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Latin Roots 2010
Latin roots
root, derivitive | meaning |
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prae predict | before say beforehand, foretell |
Amo, Amatum amour | love french love afair |
bonus bon bons | good french beautifully decorated candy, a good goody |
caput caput | head off with his head |
centum century | hundred a set of one hundred |
curro current | run run running, ongoing |
cum (co) community | together group which builds together |
dens, dentis dentist | tooth tooth doctor |
decem December | ten tenth month in roman calender |
discipulus disciple | student a student |
dormio dormitory | sleep place for sleeping |
facio factory | make place for making things |
liber library | book place where books are kept |
luna lunar | moon having to do with the moon |
manus manual | hand something done by hand |
mille mile | thousand a thousand paces |
novem November | nine ninth month roman calender |
Octo October | eight eighth month roman calender |
pes, pedis pedestrian | foot walker -on foot |
pono positum pose | put place, position or attitude |
pro profess | before for to admit that one is an expert |
scio science | know knowledge which results from study |
septum September | seven seventh month of roman calender |
scribo scribe | write one who knows how to write |
sex sextennial | six six year period or celebration |
quinque quincenera | five Mexican fifteen year old girl become woman |
quattuor quadricycle | four four wheeled vehicle |
tres trio | three three acting or performing together |
terra territory | land land under control of a gov. or owner. |
sol solar | sun having to do with the sun |
sonus sonar | sound device that hears sound under water |
unus unit | one one part of a series or a whole |
video television | see machine for seeing things that are far away |
verbum verb | word the action word in a sentence |
verto reverse | turn turn back |
ad adhere | to toward stick to |
jacio jactium eject | throw throw out |
dico dictum dictate | speak command, speak |
jungo junctum join | join, unite join, fasten together |
nomen nominate | name suggest ones name for office |
pico plicatum duplicate | fold two fold |
trans transporation | across, beyond carry across |