polluere, polluo «to soil, defile» pollutant, pollute, polluter, pollution
- polus «pole» bipolar, polar, polarity, polarize, polarization, pole
- ponere, pono «to set, place» appose, apposition, component, compose, composition, compound, deponent, deposit, deposition, depositor, depository, disposal, dispose, disposition, exponent, expose, exposition, expound, impose, imposition, opponent, oppose, opposition, pose, posit, position, positive, positivity, posture, postural, proponent, proposal, propose, proposition, propound, suppose, supposition, transpose, transposition
- populus, populī «people, ation, public, crowd» depopulate, depopulation, depopulative, depopulator, people, populace, popular, popularity, populate, population, publican, publication, publicist, publicity, publicize, publish, publishability, publishable, publisher, republic, republican
- portare, porto «to carry» comport, deport, deportation, disport, export, exportation, exporter, import, importance, important, importation, importer, port, portability, portable, portage, portamento, portative, porter, portfolio, purport, rapport, report, sport, support, transport, transportation
- portio «a share, part, portion» apportion, disproportion, disproportionate, disproportionation, misproportioned, portion, proportion, proportional, proportionate, proportioner
- posse, possum «to be able» (from potis) impossibility, impossible, impotence, impotent, possibility, possible, potence, potency, potentate, potential, potentiality, power, powerful, powerless
- potare, poto «to drink» poison, poisoner, poisonous, potable, potion
- praegnans «pregnant» impregnable, impregnability, impregnate, impregnation, pregnance, pregnancy, pregnant
- pravus «crooked, deformed» deprave, depravity, depravation
- prehendere, prehendo «to seize, catch, grasp» apprehend, apprehension, apprehensive, apprentice, apprise, comprehend, comprehensibility, comprehensible, comprehension, comprehensive, comprehensiveness, prehensile, prize, reprehend, reprehensible, reprehension
- premere «to press, hold fact, cover, crowd» compress, compression, compressor, depress, depression, depressive, express, expression, expressive, expressiveness, impress, impression, imprimatur, imprint, oppress, oppression, oppressive, press, print, reprimand, repress, repression, repressive, sprain, suppress, suppression
- primus «first» premier, primary, primate, prime, primer, primeval, primitive, prince, princess, principle, principal, principality
- privus «single, every, one’s own, private» deprivation, deprive, privacy, private, privation, privatization, privatize, privy
- probare, probo «to test, prove» approbate, approbation, approve, approval, probate, probation, probe, proof, provable, prove, reproof, reproval, reprove
- proles «offspring» prole, proletariat, proletary, proliferate, proliferation, proliferative, proliferous, prolific, prolificacy
- prope «near» approach, approximate, approximation, approximator, proximate, proximity, reproach
- propitius «favorable, well-disposed, kind» propitiate, propitiation, propitious, unpropitious
- proprius «special, particular, one’s own, proper» appropriate, expropriate, expropriation, expropriator, proper, property, propriate, propriety, proprietary
- pubes «grown up, of mature age» postpubescent, peripubescent, prepubescent, puberulent, pubescent, puberty, pubes, pubis, pubic
- pungere, pungo «to prick, punch» point, pointer, pointless, pointillism, punch, puncheon, punctual, punctuate, puncture, pungent, pungency
- purus «clean, free from dirt or filth» depurate, expurgate, impure, impurity, pure, purge, purgation, purgatory, purify, purification, puritan, puritanism, purity, spurge
- putare, puto «to estimate, reckon» account, accountability, accountable, accountancy, accountant, computation, compute, computer, count, counter, depute, deputy, disputatious, disputation, dispute, imputation, impute, putative, reputable, reputation, repute
Q[edit]
- qualis «interrogative: of what kind» quale, qualia, qualification, qualifier, qualify, qualitative, qualitativeness, quality
- quantus «interrogative: how much, how many» quanta, quantification, quantifier, quantify, quantitative, quantitativeness, quantity, quantum
- quaerere, quaero «to ask, seek» acquire, acquisition, query, quest, question, questionnaire, conquest, conquer, conqueror, inquire, inquiry, inquisition, inquisitive, request, require, requirement, requisite
- quiescere, quiesco «to keep quiet, rest» acquiesce, acquiescence, acquiescent, quiesce, quiescence, quiescent, quiet, quietism
- quot «how many» misquote, quota, quotable, quotation, quote, quotidian, quotient, quotiety, unquote
R[edit]
- rabere, rabio «to be mad, rave» enrage, enragement, rabid, rabies, rage
- rādīx, radicis «root, radish, foot, base» deracinate, eradication, irradicable, radical, radicality, radicle, radish, radix
- radius «staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, a measuring rod, a semidiameter of a circle, a shuttle, spur of a bird, sting of a fish, the radius of the arm; by transfer, a beam of light, a ray» radial, radiate, radiation, radius, ray
- ramus, ramī «branch, bough, genealogical branch» ramification, ramify, ramose, ramus
- recuperare, recupero «to get again, regain, recover; to revive, restore» recover, recovery, recuperate, recuperation, recuperative
- regere, rego «to rule, govern» address, addressable, deregulate, deregulation, direct, direction, director, directorate, directorial, dirigible, dirigisme, dirigist, dirigiste, downregulate, downregulation, dress, dresser, indirect, indirection, irregular, rector, redress, regent, regime, regimen, region, regular, regulate, regulation, regularity, regularly, rule, ruler, undress, upregulate, upregulation
- reri, reor «to think, deem, judge» rate, ratifier, ratify, ratification, ratio, ration, rational, rationale, rationalism, rationalist, rationalization, rationalize, reason
- rēs, (reī, rēī) «thing, matter, affair, object, circumstance» re, real, really, realistic, realist, reality, rebus, reify, republic, republican, res
- rēx, rēgis «king» real, regal, regicide, regius professor, regulus, reign, rial, riyal, royal, vicereine, viceroy
- ridere, rideo «to laugh at» deride, derision, derisive, ridicule, ridiculous, risible
- rigere, rigeo «to be rigid» rigid, rigidity, rigidness, rigor, rigorous, rigorousness
- ripa «a bank of a stream» arrive, arrival, river
- rivus «a stream» derive, derivation, derivative, rival, rivalry, rivulet
- robur «strength» corroborate, corroboration, corroborator, robust
- rogare, rogo «to ask for, to propose a law» abrogate, abrogation, arrogance, arrogant, arrogate, derogate, derogatory, derogation, derogative, interrogate, interrogation, interrogative, interrogator, interrogatory, prerogative, prorogue, rogation, rogatory, subrogate, supererogate
- rumpere, rumpo «to burst, break» abrupt, bankrupt, bankruptcy, corrupt, corruption, disrupt, disruption, disruptive, erupt, eruption, interrupt, interruption, irrupt, rout, rupicolous, rupture
- rota «a wheel» rotatable, rotate, rotation, rotor, rotund, rotunda, round
- ruber «red» & rubeo «be red» erubescence, erubescent, rubefacient, rubella, rubeola, rubescence, rubescent, rubicund, rubric, ruby
- rūs, rūris «countryside, fields, farm, estate» rural, rustic
S[edit]
- sacer «sacred» consecrate, consecration, consecrator, desecrate, desecration, desecrator, execrable, execrate, execration, sacral, sacrament, sacred, sacrifice, sacrificial, sacrilege
- saeculum, saecula «generation, age» secular
- salire, salio «to jump» assault, consilient, resilience, resilient, salience, saliency, salient, saltate, saltation, saltationism, sault, somersault
- salus «health» salubrious, salutary, salutation, salute
- salvus «safe» safe, safety, sage, salvage, salvageable, salvager, salvation, salvia, save, savings, unsalvageable
- sancire, sancio «to render sacred, make holy» saint, sanctuary
- sanguis «blood» consanguineous, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguinity, exsanguinate, sangaree, sangria, sanguine, sanguinary
- sanus «sound in body; sound in mind» insane, insanity, sane, sanatorium, sanitary, sanitarium, sanitation, sanity
- sapere, sapio «to taste, to discern, to be wise» sapid, sage, savant, savor, sapient
- satelles, satellitis «bodyguard, attendant, sentinel» possibly from Etruscan satellite
- scandere, scando «to climb» ascend, ascent, ascendant, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendency, ascending, ascender, ascension, descend, descent, condescend, transcend, transcendence, transcendent
- scintilla «spark» scintilla, scintillate, scintillation, scintillator, stencil, tinsel
- scribere, scribo «to write» ascribe, circumscribe, conscribe, conscript, conscription, describe, description, descriptive, descriptivism, descriptivist, descriptor, inscribe, inscription, prescribe, prescription, prescriptive, proscribe, scribal, scribble, scribe, script, transcribe, transcription
- secare, seco «to cut» bisect, dissect, dissection, insect, intersect, intersection, resect, resection, secant, sect, sectarian, section, sector, segment, segmentation, trisect
- sedere, sedeo «to sit» assess, assessment, assiduous, assize, dissident, insessorial, insidious, obsess, obsessive, possess, possession, possessive, possessor, preside, president, reside, residence, resident, séance, sedate, sedation, sedative, sedentary, sederunt, sedile, sediment, sedimentary, sedimentation, sessile, session, sewer, siege, subsidiary, subsidy, supersede, surcease
- sentire, sentio «to feel, perceive» scent, sensation, sensational, sense, sensible, sensibility, sensitive, sensitiveness, sensor, sensory, sensual, sensuality, sensuous, sentence, sentential, sentience, sentient, sentiment, sentimental
- sequi, sequor «to follow» consequence, consequent, consequential, executable, execute, executive, execution, executioner, executor, inconsequential, persecute, persecution, persecutor, prequel, prosecutable, prosecute, prosecution, prosecutor, pursuance, pursuant, pursue, pursuer, pursuit, sequel, sequence, sequent, sequential, subsequent, sue
- serere, sero «to join or bind together» assert, assertion, assertive, assertiveness, desert, dissert, dissertation, exert, exertion, exsert, seraglio, insert, insertion, serial, seriate, seriation, series
- servare, servo «to hold, keep» conservation, conservationist, conservatism, conservator, conservative, conserve, preserve, preservation, preservative, reservation, reserve
- servire, servio «to serve» deserve, servant, serve, server, service, serviceable, servile
- severus «severe, serious, grave in demeanor» severe, severity
- signum, signī «sign, indication, proof, military standard» assign, consign, consignment, design, designate, designer, insignia, resign, scarlet, scarlatina, seal, segno, sigil, sign
- similis «similar» similar, similarity, similarness, simile, simulate, simulacrum, simuland, simulant, simulation, simulator
- singulus «single» single, singleton, singular, singularity
- sinus «bend, fold, curve» sinus, insinuate, sinusoid
- sistere, sisto «to stand, cause to stand, put, set up» (from stare) assist, assistance, assistent, consist, consistence, consistency, desist, exist, existence, insist, insistence, interstice, persist, persistent, persistency, resist, resistance, resistant, subsist, subsistence, subsistent
- socius «a companion, fellow, partner, associate, ally» (from sequi) asocial, antisocial, associate, association, associative, associativity, desocialization, desocialize, resocialize, resocialization, sociability, sociable, social, socialism, socialist, sociality, socialization, socialize, societal, society, unsocial
- solidus «solid» consolidate, consolidation, consolidator, soldier, solid, solidary, solidarity, solidify, solidity
- solvere, solvo «to loosen, relax, solve» (from luere) absolute, absolution, absolve, assoil, dissolve, dissolution, resolve, resolute, resolution, soluble, solute, solution, solvable, solvability solve, solvent, solvency, solver
- somnus «sleep» insomnia, insomniac, somnolent, somnolence, somnambulist, somnambulism, somnambulate, somnambulation, somnifacient, somnific, somniloquous, somnipathy
- sorbere, sorbeo «to suck in» absorb, absorbent, absorption, absorbable, adsorb, adsorbent, adsorption, desorption, resorb, resorption, resorptive, sorption
- spargere «to strew, sprinkle» asperse, aspersion, disperse, dispersion, sparge, sparse, sparseness, sparsity
- specere, specio «to look at, behold» aspect, auspice, auspicious, circumspect, conspicuity, conspicuous, despect, despicable, despise, despiser, expect, expectable, expectancy, expectant, expectation, frontispiece, inspect, inspector, inspection, introspect, introspection, introspective, perspective, perspicacious, prospect, prospective, prospector, respecification, respecify, respect, respective, respite, retrospect, retrospection, retrospective, special, specialist, specialize, specialization, speciate, speciation, specie, species, specifiable, specific, specification, specificity, specify, specimen, specious, spectacle, spectacular, spectral, spectrum, speculate, speculation, speculative, speculator, speculum, spice, spy, suspect, transpicuous
- spes «hope» (> sperare) despair, desperate, desperation, Esperanto, prosper, prosperity, prosperous
- spirare, spiro «to breathe» aspire, aspiration, conspire, conspiration, expire, expiration, expiree, inspire, inspiration, perspire, perspiration, respire, respiration, respiratory, spirit, spiritual, spirituality, sprite, transpire, transpiration
- spolium «booty, spoil» despoil, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilage, spoliate, spoliation, spoliator, spoiler
- spondere, spondeo «to promise, pledge, vow, vouch (for)» correspond, correspondence, despond, despondent, espouse, respond, response, responsibility, responsible, responsibleness, sponsor, spouse
- stare, sto «to stand» arrest, circumstance, constancy, constant, constituent, constitute, constitution, constitutive, contrast, cost, destitute, distance, distant, establish, establishment, estancia, extant, instance, instant, institute, institution, obstacle, obstetric, oust, prostitute, rest, restitute, restitution, restive, stability, stabilize, stabilization, stabilizer, stable, stage, stance, stanch, stanchion, stanza, state, statistics, station, stationary, stative, stator, statue, stature, status, statute, statutory, stay, stet, substance, substantial, substitute, substitution, superstition
- stringere «to draw tight, bind, contract» strain, strait, stress, strict, stringent, stringency
- struere, struo «to heap up, pile, join together, build» construct, construction, constructive, constructor, destroy, destruct, destruction, destructor, infrastructure, instruct, instruction, instructive, instructor, obstruct, obstruction, restructure, structure, structural, substructure, superstructure
- stupere, stupeo «to be amazed or confounded, be struck senseless» stupe, stupefy, stupid, stupidity, stupidness, stupor, stupendous
- suadere, suadeo «to recommend, advise» dissuade, dissuasion, dissuasive, persuade, persuasion, persuasive, suasion, suasiveness
- subtilis «fine, thin, slender, delicate» subtile, subtle, subtleness, subtlety
- sumere, sumo «to take» (contraction of sub- + emō) assume, assumption, consume, consumer, consumerism, consumption, presume, presumption, resume, resumption, subsume, subsumption, sumptuary, sumptuous
- super «over, above» (> summa) consummate, consummation, sum, summarize, summarization, summary, summation, summit, super, superior, superiority, supremacy, supreme
- surgere, surgo «to rise, get up» resource, resourceful, resurge, resurgence, resurgent, source, surge
T[edit]
- tacere, taceo «be silent» tacit, taciturn
- tangere, tango «to touch» attain, attainment, contact, contagion, contagious, contingency, contingent, intact, integer, integral, integrate, integration, integrity, tact, tactile, tactility, tactual, tangent, tangible
- tegere, tego «cover» detect, detection, detective, detector, integument, integumentary, protect, protective, protection, protectionist, protectionism, protector, protectorate, tegument
- temnere, temno «to despise» contemn, contemner, contempt, contemptible, contemptuous
- templum «temple» contemplate, contemplation, contemplative, templar, template, temple, templet
- tendere, tendo «to stretch» attend, attendance, attention, attentive, contend, contention, contentious, extend, extensible, extension, extensive, intend, intense, intensification, intensifier, intensify, intension, intensional, intensity, intensive, intent, intention, ostensible, ostensive, ostentation, ostentatious, portend, portent, portentous, pretend, pretender, pretense, pretension, pretentious, pretentiousness, subtend, tend, tendentious, tendency, tension, tensor, tent
- tenere, teneo «to hold» abstain, contain, containable, container, containment, content, continue, detain, detention, entertain, entertainer, entertainment, lieutenant, maintain, maintenance, obtain, pertain, pertinacious, pertinence, rein, retain, retention, retinue, sustain, sustenance, tenable, tenacious, tenant, tenement, tenet, tenon, tenor, tenure, tenuto
- tentare «to handle, touch, try, test, tempt» attempt, tentative, tempt, temptation
- terere, tero «to rub» attrit, attrite, attritee, attrition, attritor, contrite, contrition, tribulation, trite, triteness
- terminus «a bound, boundary, limit, end» determinable, determinant, determination, determine, determiner, determinism, determinist, indeterminacy, indeterminate, interminable, non-determinism, non-deterministic, non-terminal, term, terminate, termination, terminative, terminator, terminus, terminable, terminal, terminality
- terra, terrae «earth, land, ground, country, soil» fumitory, inter, Mediterranean, parterre, subterranean, terra, terrace, terracotta, terrain, Terran, terraqueous, terrene, terreplein, terrestrial, terre-verte, terricolous, terrier, terrigenous, territorial, territory, turmeric, verditer
- terrere, terreo «to frighten, terrify» deter, deterrence, deterrent, terrible, terrific, terrify, terror, terrorism, terrorist, terrorize
- texere, texo «to weave» context, pretext, subtext, text, textual, textile
- timere, timeo «to fear» intimidate, intimidation, timid, timidity, timidness, timorous
- titulus «title, inscription» disentitle, entitle, entitlement, half-title, mistitle, nontitled, retitle, subtitle, supertitle, surtitle, title, titular, untitled
- torpere «be numb or stiff» torpor, torpidity, torpedo
- totus «whole, entire» subtotal, total, totality, totalitarian, totalitarianism
- toxicum «poison» toxic, toxicity, toxin
- trahere, traho «to draw» abstract, abstraction, attract, attraction, attractive, attractor, contract, contraction, contractor, contractual, detract, detraction, detractor, retract, retraction, subtract, subtraction, intractability, intractable, trace, traceable, traceability, tract, tractable, tractability, tractor, treat, treatable, treatment, treatise, treaty
- transire, transeo «to go across, pass over, pass through» (from «trans» + «ire») transience, transiency, transient, transition, transitional, transitionary, transitionist, transitive, transitory
- tribus «tribe» ( > tribuere) attribute, attributive, attribution, contribute, contribution, contributor, distribute, distribution, distributive, distributor, retribute, retribution, tribal, tribe, tribelet, tribunal, tribune, tributary, tribute
- tricae «trifles, toys; hindrances, impediments» extricate, extrication, intricacy, intricate, intrigue, intriguer, intriguery
- trudere, trudo «to thrust, push» abstrude, abstruse, intrude, intrusion, intrusive, protrude, protrusible, protrusion
- tueri, tueor «to watch, guard, see, observe» intuitional, intuitionism, intuitionist, intuitionistic, intuitive, intuit, tuition, tutelage, tutelar, tutelary, tutor, tutorial
U[edit]
- ubi «where» ubication, ubiety, ubiquarian, ubiquitin, ubiquitous, ubiquity
- ullus «any» annul, annuler, annulment, null, nullification, nullify, nullity
- umbra «shade» adumbrate, adumbration, adumbrative, penumbra, somber, sombrero, umbrage, umbrageous, umbrella
- uncia, unciae «a twelfth part» inch, ounce, uncial, quincunx
- unda «a wave» abound, abundance, inundate, inundation, redound, redundance, redundancy, redundant, surround, undulate, undulation
- urgere «to press, push, force, drive, urge» urge, urgency, urgent
- uti, utor «to use» abuse, disuse, misuse, peruse, unusual, usage, usance, use, useful, usefulness, user, usual, usufruct, usurious, usurp, usury, utensil, utile, utilitarian, utilitarianism, utility, utilities, utilize, utilization
V[edit]
- vacare, vaco «to be empty, void» vacancy, vacant, vacate, vacation
- vacuus «empty» evacuate, evacuation, vacuity, vacuous, vacuum
- vadere, vado «to go, make one’s way, advance» evade, evasion, evasive, evasiveness, invade, invader, invasion, invasive, invasiveness, pervade, pervasive, pervasiveness
- valere, valeo «to be strong, be worth» ambivalence, ambivalent, avail, countervail, convalesce, equivalent, equivalence, evaluate, evaluation, evaluator, invalid, invalidate, overvalue, overvaluation, prevail, prevalent, prevalence, reevaluate, reevaluation, undervalue, undervaluation, valance, valence, valency, valediction, valetudinary, valiance, valiant, valid, validate, validation, validity, valor, valuable, valuation, value
- vastus «waste, desolate, vast» devastate, devastation, vast
- vegere «to move, excite, quicken» vegetable, vegetarian, vegetarianism, vegetate, vegetation, vegetative
- vehere, veho «to carry, bear, convey» convect, convection, vector, vehicle, vehicular
- velle, volo «to wish, to be willing» benevolence, benevolent, malevolence, malevolent, velleity, volition, volitional, voluntarism, voluntarist, voluntary, volunteer
- venenum «poison» venom, venomous
- venire, venio «to come» advent, adventitious, adventure, adventurous, avenue, circumvent, contravene, convene, convenient, convent, conventicle, convention, coven, covenant, event, eventful, eventual, intervene, invent, inventive, inventiveness, inventor, inventory, misadventure, parvenu, prevenient, prevent, provenance, provenience, revenant, revenue, souvenir, subvention, uneventful, supervene, venire, venturous, venue
- verber «a whip, rod» verberate, verberation, reverberant, reverberate, reverberation, reverberatory
- verbum, verba «word, saying, expression, expression, proverb, verb» adverb, adverbial, non-verbal, proverb, proverbial, verb, verbal, verbalization, verbalize, verbatim, verbiage, verbose, verbosity
- vergere, vergo «to bend» converge, convergence, convergency, convergent, diverge, divergence, divergency, divergent, verge
- verna «a native» vernacular
- vertere, verto «to turn» adverse, adversity, anniversary, aversion, avert, bouleversement, controversy, converse, conversion, conversation, convert, diverse, diversion, diversity, divert, evert, extrorse, extroversion, extrovert, introrse, introversion, introvert, inverse, inversion, invert, malversation, obverse, obvert, peevish, pervert, prose, retrorse, reversal, reverse, revert, sinistrorse, subversion, subversive, subvert, tergiversate, transverse, universe, versatile, verse, version, versus, vertebra, vertex, vertigo, vortex
- vērus «true» veracious, veracity, verification, verifier, verify, veritable, verity, very
- vestigium «footstep, footprint, track, the sole of the foot, a trace, mark» vestige, vestigial, investigate, investigation, investigational, investigative, investigator, investigatory
- vestis «garment» devest, devestation, devestator, divest, invest, investor, investment, revet, travesty, vest
- vexare, vexo «to disturb, agitate» vex, vexation, vexatious
- via «way» convey, conveyable, conveyance, conveyee, conveyer, conveyor, convoy, via, viaduct, viary, viatecture, viatic, viaticals, viaticum, viator
- videre, video «to see, look at, consider» advice, advisable, advise, adviser, advisor, advisory, belvedere, clairvoyant, enviable, envy, evidence, evident, improvisation, improvise, interview, interviewer, invidious, previse, provide, provision, provisional, prudence, prudent, purvey, purveyance, purveyor, purview, review, reviewer, revise, revision, revisionism, revisor, supervise, supervision, supervisor, survey, surveyor, television, vide, view, viewer, visa, visage, visibility, visible, vision, visionary, visit, visor, vista, visual, visualization, visualize, voyeur
- vigere, vigeo «flourish, thrive, be lively» invigorate, invigoration, reinvigorate, reinvigoration, vigor, vigorous
- vigil «awake» invigilate, invigilation, invigilator, vigil, vigilance, vigilant, vigilante
- vīlla «country home, farmhouse, homestead» bidonville, nasty, villa, village, villain, villanelle, villein
- vincere, vinco «to conquer» convict, conviction, convince, evict, evince, invincible, vanquish, victor, victorious, victory, vincible
- vindicare, vindico «to avenge, vindicate, claim, punish» avenge, avengeance, avengement, revanche, revanchist, revenge, venge, vengeance, vengeful, vindicate, vindication, vindictive
- vir, virī «man, husband, hero» decemvir, duumvir, triumvirate, virago, virile, virtual, virtuality, virtualization, virtualize, virtue, virtuous, virtuosa, virtuosity, virtuoso
- vitium «fault, vice» vice, vicious, vitiate, vitiation, vituperable, vituperant, vituperation, vituperative, vituperator, vituperatory, vituperous
- vivere, vivo «to live» convivial, devive, revitalization, revitalize, revival, revive, survival, survive, viability, viable, viand, victual, vital, vitality, viva, vivacious, vivid
- volvere, volvo «to roll» convolve, convolute, convoluted, convolution, evolve, evolution, evolutionary, involve, involvement, revolve, revolver, revolution, revolutionary, voluble, volute
- vovere, voveo «vow, promise; dedicate or devote to a deity» devote, devotee, devotion, vote, voter, vow
- vox «voice» (> vocare) advocacy, advocate, advocation, advocator, advocatory, avocation, convoke, equivocal, equivocation, evoke, invocation, invoke, provocation, provocative, provoke, revoke, unequivocal, univocal, vocable, vocabulary, vocal, vocalize, vocalization, vocation, vocational, voice
Further reading[edit]
- The American Heritage Dictionary Indo-European Roots Appendix, ahdictionary.com
English is a Germanic language which means that unlike the Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian) the English language does not originate from Latin.
There are however hundreds of English vocabulary words which come from Latin. Many of these have entered the English language as loanwords from French (a large part of French vocabulary words come from Latin)
List of English words which come from Latin
Here is a list of 160 English vocabulary words which come from Latin:
- Alien: from Latin aliēnus (which means “outsider” or “foreigner” )
- Senior: from Latin senior (meaning “older”), which is the comparative form of senex (meaning “aged”, “old”)
- Election : from Latin ēlectiō (meaning “choice” or “selection”)
- Extreme: from Latin extrēmus which is the superlative of the Latin word exter (which means “outward”)
- Senate: from Latin senātus (meaning “council of elders” or “senate”) itself from the Latin adjective from senex (meaning “old”)
- Amateur: from Latin amātōr (meaning “lover”), itself from the Latin verb amāre (which means “to love”)
- Aquatic: from Latin aquaticus (meaning “relating to the water”) itself from the Latin word aqua (meaning “water”)
- Beneficial: from Latin beneficium (meaning “kindness”, “service” or “favor”)
- Claim: from Latin clāmō (which means “to cry out” or “to proclaim””)
- Extraordinary: From Latin extrāōrdinārius, itself from extrā ōrdinem (meaning “outside the order”)
- Absence: from latin absentia
- Family: from Latin familia
- City: from Latin cīvitās
- General: from Latin generālis
- Public: from Latin pūblicus
- College: from Latin collēgium
- President: from Latin praesidēns
- Common: from Latin commūnis
- Education: from Latin ēducātiō
- Similar: from Latin similis
- Single: from latin singulus
- Council: from Latin concilium
- Final: from Latin fīnālis
- Region: from latin regiō
- Addition: from Latin additiōnem
- Music: from Latin mūsica
- Special: from Latin speciālis
- Union: from Latin ūniō
- Position: from Latin positio
- Royal: from Latin rēgālis
- Information: from Latin īnfōrmātiō
- Male: from Latin masculus
- Social: from Latin sociālis
- Act: from Latin ācta
- Division: from Latin dīvīsiō
- Air: from Latin āēr
- Active: from Latin activus
- Civil: from Latin cīvīlis
- Human: from Latin hūmānus
- Population: from Latin populatio
- Culture: from Latin cultūra
- Province: from Latin prōvincia
- Structure: from Latin structūra
- Station: from Latin statiōnem
- Native: from Latin nātīvus itself from the Latin nātus (meaning “birth”)
- Professor: from Latin professor
- Certain: from Latin certus (meaning “fixed” or “certain”)
- Industry: from Latin industria (meaning “activity”, “diligence”)
- Distribution: from Latin distributio
- Section: from Latin sectiō (meaning “cutting”)
- Space: from Latin spatium
- Source: from Latin surgō (meaning “to rise”)
- Variety: from Latin varietās (meaning “diversity, difference”)
- Create: from Latin creātus
- Capital: from Latin capitālis (meaning “of the head”)
- Operation: from Latin operātiō, itself from the Latin opus which means “work”
- Separate: from Latin sēparātus
- Museum from Latin mūsēum (meaning “library”, or “study”)
- Person: from Latin persōna ( meaning “mask used by actor” or “role”)
- Administration: from Latin administratio
- Secretary: from Latin secrētārius (meaning “person entrusted with secrets”)
- Edition: from Latin ēditiō, itself from the Latin verb ēdere ( meaning “to publish”).
- Complex: from Latin complexus
- Empire: from Latin imperium, itself from the Latin verb imperare (meaning “to command”)
- Competition: from Latin competītiō
- Student: from Latin studēns
- Increase: from Latin increscere
- Conference: from Latin cōnferēns
- Cause: from Latin causa
- Money: from Latin monēta
- Police: from Latin polītīa (meaning “the state”, or “the government”)
- Evidence: from Latin evidentia
- Justice: from Latin iūstitia
- Valley: from Latin vallēs
- Experience: from Latin experientia
- Material: from Latin māteriālis
- Influence: Latin īnfluēns (which means “flowing in”)
- Decision: from Latin dēcīsiō itself from the Latin verb dēcīdō (maning “to decide”)
- Feature: from Latin factūra itself from the Latin verb faciō (“to do” , “to make”)
- Formation: from Latin fōrmātiō
- value : from Latin valēre
- Continue: from Latin continuāre
- Congress: From Latin congressum which is the past participle of the Latin verb congredior ( which means “to come together”)
- Creation: from Latin creātiō
- Potential: from Latin potentia (meaning “power”)
- Marine: from Latin marinus (meaning “of the sea”), itself from the Latin noun mare (meaning “sea”)
- Mountain: from Latin montānus, itself from the latin word mōns (meaning “mountain”)
- Face: from Latin faciēs (meaning “appearance” )
- Ability: from Latin habilitās, itself from the Latin word from habilis (meaning “fit” or “able”)
- Necessary: from Latin necessārius (meaning “inevitable”, or “required”)
- Distance: from Latin distantia
- Double: from Latin duplus (meaning “twofold”)
- Figure: from Latin figūra (meaning “shape” or “form”)
- Peace: from Latin pāx (meaning “peace”)
- Festival: from Latin fēstīvus (meaning “festive”)
- Victory: from Latin victōria
- Urban: from Latin urbanus
- Mayor: from Latin maior (meaning “bigger, greater”), which is the comparative form of the Latin asjective magnus ( meaning “big, great”)
- Supreme: from Latin supremus, which is the superlative of the latin word superus (which means “which is above”)
- Tradition: from Latin trāditiō
- Normal: From Latin normālis (which means “according the rules”)
- Generation: from Latin generātiō, itself from generō ( meaning “to generate”)
- Liberal: from Latin līberālis
- Equal: from Latin aequālis
- Institution: from Latin institūtiō
- Positive: from Latin positivus
- Machine: from Latin māchina
- Naval: from Latin nāvālis
- Religion: from Latin religiō
- Labour: from Latin laborare
- Metal: from Latin metallum
- Selection: From Latin sēlēctiō
- Doctor: from Latin doctor
- Mobile: from Latin mōbilis (meaning “moveable”)
- Translation: from Latin trānslātiō
- Medieval: from the combination of two Latin words, medium (which means “middle”) & aevum ( which means “age”)
- Couple: from Latin cōpula
- Opinion: from Latin opīniō
- Element: from Latin elementum
- Exception: from Latin exceptiō
- Sequence: from Latin sequentia (“a following”) itself from the latin verb sequi ( which means “to follow”)
- Coalition: from Latin coalitiō
- Credit: from Latin crēditum
- Reputation: from Latin reputationem
- Legend: from Latin legenda (meaning “a thing worth reading about”) itself from the Latin verb lego (meaning “to read”)
- Merchant: from Latin mercātus (meaning “market”)
- Session: from Latin sessiō (meaning “a sitting”)
- Diverse: from Latin diversus ( meaning “various”, “different”)
- Offensive: from Latin offensivus, itself from the Latin verb offendere (meaning “to offend”)
- Ordinary: from Latin ōrdinārius (meaning “regular” or “orderly”) iself from the Latin word ōrdō (meaning “order”)
- Noble: from Latin nōbilis
- Spiritual: from Latin spiritus
- Intention: from Latin intentiō
- Regime: from Latin regimen (meaning “direction” or “government”)
- Copy: from Latin cōpia
- Procedure: from Latin procedere (meaning “to go forward”)
- Instrument: from Latin īnstrūmentum
- Charity: from Latin cāritās
- Variable: from Latin variare (meaning “to change”)
- Conclusion: from Latin conclūsiō
- Excellent: from Latin adjective excellēns which is the present participle of the latin verb excello (which means “to be eminent” or “to excell”)
- Ideal: from Latin ideālis (which means “existing in idea”)
- Moral: from Latin mōrālis
- Liberty: from Latin lībertās (meaing “freedom”, or “liberty”)
- Neutral: from Latin neutralis
- Statue: from Latin statua, which itself comes from the Latin verb statuō ( which means “to set up” or “to erect”)
- Fortune: from Latin fortūna (which can mean “fate”, “luck”, “prosperity” or “wealth”)
- Proportion: from Latin prōportiō
- Assume: From Latin assūmō (which means “to accept” or “to take”)
- Inclusion: from Latin inclusio, itself from the Latin verb inclūdō
- Precise: from Latin praecisus
- Destination: From Latin dēstinātiō, itself from the Latin verb dēstinō (which means “to destine”)
- Passion: from Latin passio (meaning “suffering”)
- Feminine: from Latin fēminīnus, itself from the Latin word fēmina (meaning “woman”)
- Glory: from Latin glōria
- To compare: from Latin comparare
- Color: from latin color
- Innocent: from Latin innocens
- Examine: from Latin exāmināre
- Intelligent: from Latin intellegēns
The reason there are so many English words which come from Latin
As a Germanic language, English did not originate from Latin. The large number of Latin words in English is remarkable given that other Germanic languages (such as German or Norwegian) contain far fewer Latin words.
This linguistic phenomenon has a simple historical explanation.
Many of the Latin vocabulary words found in English have entered the English language as loanwords from French. As a Romance language which is derived from Latin, a large majority (about 80%) of French words come from Latin.
The presence of so many French vocabulary words in the English language is in part due to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 .
At the time, Old Norman (which is a dialect of French) became the language of the Anglo-Norman government in England. This lasted for several centuries.
During that time this French dialect was widely used in the royal court as well as in the church and the justice system of England.
This historical event had wide ranging linguistic effects on the English language and is the reason why English contains so many words originating from Latin.
How to identify English vocabulary words which come from Latin?
The most reliable way to know if an English vocabulary word originates from Latin is use a dictionary which provides etymological information (information on the origin of words).
Heuristics to determine whether an English word is likely or not to have originated from Latin can be obtained from a basic knowledge of Latin. This is because some letters are not used (or rarely used) in Latin.
For instance, the letter ‘w’ was not part of the classical Latin alphabet, so an English word which contains that letter most likely doesn’t come from Latin.
In addition, the presence of the letter ‘k’ in an English word indicates that the word is unlikely to have come from Latin.
Although the classic Latin alphabet contains the letter ‘k’, it hardly ever appears in Latin vocabulary words. The reason is that in Latin the letter ‘c’ is pronounced like a ‘k’ (There is no soft ‘c’ in Latin). This made the letter ‘k’ redundant and hardly ever used in Latin.
The letter ‘z’ is typically not found in Latin vocabulary words. Although the letter ‘z’ was part of the early forms of the Latin alphabet it disappeared because of sound changes in the Latin language. Later, it was reintroduced to accommodate loanwords from Greek.
An English word which contains the letter ‘z’ is unlikely to have originated from Latin.
English words which end “-ion” are likely to have come from French and previously from Latin.
To learn more about Latin, see this list of the 1000 most common Latin words, and this comparison of Italian and Latin.
Modern English words which come from Latin
Latin is considered to be a dead language which means that it’s no longer the native language of any community. This has been the case for several centuries now.
In spite of this, Latin has been used to create new words especially in scientific and technical fields.
For example, the word “casein” which refers to a protein which is found in milk comes from the Latin word “caseus” meaning cheese.
Another example is the word “lactose” which refers to the sugar found in milk and comes from the Latin word “lac” which means ‘milk’.
Conclusion
There are many English words which are derived from Latin, and most of these have come as loanwords from French.
Understanding the Latin roots of those English vocabulary words, provides linguistic insights and enables us to understand the vocabulary in English and in several other languages.
PS: you can use our free language tool, VocabChat to record your own vocabulary and phrase lists.
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages).
Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v.[1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and orthography.
The citation form for nouns (the form normally shown in Latin dictionaries) is the Latin nominative singular, but that typically does not exhibit the root form from which English nouns are generally derived.
• acerbior
• acerbissimus
• alacrior
• albior
• albissimus
• amplior
• amplissimus
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-uss-
• audācior
• audācissimus
• melior
• optimus
• melior-
• optim-
• better
• best
• ameliorate, amelioration, meliority
• optimal, optimate, optimum, suboptimal
-culc-
• cārior
• cārissimus
• castior
• castissimus
• celerior
• celerrimus
• citerior
• citimus
• citerior-
• citim-
•
•
•
• clārior
• clārissimus
-demn-
• dēterior
• dēterrimus
• deterior-
• deterrim-
• worst
•
• dexterior
• dextimus
• dexterior-
• dextim-
•
•
• exterior
• extremus
• exterior-
• extrem-
• outmost
• exterior
• extreme, extremity, extremum
fīlius
fīli-
son
• frequentior
• frequentissimus
• fulvissimus
• fuscior
• gracilior
• gracillimus
• grandior
• grandissimus
• gratissimus
• gravior
• gravissimus
• grossior
• inferior
• infimus
• inferior-
• infim-
• lowest
•
• interior
• intimus
• interior-
• intim-
•
• interior
• intima, intimacy, intimate, intimation
jocus
jūdex [note 6]
jugum
juvenis
• longior
• longissimus
• māior
• maximus
• māior-
• maxim-
• greater
• greatest
• maestoso, majesty, major, majorate, majordomo, majoritarian, majority, majuscule, mayor, mayoral, mayoralty, semimajor, supermajority
• maxim, maximal, maximum
• peior
• pessimus
• peior-
• pessim-
• worse
• worst
• impair, impairment, pejoration, pejorative
• pessimal
• miserior
• miserrimus
• mitissimus
• plūs
• plūrimus
• plūr-
• plūrim-
• more
• most
• nonplus, plural, plurality, pluriform, plus, surplus
• plurimal
• novior
• novissimus
-pert-
• minor
• minimus
• min-
• minim-
• less
• least
• administer, administration, administrative, administrator, administratrix, maladminister, minister, ministerial, ministrant, ministrative, ministry, minor, minority, minstrel, minstrelsy, minus, minuscule, semiminor
• minim, minimal, minimum
pos-
• posterior
• postremus
• posterior-
• postrem-
•
• a posteriori, posterior, posteriority
• postremogeniture
• prīmus
• prīm-
• first
• prima facie, primacy, primal, primary, primate, prime, primer, primine, primitive, primogeniture, primordial, primrose, Primula, subprimal, subprime
• propior
• proximus
• propior-
• proxim-
• nearer
• nearest
• approach, rapprochement, reproach
• proximal, proximate, proximity
-secr-
• siccior
succus
• superior
• supremus, summus
• superior-
• suprem-, sum-
• higher
• highest
• superior, superiority
• consummate, sum, summa, summation, summit, summitry, summity, supreme, supremity, supremum
• ulterior
• ultimus
• ulterior-
• ultim-
• farther
• farmost, farthest
• ulterior, ulteriority
• penultimate, ultima, ultimate, ultimatum, ultimogeniture
vallis
• velocior
• velocissimus
• vilior
• vilissimus
Interested in increasing your vocabulary? Here are some English words from Latin directly or from Latin via French or Spanish. These words are thought to have come from newspaper articles from around 1923. One of the words on the list, mattoid, does not appear to be used any longer, so it is not included.
- acumen — ability to make good judgments
- agenda — list of things to be done
- altruism — selfless concern for others
- ambiguous — having a double meaning
- aplomb (Fr.) — self-confidence
- atrocity — cruel act
- avarice — greed
- bibulous — excessively fond of drinking alcohol
- celibate — abstaining from sex or marriage
- chivalrous (Fr.) — gallant
- condign — worthy, appropriate
- conglomerate — parts put together to form a unit while remaining separate identities
- crepuscular — pertaining to twilight
- cull — select from a variety of sources
- debilitate — weaken
- dirigible — capable of being guided
- facsimile — exact copy
- ferrous — made of iron
- flux — in the process of flowing
- futile — in vain
- garrulity — loquaciousness
- impecunious — poor
- incalculable — too great to be counted
- incommunicado (Sp.) — not in communication with others
- indefatigability — tireless
- insipid — lacking flavor
- introspection — looking within at one’s mental or emotional state
- languid — slow, relaxed
- lucubration — meditation
- malfeasance (Fr.) — wrongdoing
- modicum — small amount
- moribund — near death
- mundane — worldly as opposed to spiritual
- naive — exhibiting lack of experience
- obeisance — respect
- obvious — clear (from the Latin for «in the way»)
- parvenu — celebrity from obscure origins
- perpetuate — preserve
- perturb — make anxious
- plausible — probable
- precarious — uncertain
- puerile — childishly silly
- pulchritude — beauty
- pusillanimity — showing a lack of courage
- rapport — close relationship
- rapprochement (Fr.) — establishment of a harmonious relationship
- recalcitrant — obstinate
- renegade — a rebellious person
- reprisal — retaliation
- sacrosanct — very important or holy and not to be messed with
- simulacrum — image
- stipend — fixed allowance
- stultify — make appear foolish, cause to loose enthusiasm
- succumb — fail to resist
- taunt (Fr.) — provoke
- tentative — provisional
- turpitude — depravity
- ubiquity — found everywhere
Source: «Learn a Word Every Day» by Lillian B. Lawler. The Classical Journal, Vol. 18, No. 5. (Feb. 1923), pp. 299-301.
English is a Germanic language, with a grammar and a core vocabulary inherited from Proto-Germanic. However, a significant portion of the English vocabulary comes from Romance and Latinate sources. A portion of these borrowings come directly from Latin, or through one of the Romance languages, particularly Anglo-Norman and French, but some also from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish; or from other languages (such as Gothic, Frankish or Greek) into Latin and then into English. The influence of Latin in English, therefore, is primarily lexical in nature, being confined mainly to words derived from Latin roots.
Many English speakers may not realize how often English words are actually taken, verbatim, from both ancient and modern languages. Latin, in particular, has been extremely influential not only on the romance languages, such as French, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian, but also on today’s English. It may come as a surprise to learn that English speakers use common Latin phrases every day, most recognizably in the sciences.
A Latinism therefore (from Medieval Latin: Latinismus) is a word, idiom, or structure in a language other than Latin that is derived from, or suggestive of, the Latin language. The Term Latinism refers to those loan words that are borrowed into another language directly from Latin (especially frequent among inkhorn terms); English has many of these, as well. There are many Latinisms in English, and other (especially European) languages.
As a matter of fact many words that we still use nowadays comes from the latin language; let’s take VIRUS for example, it was used in the 18th and early 19th centuries for “any agent that causes infectious disease.” The word originally derived from the Greek, ios. As well as meaning a poisonous secretion by snakes, it was also used in Latin to mean a poisonous emanation from a plant, a poisonous fluid, a nasty manner of speech or disposition, an acrid juice or a magic potion.
From figurative senses of VIRUS in the old “poison” meaning we get words like VIRULENT and VIRULENCE. These were used earlier in medicine, in reference to wounds or ulcers that were “full of corrupt or poisonous matter.” The figurative senses seem to date from c. 1600.
VIRAL is a 20th century word, originally “of the nature of, or caused by, a virus.” The internet sense of “become suddenly widely popular through sharing” seems to be from the 1990s, originally in the jargon of marketing, and is based on the spread of a computer virus.
CORONA is the Latin word for “a crown, a garland,” in ancient Rome especially “a crown or garland bestowed for distinguished military service.” Our English CROWN is just the same Latin word passed through French, which beat a few sounds out of it.
Since it left Latin it has acquired many extended senses in botany, anatomy, cigars, beers, etc. A CORONAVIRUS is so called for the spikes that protrude from its membranes and resemble the tines of a crown or the corona of the sun. When I wrote that entry probably very few people had seen a representation of one. Now, probably, all of you have.
HOSPITAL is the same word as HOTEL (and HOSTEL, and, partly, HOSPICE), and is related to both GUEST and HOST, and to HOSPITALITY and HOSTILITY. It’s one of the word-groups that takes you into the deepest trenches of language history and gives you a whiff of the ancestral homelands.
HOSPITAL – mid-13c., “shelter for the needy,” from Old French hospital, ospital “hostel, shelter, lodging” (Modern French hôpital), from Late Latin hospitale “guest-house, inn,” noun use of neuter of Latin adjective hospitalis “of a guest or host” (as a noun, “a guest; the duties of hospitality”), from hospes (genitive hospitis) “guest; host.”
INOCULATION and VACCINATION now are generally used interchangeably for “artificial induction of immunity against various infectious diseases.” There’s a difference, but it’s mostly historical.
INOCULATION describes the older form of the process that was used to protect against smallpox. Another word for it in 18th century English was VARIOLATION, from VARIOLA, the medical Latin word for “smallpox,” which is a diminutive of Latin varius “changing, various,” in this case “speckled, spotted” (related to VARY and VARIOUS).
Other famous words that come from Latin are the following ones:
acumen = ability to make good judgments
agenda = list of things to be done
altruism = selfless concern for others
ambiguous = having a double meaning
aplomb (Fr.) = self-confidence
atrocity = cruel act
avarice = greed
bibulous = excessively fond of drinking alcohol
camp = a place where tents, huts, or other temporary shelters are set up, as by soldiers, nomads, or travelers.
celibate = abstaining from sex or marriage
certain = determined, fixed from Certus, determined
chivalrous (Fr.) = gallant
condign = worthy, appropriate
conglomerate = parts put together to form a unit while remaining separate identities
corona = a faintly colored luminous ring or halo appearing to surround a celestial body
crepuscular = pertaining to twilight
cull = select from a variety of sources
debilitate = weaken
dirigible = capable of being guided
facsimile = exact copy
ferrous = made of iron
flux = in the process of flowing
fort = a fortified place occupied by troops; an army post.
futile = in vain
garrulity = loquaciousness
hospital = A facility that provides emergency, inpatient, and usually outpatient medical care for sick or injured people.
interred = placed or buried in the earth
hotel = An establishment that provides lodging and usually meals and other services for travelers and other paying guests.
hospice = A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute, especially one maintained by a monastic order.
hospitality = Cordial and generous reception of or disposition toward guests.
hostile = warlike, aggressive: a hostile takeover; adverse, contrary, unsympathetic: a hostile response
impecunious = poor
incalculable = too great to be counted
incommunicado (Sp.) = not in communication with others
indefatigability = tireless
inoculation = The act or an instance of inoculating, especially the introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
inocultate = to introduce a serum, vaccine, or antigenic substance into a body
insipid = lacking flavor
introspection = looking within at one’s mental or emotional state
languid = slow, relaxed
latinism = a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
lucubration = meditation
malfeasance (Fr.) = wrongdoing
medicine = from Latin medicina, the healing art, medicine; a remedy,” also used figuratively.
Mediterranean = a sea in the midde of two lands
modicum = small amount
moribund = near death
mundane = worldly as opposed to spiritual
naive = exhibiting lack of experience
obeisance = respect
obvious = clear (from the Latin for “in the way”)
parvenu = celebrity from obscure origins
perpetuate = preserve
perturb = make anxious
plausible = probable
precarious = uncertain
puerile = childishly silly
pulchritude = beauty
pusillanimity = showing a lack of courage
quarantine = A condition, period of time, or place in which a person, animal, plant, vehicle, or amount of material suspected of carrying an infectious agent is kept in confinement or isolated in an effort to prevent disease from spreading
rapport = close relationship
rapprochement (Fr.) = establishment of a harmonious relationship
recalcitrant = obstinate
renegade = a rebellious person
reprisal = retaliation
sacrosanct = very important or holy and not to be messed with
sane = Of sound mind; mentally healthy.
sanity = The quality or condition of being sane; soundness of mind.
simulacrum = image
stipend = fixed allowance
stultify = make appear foolish, cause to loose enthusiasm
succumb = fail to resist
taunt (Fr.) = provoke
tentative = provisional
terrace = flat earth with sloping sides
Terrier = a breed et dog that burrows into the earth for game
turpitude = depravity
ubiquity = found everywhere
vaccination = Inoculation with a vaccine in order to protect against a particular disease.
vaccine = a preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen
virulent = Characterized by, causing, or promoting the rapid onset of severe illness.viral = Of, relating to, or caused by a virus
virus = any of various submicroscopic agents that infect living organisms
Did you know when you say this, it’s Latin?
Common Latin roots and its derived English words.
LATIN ROOT | MEANING | EXAMPLES |
-dict | to say | contradict, dictate, diction, edict, predict |
-duc | to lead, to bring, to take | deduce, produce, reduce |
-gress | to walk | digress, progress, transgress |
-ject | to throw | eject, inject, interject, project, reject, subject |
-pel | to drive | compel, dispel, impel, repel |
-pend | to hang | append, depend, impend, pendant, pendulum |
-port | to carry | comport, deport, export, import, report, support |
-scrib -script |
to write | describe, description, prescribe, prescription, subscribe, subscription, transcribe, transcription |
-tract | to pull, to drag, to draw | attract, contract, detract, extract, protract, retract, traction |
-vert |
to turn | convert, divert, invert, revert |
LATIN PREFIX | MEANING | EXAMPLES |
co- | together | coauthor, coedit |
de- | away, off; in English, generally indicates “reversal” or “removal” | deactivate, debone, defrost, decompress, deplane |
dis- | no, not any | disbelief, discomfort, discredit, disrepair, disrespect |
inter- | between, among | international, interfaith, intertwine, intercellular, interject |
non- | not | nonessential, nonresident, nonviolence, nonskid, nonstop |
post- | after | postdate, postwar, postnasal, postnatal |
pre- | before | preconceive, preexist, premeditate, predispose |
re- | again; back, backward | rearrange, rebuild, recall, remake, rerun, rewrite |
sub- | under | submarine, subsoil, subway, subhuman, substandard |
trans- | across, beyond, through | transatlantic, transpolar |
LATIN SUFFIX | FUNCTION | EXAMPLES |
-able, -ible |
forms adjective and means “capable or worthy of” | likable, flexible, unbelievable, unable, |
-ation | forms nouns from verbs | creation, civilization, automation, speculation |
-fy, -ify |
forms verbs and means “to make or cause to become” | purify, acidify, humidify |
-men | forms nouns from verbs | entertainment, amazement, statement, banishment |
-ty, -it |
forms nouns from adjectives | subtlety, certainty, cruelty, loyalty, eccentricity, electricity, similarity, technicality |
Learn more visiting these useful websites:
https://www.latin-english.com Latin English Dictionary
https://www.etymonline.com Online Etymology Dictionary
You can download the following books on Latin at this page:
Latin Language: Bennett, Charles E.: New Latin Grammar;
D’Oogle, Benjamin L.: Latin for beginners;
Wine, women and songs. Medieval Latin Student’s Songs, including translation and commentary by John Addington Symonds.
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