Latin
Date
Latin Prefix(es)
........ ab, a
........
Definition(s)
from, down, away
ad, ac, af, ag, al, an, ap,
to
ar, as, at, a
Examples of Prefix(es)
abstract, aversion, abject
advent, accent, accelerate, affectation,
aggravate
........ ambi
both
ambidextrous, ambiance
........ ante
before
antecedent, antebellum
........ bi
two
biennium, bifurcate, bicarbonate
........ circum, circa
around, about
circumnavigate, circumference
........ com, col, con, cor, co
closely along, together, next
to, with
collusion, coheir, consort, cooperate,
compact
........ contra, counter
against
contradict, contraband, counterfeit
........ de
from, down, entirely
deplete, demerit, depress, defrost, decline,
defunct
........ di, dis, dif
away, from, apart
different, disburse, digest
........ duo, du
two
dubious, duet, duplication
........ ex, e, ef, ec, es
from, out of, without
effervescent, exhale, escape, extradition,
eclectic
........ extra
beyond
extrapolate, extraordinary
........ in, il, ir, im
in, into, on
infer, induct, incarnate, illuminate, irrigate,
imbibe
........ in, il, ir, im
no, not, without, non
insignificant, illiterate, irresponsible,
impossible, imbecile, inappropriate,
........ inter
among, between
interchange, intervention, intercept
........ intra, intro
within, inside of
intramural, intrastate, intramuscular
........ milli, mille
thousand
millennium, millimeter
........ multi, multus
much, many
multitudinous, multifaceted, multiply
........ non
not
nonresident, nonconformity
........ ob, o, oc, of, op,
against, before, toward, for
offer, omit, occur, obscene, oppress
........ omni
all, everywhere
omniscient, omnivorous, omnificent
........ quadri, quadr
four times, four fold
quadriceps, quadrisect, quadrivium
........ per
through, completely
persecute, pilgrim, perfect, pellucid
........ post
after, behind
postdate, postdiluvian
........ pre
before
precedent, precept, preposition
........ pro, pur
before, for
proceed, purport, pursue
........ re
back, again
recompense, refine
........ retro
back, backward
retrograde, retrofit
........ se
apart, aside
seclude, select
........ semi
half
semicircle, semiprivate
........
sub, suc, suf, sug, sum,
under, less than, inferior
sup, sur, sus
suffer, submarine, succumb, suggest
........ super, supra
above, superior, surpassing
soprano, superabundance, superintendent
........ trans
across, through
transcontinental, transit
........ tri
three
triangle, triceps, Triassic
........ ultra
beyond, on other side of
ultrasound, ultraconservative
Date
Latin Suffix
........ -itis
Date
Definition(s)
inflammation
Latin Root(s)
Definition(s)
Examples of Suffix
neuritis, conjunctivitis
Example(s) of Root(s)
........ acerbus, acris, acuere
sharp, to sharpen, needle,
bitter
acerbate, acupuncture, acuity, acrimony
........ aequare
to make equal, even
equivocate, adequate, equilibrium
........ aevum
age
coeval, medieval
........ ager, agri, agro
field
agrestic, agronomy
........ agere, actum, agitare
to act, to do
agility, react, agitate
........ alius
other, else
alias, alienate
........ alter
other
altercation, adulterate
........ altus
high
altimeter, exaltation, alto
........ ambulare
to walk, to go
preamble, ambulatory
to love, love, friend
amateur, amiable, enamored
........ anima
life, soul, breath, mind
animosity, inanimate, unanimous
........ annus
year
biennial, centennial, annual
........ apparere
to come forth, be visible
apparent, appearance, apparitor
........ aptare, aptus, apere
to fit, suitable
aptitude, adaptable, ineptitude
........ aqua
water
aqueous, aquarelle
........ arbiter
judge
arbitration, arbitrary
........ arbor
tree
arboretum, arboreal
........ ardere
to burn
arduous, ardor
........ artis
art
artifice, artifact, artisan
........ audire
to hear
audit, audible
........ augere
to increase
augmentation, augur, august
........ avis
bird
avionics, aviation, aviary, avian
........ beatus
blessed, happy
beatific, beatitude
........ bellare, bellum
to wage war, war
rebellious, bellicose
........ bene
well
benevolence, beneficent
........ bonus, bon
good
bonanza, bonny, bon voyage
........ brevis
short, brief
abbreviate, breviary
........ cadere
fall
recidivism, cascade, cadaver, decadent
........ caedere, cide
to cut, kill
incision, pesticide
........ canere, cantare, cantus
to sing
recant, chant, cantata
to take, hold, contain
capacious, incipient, intercept participate,
capable, captive, conceive, precept
........
........
........
amare, amor, amatum,
amicus
capere, captum, cip,
cept
........ caput, capitis
head
cape, chapter, biceps, capital
........ carnis
flesh
carnal, carnival, incarnate, carnivore
........ cavare, cavus
to make hollow
cavernous, cavity, excavate
........ cedere, cessum
to go, withdraw, move
concession, recede, access
........ centrum
center
eccentric, concentric, concentrate
........ centum, centi
hundred, tenth, ten
percent, centimeter, centurion
........ cernere, certus
to see as being different, to
sift, distinguish
discern, secret, certitude
........ civis, civilis
citizen, community
civic, city, civility
........ clamare, clamor
to shout, cry out acclaim,
clear, to make clear
reclamation clarare, clarus, clarify, clarity,
declaration, claret
........ claudere, clausum
to shut, close
recluse, cloister, enclosure, conclusion
........ clemens
mild, merciful
clemency, inclement
........ clinare
to lean, slope
clinometer, incline
........ colare
to strain, filter
portcullis, percolate, colander
........ colere, cultus
to till, care, cultivate
cultivation, culture, cult
........ coquere, coctum
to cook, to mature
precocious, concoction, cook
........ cor, cordis
heart
courage, cordial, accord
........ corium
skin, hide
excoriate
........ corona
crown
corona, coronation, coronary
........ corpus
body
corporation, corporeal
........ credere, credens
to believe, trust
credentials, credit, incredible
........ crescere, cretum
to grow
crescendo, concretism, accretion, increase
........ crimen
crime, offense
criminology, incriminate
........ cruciare, crux, crucis
to torture, cross
excruciating, crusade, cruzeiro
........ culpare
to blame, fault
culpable, exculpate
........ cumulare
to heap up
cumulative, accumulate
........ curare, cura, curatus
to take care of, concern
curate, curious, manicure
........ currere, cursus, cour
to run, go
occur, precursor, concur, course
........ dens, dentis
tooth
denture, endodontia, dentifrice
........ deus, dei
god
deify, deity, deism
........ dexter, dextro
right, right hand
ambidextrous, dextrorotation
........ dicere, dictare
to speak, say
abdicate, indict
........ dignus
worthy, fitting, suitable
condign, dignitary
........ dirigere, directus
to direct
dirge, dirigible, address-- -- -- -- --see
"regere" below
........ docere, doctum
to teach
document, docent, doctrine
........ dominus
lord, master
danger, domineer
........ domus
a dwelling, home
domesticity, major-domo
........ donare, do
to give, to forgive
condone, donation, donor
........ dormire, dorm
to sleep
dormouse, dormitory
........ ducere, ductum
to lead, take, bring
abduct, seduction, conducive, duke,
education
........ durare, durus
to harden, hard
obdurate, duress
........ errare, erratum
to wander, go astray
aberration, err, erratic
........ fabula
story
confabulate, fable, fabulous
........ facere, factum, fect, fic
to make, to do
manufacture, sufficient, facsimile
........ fallere
to deceive, disappoint
fallacious, infallible, fail
........ ferre, latum
to bear, to carry
relate, confer, referendum
........ ferrum
iron
ferrotype, ferric, ferrous
........ fervere
to boil, glow, rage
fervor, effervescent
........ fidere, fidelis, fides
to trust, believe, faith
perfidy, fiduciary, confidant
........ filius, filia
son, daughter (respectively)
filial, affiliation
........ finire, finis, fin
to end, to limit
infinity, finite, confinement
........ firmare
to make firm, strengthen
affirm, confirmation, firmament
........ figare, fixus
to fasten, attach
fixative, crucifix, suffix
........ flare, flatus
blow
deflate, inflation
........ flectere, flexus
to bend
flexible, deflection, inflection
........ fluere, fluxum, fluctus
to flow
confluence, fluid, effluvium, influx, flume
........ foedus, fed
league
confederacy, federation
........ fortis
strong
fort, comfort, fortify, force
........ frangere, fractum
to break
fraction, frangible, infringement
........ frater
brother
fraternal, fraternize
........ fugere, fugitum
to flee
centrifugal, fugue
........ fumus
smoke
fumitory, fumarole
........ fundere, fusum
to pour
refund, diffuse, profound
........ generare, genus1
birth, origin, race, species,
kind, to beget, produce
generous, generic, gentle, genre, engender,
generation
........ gerere, gestum
to carry, to bear
belligerent, gesture, digest, gestation
........ glomerare
to form into a ball
conglomeration, glomerulus
to know
incognito, cognition, ignorant, gnostic
........ gradi, gressus, gradus
to step, to walk, a degree
progress, graduate, centigrade
........ granum, grani
seed, kernel
granary, granule
........
gnoscere, cognoscere,
gnarus, cognitum
........ gratia, gratus
agreeable, favor, thanks
congratulate, gratitude, grace
........ gravare, gravis
to weigh down, heavy
aggravate, gravamen, gravid, grief
........ grex, gregis, gregar
flock, herd, to gather into a
segregate, congregation gregarious
flock
........ habere, habitum
to have, hold
habit, inhibit
........ haerere
to stick
coherence, adhere
........ herba
grass, herb
herbivorous, herbaceous
........ hilarare, hilaris
to gladden, merry
hilarious, exhilarate
........ homo
man
homicidal, hominize
........ horrere
to shudder, terrible
horrendous, abhor
........ hospes
guest, host
hospice, hostage, hostess
........ ire, itum, itineris
to go, journey, walk
itinerant, transit, initiate
........ jacere, ject, jactum2
to lie, cast oneself down, to
reject, adjacent, eject
throw
........ jicere2
to throw between
interjection
........ judex, judicare
judge
judicious, prejudice, judge
........ jungere, junctum
to join
conjugal, junction, joint
........ jus, juris, jurare
law, right, to swear
jurisprudence, abjure, perjury, juror, injury,
justify
........ juvenis
young
rejuvenate, juvenescent
........ laborare
to work
collaborate, elaborate, laboratory
........ lacto, lact
milk
lacteal, lactose
........ lapis
stone
lapis lazuli, lapidate
........ latus
side
lateral, bilateral, collateral
........ laudare, laudatum
to praise, glory
laudable, allow
........ lavare
to wash
lavender, laver, lavish, lavabo
........ laxare
to loosen, widen
relax, laxity
........ legere, lectum3
to read, choose, gather
elegant, elite, collect, dialect, legend, select,
election, neglect
........ lex, legis, legalis3
law
privelege, illegitimate, legislature, lex non
scripta, legal
........ liber
book
libel, libretto
........ liber
free
libertine, deliberate, liberal
........ ligare
to bind
allegiance, ally, oblige, ligature
........ lingua
tongue, language
linguistics, lingual, language
........ littera
letter
obliterate, literature, letter, literati
........ locare, locus
to place, place
dislocate, allocate, local
........ loqui, locutus
speak, talk
soliloquy, loquacious, circumlocution
to shine, light
translucent, Lucifer, luminous
........ ludere, lusum, ludus
to play, to mock
illusion, interlude, ludicrous
........ luna
moon
lunate, lunatic, lunation, lunula
........ magnus, magna
great
magnanimous, Magna Carta
........ malus, mal
bad, evil, wrong
malevolent, malfeasance, grand mal
........ mandare, mando
to order, to command
mandate, commandment, mandarin
........ manus, mani, man
hand
emancipate, manifest, manumit
........ mare
sea
mariner, aquamarine, mare
........ mater
mother
alma mater, maternity
........ mecari
to trade, buy
merchant, market
........ medius, medio
middle
medieval, intermediary
........ mens
mind
mention, mentation
........ migrare
to move from one place to
another
migratory, emigrant
........
lucere, lux, lucis,
lumen
........ militare
to serve as soldiers
demilitarize, militia
........ mille
thousand
millennium, millivolt
........ minimus, minor
least, small
minimal, minimize, minute
........ mirare, miror, mirari
to look at, to wonder at
miracle, mirage, admiral
........ mittere, missum
to send, let, go
emissary, remit, admittance, commissary
........ monere, monitus
to warn
monitor, admonition
........ morbus
disease
morbid, morbilli
........ mordere, morsun
to bite
morsel, remorse, mordacious
........ moris
manners, customs
morality, mores
........ mors, mortis, mori
deather, to die
post-mortem, mortgage, mortmain
........ movere, motus
to move
locomotive, motion, motor
........ multus
much, many
multiply, multimedia
........ mutare, mutatum
to change
molt, mutation
........ nascor, natus
to bear, to born
native, prenatal, nature, renaissance
........ negare, negatus
to deny
negation, abnegate
........ nihil
nothing
annihilate, nil
........ nocere
to harm, injure
innocent, innocuous, obnoxious
to name, name
nominate, misnomer, nomenclature
........ norma
rule
normative, enormity
........ notare
to mark, note
notation, notary, connotation
........ novus
new
renovate, novice, nova
........ nox, noct
night
equinox, noctuid
........ nullus
none
annul, nullifidian
........ numerus
number
enumerate, supernumerary, numerology
........ nuntiare, nuntius
to report, tell, messenger
nuncio, renounce
........ oculus
eye
monocle, binocular
........ opus, operari
work, to work
magnum opus, opera, operative
........ parare, par, pari
to make equal, equal
disparate, parity, peer
........ passus, pati
suffer
patient, passive
........ pater
father
paternoster, patronize
........ pax, pacis
peace
pacific, appease
........ pedis, pes
foot
expedition, pedicel
........ pellere, pulsus
to drive, driven
compel, expel, propellant, pulsate
to weigh, hang, weight
impending, compendium, appendage,
expenditure
to rush at, seek
impetuous, petulant, petition
........
........
nominare, nomen,
nominis
pendere, pensare,
pendulus
........ petere
........
placare, placidus,
placere
to soother, gentle, to please placate, implacable, placebo, please
........ plaudere, plauseum
to clap, applaud
plaudit, implode
........ plenus
full
plenipotentiary, replenish, plenty
........ plere, pletum
to fill
expletive, replete
to fold
reply, implicate, complicate, explicate, plait
........
plicare, plicatum,
plicit, ply
........ plus, pluris
more
pluriaxial, plurality, surplus
........ ponere, positum
to place
position, opposite, depot
........ populus
people
popularity, populace
........ portare, port
to carry
portage, export
........ portio
share, portion
apportion, proportion
........ potens, potentis
powerful
potentate, potentiometer
to seize, take hold
apprentice, reprehensible
........ pressus
pressed down
depress, oppress, impress
........ pretiare, prec
to value
depreciation, precious, price
........ primus, primatis
first
primordial, prima facie
........ privare
separate, peculiar
privilege, deprive
........ probare, probatum
to prove, test
probation, prove
........ proximus
nearest
approximate, proximity
........ pugil, pugnare
boxer, to fight
repugnant, pugilist
........
prehendere,
prehensum
........ purgare
to clean
purge, purgatory, expurgation
........ putare
to think, estimate
computer, reputation
........ quaerere, quaesitus
to ask, seek
exquisite, inquisition, conquer, quest
........ radius
ray
radiation, radian
........ radix
root
radicle, radical, eradicate
........ rapere
to seize
rapture, surreptitious, usurp, ravish
fixed by calculation
reason, ration
right, to make straight
erect, rectitude, rectus
........ regere, rex, regis4
to rule, king
regency, regal, corrigible, regimen, direct, rule,
regular
........ ridere, risum
to laugh
derision, ridicule
........ rogare, rogatum
to ask
arrogance, rogation, interrogate
........ rotare, rotatus, rota
to turn, wheel, turned
rotation, rotary, rotor
........ rumpere, ruptus
to break, broken
rupture, interrupt
........ sacer, sacrare5
holy, to make holy
consecrate, sacrifice, sacrarium
wise, to taste, know
sage, sagacious, sapient
........ sal
salt
salimeter, saline
........ salire, saltum
to leap, jump
sally, saltatory, resile, result
........ salvare
to save
save, salvation, salvage
........ sanctus5
holy
sanctity, sanctuary, sacrosanct
........ sanguis
blood
sangria, sanguine, consanguinity
........ sanitas, sanatorius
health, healthy
sanitation, sanitarium
........ satis, satiare
enough, to fill full
sated, insatiable, satisfaction
........ scandere
to climb
ascend, descendant, ascension
........ scire, sciens
to know, knowing
omniscient, science
........ scribere, script
to write, the thing
written
describe, subscription, scribe
........ ratus
........ regere, rectus
........
4
sagax, sagacis,
sapare
........ secare, sect
to cut
intersection, secateurs
........ sedere, sess
to sit
sediment, sedan, session, president
........ seminare, semen
to sow, seed
seminal, disseminate, seminary
........ sentire, sensum
to feel, perceive
consent, sensible, sentient
........ sepsis
putrefaction, poison
septic, septicemia, aseptic
........ sequens, sequi
to follow, following
prosecute, second, sequential, pursue, non sequitur
........ signare, signum
to mark out
assignation, consignment
........ similare, simulare
to make like, to feign
similar, facsimile, simulation, assimilate
........ socius, sociare
companion, to join
social, society, association
........ sol
sun
solar, solstice
........ solare, solus
to make lonely, alone
solo, solitary
........ solvere, solutum
to loose
solvent, dissolute, soluble
........ somnus
sleep
somnolent, somniloquy
........ sonus
sound
dissonance, unison, sonorous
........ sors, sortis
lot, a share
sort, consortium
to look at, see
perspicacity, specify, spectacle, retrospect, prospect,
perspective
........ spirare
to breathe
spirit, aspirator, expire, inspiration, respiration, aspire
........ spondere, sponsus
to pledge, promise
spouse, correspondence
........ stare, stet, stat
to stand
stable, establish, statue, superstition, distant
........ stellare, stella
to shine, star
constellation, stelliferous
........ stringere, strictum
bind, draw tight
astringent, constriction, strict
........ struere, structus
build, arrange, pile up
misconstrue, instruct, instrument
........ surgere, surrection
to rise, risen
insurgency, resurrection
........ tangere, tactus
to touch
tangent, tactual
........ tegere, tectus
to cover, covered
integument, detection, protect
........ temperare, tempus
time
tense, contemporize, temper
........ tendere, tent
to stretch, strain, thin
pretentious, tenuous, contend, tend, tense
........ tenere, tain
to hold
pertain, abstinence, tenacious, tenant
........ tentare, tent
to touch, try
tentacle, tentatively
........ terminus
limit, end, boundary
determine, terminator
........ terra
earth
terra firma, terrace
........ torquere, tortum
to twist, twisted
contortionist, extort, torsion, torque
........ tradere
to deliver
extradite, tradition, treason
........ trahere, tract
to draw, drawn
subtract, tractable, protract
to assign, allot, pay
tributary, attribute, distribute
........ trudere, trusus
to thrust, thrust
intrusion, protrusile
........ toxicare, toxicum
to smear with poison
toxic, toxoplasmosis, toxicology
........ tumere
to swell
tumescence, tumult, contumelious
........ turbare, turba
to disturb
perturb, turbid
........ unus, uni
one
union, unipetalous
........ urbs, urbanus
city
exurb, urbanologist
........
........
specere, spectum,
spic
tribuere, tributus,
tribus
........ vacare, vacuus
to be empty, empty
vacuity, vacuous, evacuate
........ vagari
to wander
extravagant, vagaries
........ valere, validum
to be strong, to have
worth
valor, valid, evaluate
........ velle, volens
wish, willing
volition, velleity
........ verbum
word
proverb, verbatim
........ venire, ventum
to come
revenue, convention, advent, contravene
........ vertere, versum
to turn, change, incline vertigo, verse, introvert, versatile, anniversary
........ verus
true
verily, verify, very
........ vestire
to dress
vestment, divest, investiture
........ via
way
pervious, viaticum
........ videre, visum
see, look, provide
provident, visible, supervise
........ vincere
to overcome, conquer
invincible, convince, victor
........ violare, violatus
to violate
violation, inviolate
........ vir
man
triumvirate, virago
........ vita
life
vitality, vitamin
........ vivere, vita
to live, life
revive, viviparous, vonvivial
to call, voice
vociferous, convocation, irrevocable, revoke
........ volvere, volutum
turn
involve, revolt, devolve
........ vorare
to devour
voracious, carnivore, omnivorous
........
vocare, vocatum,
vox