Date Latin Prefix(es)

........ ab, a
........

Definition(s)
from, down, away

ad, ac, af, ag, al, an,

to
ap, 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

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

........

com, col, con, cor,

co

........

sub, suc, suf, sug,

sum, sup, sur, sus

under, less than, inferior

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)
acerbus, acris,
acuere

Definition(s)

Examples of Suffix
neuritis, conjunctivitis

Example(s) of Root(s)

sharp, to sharpen, needle, acerbate, acupuncture, acuity,

bitter
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

........

amare, amor,
amatum, amicus

........ 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

to sing

recant, chant, cantata

........

canere, cantare,
cantus

........

capere, captum, cip,

to take, hold, contain
cept

capacious, incipient, intercept

participate, capable, captive,
conceive, precept

........
........ 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, reclamation clarare, clarus, clarify,

clear, to make clear
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,

to torture, cross

excruciating, crusade, cruzeiro

crucis
........ 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,

to make, to do
fic

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

league

confederacy, federation

........

........ foedus, fed

........ 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, generous, generic, gentle, genre,

kind, to beget, produce
engender, generation

........ gerere, gestum

to carry, to bear

belligerent, gesture, digest, gestation

........ glomerare

to form into a ball

conglomeration, glomerulus

gnoscere,
........ cognoscere, gnarus, to know
cognitum
........

gradi, gressus,
gradus

........ granum, grani

incognito, cognition, ignorant,

gnostic

to step, to walk, a degree

progress, graduate, centigrade

seed, kernel

granary, granule

........ 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 flock

segregate, congregation gregarious

........ 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 throw

reject, adjacent, eject

........ 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

........

lucere, lux, lucis,

lumen

........ 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

migratory, emigrant
to another

........ 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

to soother, gentle, to
please

placate, implacable, placebo, please

........

........

nominare, nomen,
nominis

pendere, pensare,
pendulus

........ petere
........

placare, placidus,
placere

........ 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

more

pluriaxial, plurality, surplus

........

plicare, plicatum,
plicit, ply

........ plus, pluris

........ 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

to ask, seek

exquisite, inquisition, conquer, quest

........ radius

ray

radiation, radian

........ radix

root

radicle, radical, eradicate

........ rapere

to seize

rapture, surreptitious, usurp, ravish

........ ratus

fixed by calculation reason, ration

........ regere, rectus4

right, to make
straight

........

quaerere,
quaesitus

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

........

sagax, sagacis,
sapare

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

........ 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

........

specere, spectum,
to look at, see
spic

........ spirare

to breathe

perspicacity, specify, spectacle, retrospect,

prospect, perspective
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

........ struere, structus

build, arrange, pile

up

astringent, constriction, strict

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

........ tendere, tent

tense, contemporize, temper

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

........

tribuere, tributus,
to assign, allot, pay
tribus

........ trudere, trusus

to thrust, thrust

tributary, attribute, distribute

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

........ vacare, vacuus

to be empty, empty

vacuity, vacuous, evacuate

........ vagari

to wander

extravagant, vagaries

........ valere, validum

to be strong, to have
valor, valid, evaluate
worth

........ 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

........

vocare, vocatum,
to call, voice
vox

vociferous, convocation, irrevocable, revoke

........ volvere, volutum turn

involve, revolt, devolve

........ vorare

voracious, carnivore, omnivorous

to devour

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