Gre Latin Roots

Without
amoral, anarchy, anomalous, anonymous, aseptic, asexual, atheism, atrophy, averse

From Away Apart

abdicate, abduct, abhor, abject, abnormal, abrupt, absent, abuse

Capable of Worthy Of

changeale, durable, laudable, indubitable, inevitable, infalible, irreducible, tolerable, variable

Sharp, Sour

acerbic, acetate, acid, acrid, acrimony, acumen, acute

Hearing

acoustic

To

(Often d is dropped and the first letter to which a is prefixed is doubled.)

adapt, adequate, adumbrate, advocate, accede, adduce, affiliate, aggregate, allocate, annuniciation, appall, arrest, assiduous, attract

Both, On Both Sides, Around

ambidextrous, ambient, ambiguous, ambition, ambivalent, amphibian, amphitheater

Walk

amble, ambulance, ambulatory, perambulator, preamble

Mind, Spirit, Breath

animadversion, animal, animate, animosity, equanimity, magnanimity, pusillanimous, unanimity

Before

antecedent, antechamber, antediluvian, anterior, anticipate, antiquity, ancient

against, oppostite

anticlimax, antidote, antipathy, anitphony, antipodes, antithesis

Water

aquamarine, aquarium, aquatic, aquatint, aqueduct, subaqueous

Burn

ardent, ardor, arson

Self

autobiography, autocracy, autograph, automation, autonomous, autopsy, autism

War

antebellum, bellicose, belligerent, rebellion

Well, Good

benediction, benefactor, benevolent, benign

Two

bicameral, bicycle, bifocals, bifurcate, bilateral, binoculars, binomial, biped, combination

Good, Generous

bonus, bountiful, bounty, debonair

Short, Small

abbreviate, abridge, brevet, breviary, breviary, breviloquent, brief

Purse, Money

busary, busary, disburse, reimburse

Flesh

Burn

caustic, cauterize, cautery, encaustic, holocaust

Yield, Go

abscess, accede, access, accessory, ancestory, antecedent, cession, concede, exceed, excess, intercede, precede, proceed, recede, recess, recession, secede, succeed

Speed

accelerate, celerity, deccelerate

Hundred, Hundredth

cent, centennial, bicentennial, centigrade, centigram, centiliter, centimeter, centipede, century, percent

Color

chromatic, chrome, chromosome, monochromatic

Time

anachronism, chronic, chronicle, chronological, chronometer, synchronize

Around

circumference, circumlocation, circumnavigate, circumspect, circumstance

With Together

coeductation, coefficient, coincide, communicate, communist, compare, concert, concubine, conflict, cooperate, correspond

Against

contradict, contrary, controversy, counter, counteract, counterattack, counterfeit, countermand, counterpart, counterpoint, eencounter

Heart

accord, cardiac, cardiograph, cardiology, concord, cordial, discord, record

Body

corporate, corps, corpse, corpulent, corpus, corpuscle, corset, incorporation

Order Universe, World

cosmetic, cosmic, cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm

Trust, Believe

accredit, credentials, credible, creditable, credo, credulity, creed, incredible, incredulous

Hide

crypt, cryptic, crytography, apocryphal

Fault, Blame

cupable, culprit, inculpate, exculpate

Lie Down

concubine, cubicle, incubate, incumbent, recumbent, succubus, succumb

Dog

canine, cynic

Down, Out, Away From, Apart

dehydrate, deject, depend, depress, deport, descend, describe, devalue

Erase

dele, delete, indelible

Right Hant, Rightside

ambidextrous, dexterity, dexterous

Day

dial, diary, dismal, diurnal, meridian, quotidian

Through, Across

diadem, diagnosis, diagonoal, diagram, dialect, dialogue, diameter, diaphanous, diaphragm, diarrhea, diatribe

Speak

abdicate, addict, benediction, condition, contradict, dedicate, dictate, dietator

Away, Apart

disagreeable, discard, discern, disdain, dismay, dismiss, distant, diverge

Grieve

condole, condolence, doleful, dolor, indolent

Sleep

dormant, dormitory

Back

dorsal, endorse

Lead

adduce, conduce, conduit, deduce, duct, duke, educate, induction, misconduct, produce, reduce, seduce, traduce, viaduct

Sweet

dulcet, dulcified, dulcimer

Hard, Lastin

dour, durable, duration, duress, during, endure, obdurate, perdurable

without, outside, um..

eliminate, emanate, eradicate, erase, evade, evit, envince, exact, excavate, except, excerpt, excite, exclusive, excommunicate, excrescence, execute, exhale, exile, exit

Self

ego, egocentric, egoism, egotist

Equal

adequate, equable, equal, equation, equator, equilibrium, equinox, rquivocate

Wander

aberration, err, errant, erratic, erroneous, error

Well, Good

Eugenics, eulogy, euphemism, euphony, euphoria, euthanasia

Liable to Err to Deceive

default, fail, fallacy, false, faux, pas, infallible

Foolish

fatuity, fatuous, infatuate

Boil

effervescent, fervent, fervid, fervor

Fair

affiance, affidavit, confiddant, faelty, fidelity, fiducial, fiduciary

Faith

affiance, affidavity, confidant, fealty, fidelity, fiducial, fiduciary

Burn, Shine

conflagration, effulgent, flagrant, fulgent, fulminate, refulgent

Bend, Turn

circumflex, deflect, flex, flexible, inflection, reflect

Flee

centrifuge, fugitive, refuge, refugee, subterfuge

Smoke

fume, fumigate, perfume

Birth, Class, Kin

gender, gende, general, generation, generosity, genesis, genetics, genial, genital, genius, gentle, gentile, gentility, gentry, congenital, degenerate, eugenics, ingenious, ingenuity, ingenuous, progeny, progenitor, regenerate

Know

agnostic, cognition, cognizance, diagnosis, gnomic, ignore, incognito, prognosis, quaint, recognize, reconnaissance

Write, Draw

anagram, diagram, epigram, grammar, grammarian, gramphone, graph, graphic, graphite, phography, photograph, program, telegram

Flock

aggregate, congregate, egregious, gregarious, segregate

By Chance

haphazard, hapless, happen, happily, happy, mahap, mishap

Half

hemiptera, hemipshere, hemistih

Other

heterodox, heterodyne, heterogeneous, heterosexual

Whole

catholic, holocaust, hologram, holgraphy, holistic

Same (from greek)

Homogeneous, homogenize, homologue, homonym, homophone, homoptera, homsexual, homotype

Earth

exhume, humility, psthumous

Image, Idol

icon, iconic, iconoclast, iconography, iconology

Not

immature, immutable, imperfect, improvident, indigestible, inhospitable, innocuous, intolerant

In, On

Often n is dropped and the first letter to which i is prefixed is doubled

illuminate, incantation, induct, infer, imbibe, immigrate, impact, irrigate

Between, Among

intercept, intrastate, intravenous

Way, Journey

ambition, circuit, initial, itinerant, itinerary, reiterate, transit

Joke

jocose, jocular, jocularity, jocund, joke

Day

adjourn, journey, journal, adjourn

Judge

adjudicate, judiciary, judicious, prejudice

Join

adjunct, conjugal, conjunction, injunction, junction, junta, sbjugate, subjunctive

Law

abjure, adjure, conjure, juridical, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, juristy, jurty, perjury

Young

juvenile, juvenilia, rejuvenate

Praise

applaud, cum laude, laud, laudable, laudatory, plaudits

Wash

ablution, laundry, lava, lavatory, lave

Loose

lax, laxative, laxity, lease, leash, lessee, lessor, relax, release

Read, Speak

dialect, lectern, leture, legend, legible, lesson, lexicographer, lexicon

Light

alleviation, elevate, leaven, lever, levitate, levity, levy, relieve

Free

delivery, illiberal, liberal, liberality, liberate, libertine

Tie, Bind

ally, league, liaison, liable, lien, ligament, ligature, oblige, religion, rely

Tongue

bilingual, language, linguistics

Stone

acrolith, lithography, lithoid, lithology, lithotomy, megalith, monolith

Speech Thought

biology, circumlocution, colloquial, dialogue, ecology, elocution, eloquent, geology, gradiloquent, interlocutor, locution, logic, loquacious, monoloque, obloquy, soliloquy, ventriloquism, zoology

Light

elucidate, luid, lucubrate, luster, pellucid, translucent

Great, Long

macrobiotics, macrocephalous, macrocosm

Great

magistrate, maganimous, magnate, magnificent, magnify, magniloquent, magnitude, majesty, major, majority, master, maxim, maximum, mistress

Bad

maladroit, malady, malediction, malefactor, malevolence, malice, malinger

Hand

amanuensis, manacle, manage, maneuver, manifest, manipulate, manner, manual, manufacture, manuscript

Command, Order

command, countermand, demand, mandate, mandatory, recommend, remand, reprimand

Middle

immediate, intermediate, mean, media, median, mediate, medieval, mediocre, medium, medius

Large, Great

megalithic, megalomania, megalopolis, megaphone, megaton

Very Small

microbe, micrcosm, micron, microorganism, microphone, microscope

Bad, Wrong, Hate

misadventure, misanthropist, misapply, miscarry, mischance, mischeif, misconstrue, miscount, misfit, misinterpret

Soft

emmollient, mild, mollify, mollusk

One

monarchy, monastic, monism, monk, monochord, monograph, monogram, mongraph, monolithic, monolgue, monomania, monosyllable, monotonous

Death

amortize, immortal, morbid, moribund, mortality, mortgage, mortification, mortuary

Move

automobile, demote, immovable, locomotion, mob, mobile, mobility, mobilize, momentous, momentum, motion, motive, motor, move, mutiny, promote, removable

Many

multiplex, multiply, multitudinous

Change

commute, immutable, mutability, mutation, mutual, permutation, transmute

Birth

cognate, innate, nascent, natal, native, natural, nature, pregnant, Renaissance

Ship, Sailor

astronaut, cosmonaut, circumnavigate, nauseous, nautical, naval, nave, navy

New

neolithic, neologism, neophyte, neoplasm

Nothing, None

annihilate, nihilism

Night

equinox, noctambulent, nocturnal, nocturne

Harm

innocent, innocuous, internecine, nocious, nuisance, obnoxious, pernicious

Name

anonymous, antonym, cognomen, denominator, homony,. misnomer, nomenclature, nominal, nominate, noun, pronoun, pseudonym, renowned, synonym

Not

nonconformist, nonentity, nonpareil, nonpartisan

New

innovate, nova, novel, novelty, novice, novitiate, renovate

Nothing

annul, null, nullify, nulity

Against

obdurate, obliterate, oblong, obloquy, object, obstacle, obstreperous, obstruct

All

omnibus, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, omnivorous

Burden

exonerate, onerous, onus

Bone

osseous, ossicle, ossiferous, ossify, ossuary, osstectomy, ostepathy

Feel

palpable, palpate, palitation

All

panacea, pandemic, pandemoniuni, panergyric, panoply, panoramaga, pantheon, pantomine

Sufer, Feel

apathy, antipathy, empathy, pathetic, pathology, pathos, sympathy

Money

impecunious, peculation, pecuniary

Drink

potable, potation, potion

Before, In Front

preamble, precaution, preclude, precocity, precursor, predecessor, predict, preface, prefigure, prelate, premonition, presrcie, president

First

prime, primary, primal, primeval, primordial, pristine

In Front, Before

problem, proboscis, procedure, proceed, proclaim, prodivity, proscrastinate, procure, propound, prostrate, protest

near

approximate, propinquity, proximate, proximity

First

protagonist, protocol, prototype, protozoan

False

pseudepigrapha, pseudoclassic, pseudomorph, pseudonym, pseudopod, pseduoscientific

Hit, Prick

expunge, impugn, poignant, pugilist, pugnacious, punch punctual, punctuate, pungent repugnant

Fire

pyre, pyromania, pyrometer, pyrosis, pyrotechnic

Four

quadrant quadrille, quadrinomial, quadruple, quadruplets, quart, quarter, quaternary

Quiet, Test

acquiesce, acquit, coy, disuiet, quiescent, quiet, quietude, quietus, quit, reguiem, requital, tranquil

Five

quincunx, quinquennial, quintessence, quintile, quintillion, quintuple

Root, Branch

deracinate, eradicate, radical, radish, ramification, ramiform, ramify

Back, Again

recline, refer, regain, remain, reorganize, repent, request

Straight, Right

correct, direct, erect, rectangle, rectify, rectilinear, rectitude, rector

Backword

retroactive, retroflex, retrograde, retrospective

Red

rouge, rebella, rubicund, rubric, ruby, ruddy, russet

Crude

euridite, rude, rudimentary, rudiments

Holy

onsecration, desecrate, execrate, sacerdotal, sacrament, sacred, sacrifince, sacrilige, sacristy, sacrosanct, saint, santify, sanctimonious, sanction, sanctity, sancturary, sanctum

Salt

salary, saline

Taste, Think

insipid, sagacious, sagacity, sage, sapid, sapient, savant, savor

Halth, Save

safe, salubrious, salutary, salute, salvage, salvation, salve, savior

Healthy

sane, sanitarium, sanitation, sanity

Blood

consanguinity, sanguinary, sanguine

Enough

asset, dissatisfied, insatiable, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate

Ascribe, circumscription, conscript, describe, indescribable, inscription, posticript, prescribe, proscribe, scribble, scribe, script, scripture, scrivener, subscribe, transcription

Down, out, away, Apart

secede, seclude, secrete, secrete, secure, sedition, seduce, segregate, select, separate.

Sit

assiduous, dissident, insidious, preside, reside, residue, seance, sedate, sedative, sedentary, sediment, sedulous, session, siege, subside, supersede

Seed, Sow

disseminate, semen, seminal, seminar, seminary

Half

semicircle, semicolon, semiconscious, semifluid

Old

senate, senescent, senile, seniour, sire

Follow

consecutive, consequent, execute, exutive, non sequitur, obsequious, obsequy, persecute, prosecution, pursue, sequal,sequence, subsequent, sue, suitable, suite, suitor

Bend, Fold

consine, insuinuate, sine, sinuous, sinus

Sun

parasol, solar, solarium, solstice

Alone

desolate, isolate, sole, soliloquize, solipsism, solitude, solo

Sleep

insomnia, somnambulist, somniferous, somniloquist, somnolent

Wisom

philospher, sophism, sophist, sophistry, sophomore

Look, See
aspeect, auspicious, circumspect, conspicious, despicable, expect, inspect, introspection, perspective, persicacious, perspicauous, prospectus, respectable, restrospect, specimen, spectacle, spectator, specter, spectrum, suspect, suspicious

Breath

apire, conspire, expire, inspire, perspire, respirator, spirity, spiritual, sprightly, sprite, suspire, transpire

Tight

astringency, constrain, constrict, district, resstriction, strain, strait, strangle, strict, stringent

Under

subdivide, subdue, subjugate, subjunctive, sublunary, submarine, submerge, subdordinate, subpoena, subscribe, subside, substitude, subterfuge, subterranean, suburb

Highest

consummate, sum, summary, summit

Above

insuperable, superabound, superannuated, superb, supercharge, supercilious, superficial, superflous, superior, surpass, surrealism, survey

Rise

insurgent, insurrection, resource, resurge, resurrection, source, surge

Together

symbiosis, symmetry, sympathy, symposium, synonym, synthesis

Silent

reticent, tacit, taciturn

Touch

contact, contagious, contamination, contiguous, contangent, intact, intangible, integral, tact, tactile, tangent, tangential

bear witness

attest, contest, detest, intestate, protest, testament, testify, testimonial

Heat

diathermy, thermal, thermesthesia, thermometer, thermonuclear, thermophilic, thermos, thermoststat

Fear

intimidate, timid, timidity, timorous

Stiff, Numb

torpedo, torpid, torpor

Twist

contort, distort, extor, retor, torch, torment, torque, torsion, tort, tortuous, torture

Poison

antitoxin, intoxication, toxemia, toxis, tocicology, toxin

Across Beyond

intransigent, transcend, transcontinental, transcribe, transient, trasnmit, transpire, transport

Last, Beyond

penultimate, ulterior, ultimate, ultimatum, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultraviolet

Shadow

adumbrate, penumbra, somber, umber, umbrage, umbrella

Not

unaccustomed, unruly, unseen, untold, unusual

Wave

abound, abdundance, unundate, redundant, undulant, undulate

One

reunion, unanimous, unicord, uniform, union, unison, unit, unite, unity, universe

City

exurbanite, suburban, urban, urbanity, urbanization

Strength, Use, Worth

ambivalent, avail, convalescent, countervailing, equivalent, evaluate, invalid, prevalent, valediction, valiant, valid, valor, value

True

aver, veracious, verdict, verify, verily, verisimilitude, verity, verty

Word

adverb, proverb, verb, verbal, verbalize, verbatime, verboze, verbiage

Green

verdant, verdigris, verdure

Base, Mean

revile, vile, vilify, vilification

Life

convivial, revival, revive, survive, vital, vitality, vivacious, vivid, viviparous, vivisection

Call, Word
advocacy, advocate, avow, convocation, convoke, equivoval, evoke, invocation, invoke, provoke, revoke, vocabulary, vocal, vocation

Fly

volant, volatile, volley

Roll, Tur

circumvolve, convolution, devolve, evolve, involution, revolt, revolve, voluble, colume, vouminous, volute.