Friday, November 30, 2018

Tabula Rosa Sytems Blog Of 11/30//2018 - Latin Root Words









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From thoughtco.com
Latin Root Words by Richard Nordquist
Richard Nordquist has a Ph.D. in English and rhetoric and is professor emeritus at Armstrong State University. He is the author of two college grammar and composition textbooks.
Updated August 31, 2018

The table below defines and illustrates 25 of the most common Latin roots.
Root
Meaning
Examples
ab
to move away
abstract, abstain, aversion
acer, acri
bitter
acrid, acrimony, exacerbate
audi
hear
audible, audience, auditorium
bene
good
benefit, benign, benefactor
brev
short
abbreviate, brief
circ
round
circus, circulate
dict
say
dictate, edict, dictionary
duc
lead, make
deduce, produce, educate
fund
bottom
founder, foundation, funding
gen
to birth
gene, generate, generous
hab
to have
ability, exhibit, inhabit
jur
law
jury, justice, justify
lev
to lift
levitate, elevate, leverage
log, logue
thought
logic, apologize, analogy
luc, lum
light
lucid, illuminate, translucent
manu
hand
manual, manicure, manipulate
mis, mit
send
missile, transmit, permit
omni
all
omnivorous, omnipotent, omniscent
pac
peace
pacify, pacific, pacifist
port
carry
export, import, important
quit
silent, restive
tranquil, requiem, acquit
scrib, script
to write
script, proscribe, describe
sens
to feel
sensitive, sentient, resent
terr
earth
terrain, territory, extraterrestrial
tim
to fear
timid, timorous
vac
empty
vacuum, vacate, evacuate
vid, vis
to see
video, vivid, invisible

​Understanding the meanings of the common word roots can help us deduce the meanings of new words that we encounter. But be careful: root words can have more than one meaning as well as various shades of meaning. In addition, words that look similar may derive from different roots.

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