Stage 7 Derivatives
Centurio - centurion
• Related Latin word – centum = 100
• Cent, percent, century
• Actually commands 60-80 men
• Started out as 100
Nihil - nothing
• Annihilate
• Nihilism
• a : a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that
existence is senseless and useless
• b : a doctrine that denies any objective ground of truth and especially of moral
truths
• Nil
Pestis – pest, rascal
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Pest (derp)
Pesticide
Pestilence
Pesky
Umbra - shadow
• Umbra (derp)
• Umbrella
• Umbreon
Ceno - dine
• Related Latin word?
• Cena - dinner
Conspicio – catch sight of
• Related Latin word?
• Con + specto
• Conspicuous
Facio – do, make
• LOTS of English derivatives
• Fact, faction, effect, defect, affect, artifact,
infect, artificial, beneficial
• Anything ending with an –fy or -fic
• pacify/Pacific, specify/specific, nullify, electrify, certify,
classify, falsify, deify, identify
intellego - understand
• (un)intelligible
• Intelligent
• Intellectual
Lacrimo – cry, weep
• Lacrimose
• Lacrimation
Narro – tell, relate
• Narrate
• Narrative
• Narrator
Neco - kill
• Internecine – destructive to both sides
• Pernicious – having a harmful effect
Paro – prepare, get ready
• Prepare (derp)
• Preparatory, preparation
• Compare
• Separate
• Empire, emperor
• Imperative
Procedo – advance, proceed
• Proceed (derp)
• Procession
Rogo - ask
• Interrogate
• Surrogate
• Arrogant
• Derogatory
Terreo – frighten, scare
• Terror, terrorism
• Terrify (terreo + what else?)
• Terrible
Mortuus - dead
• Base Latin word: mors, mortis - death
• (im)mortal(ity)
• Mortify (which verb?)
• Mortician
Omnis – all, every
• Omniscient
• Omnipotent
• Omnivorous
• Omnipresent (synonym of a derivative of
ubi)
• Bus; omnibus
Pulcher – beautiful, handsome
• Pulchritude
• Pulchritudinous
Tacite – quietly, silently
• Tacit
• Tacitly
• Taciturn
• Reticent
Prope - near
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Propinquity
Approach
Proximity
Approximate
Cum - with
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Cum/com/con
Connect
Communicate
Conjunction
Congress
Connotation