Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes
ROOTS

AEQUUS
AGERE
AMARE
AMICUS
ANIMUS
AQUA
AUDERE
AUDIRE
AUREUM
AURIS
BEATUS
CADERE
CANIS
CAPERE
CAPUT
CEDERE
CAEDO
CLARUS
CLAUDERE
CORPUS
CREDERE
CUPERE
CURRERE
DEBERE
DICERE
DIGNUS
DOCERE
DUCERE
EQUUS
FACERE
FACILIS
FEMINA
FERRE
FIDELIS
FINIRE
GRATUS
-GREDIOR
HABITARE
HOMO
HORTUS
IACERE
IACERE
IUS
LEX
LEGER
LIBER
LIBER
LINGUA
-LINQUERE
LOCUS
LOQUOR
LUX
MANERE
MATER
MITTERE
MONERE
MONS
MONSTRARE
MORTIS
MOVERE
NAUTA
NAVIS
NAVIGARE
NOMEN
NOVUS
NOX
OMNIS
as appears in Eng. - meaning

equ - equal, just, even
ag, act - do, perform
ama - love
amic - friendly
anim - mind, spirit, living
aqua - water
aud - dare
audi - listening
aure - gold (AU)
aur - ear
beat - blessed, happy
cad, cas - fall, happen
cani - dog
cap, capt, cip, cept - taking
capit - head, top
cede, cess - move, yield, go
cide, cis - kill, cut
clar - clear
clude, clus - close, shut
corp, corpor - body
cred, credit - trust, believe
cup, cupid - desiring, wishing
curr, cour, curs - run
deb, debt - owe, ought
dic, dict - speak, say, talk
dign - worthy
doc, doct - teach
duc, duce, duct - lead, take
equ, equest - horse
fac, fact, fic, fect - make, bring about
facil, ficil - easy, easy to do
femin, fem - woman, female
fer - carry, bring
fid, fidel - faithful
fin, finit - end, limit, complete, finish
grat - pleasing, welcome
gred, gress - going
habit - live, dwell
homo, homi - man
horti - garden
jac, ject - throw
jace - lying
jur - law, justice
leg - law
leg, lect - reading
liber - free
libr - book
lingu, langu - tongue, language
linqu, lict - leave behind, abandon
loc - place
loqu, loc - speak
luc - light
man, main - stay
mater, matr - mother
mit, miss - send
monit - warn
mont - mountain
monstra - show
mort, mortu - dead, death
mov, mot - move, motion
naut - sailor, sailing
nav - ship
naviga - sail
nomin - name
nov - new
noct - night
omn - entire, all


PATER
PATRIA
PES
PELLERE
PETERE
PONERE
PORTARE
POSSE
PREHENDERE
PREMERE
PRIMUS
PRINCEPS
PUGNARE
QUIES
REGNARE, REGERE
REX
RUMPERE
SACER
SCINDERE
SCIRE
SCRIBERE
SEDERE
SENTIRE
SEQUOR
SERVARE
SERVIRE
SIMILIS
SPECTARE
SPERARE
SPIRARE
STARE
STRUERE
SUMMUS
TACERE
TANGERE
TEMPUS
TENERE
TERRA
TERRERE
TIMERE
TRAHERE
UTOR, UTILIS
URBS
VADERE
VENIRE
VENTUS
VERUS
VERTERE
VIDERE
VINCERE
VITA, VIVERE
VOX, VOCARE
VOLO, VELLE
VOLARE


patr - father
patri - fatherland, country
ped - foot
pels, puls - throw
peat, pete, petit - look for, seek
pone, posit - place, put
port, porta - carry
poss, pot - able
prehend, prehens - capture, grasp
press - press on, weigh on
prim - first
princip - chief, first in charge
pugn - fight
quies, quiet - rest, quiet
reg, rig, rect, reign - rule
reg - king
rump, rupt - burst, break
sacr - holy
scind, sciss - cut
sci, scient - know, knowledge
scribe, script - writing
sed, sess - sitting
sent, sens - feel, realize
sequ, secut - follow
serve, servat - save, keep
servi - serve (as slave)
simil - alike
spec, spect - look at, watch
sper, spair - hope
spir - breathe
sta, stat - stand
stru, struct - build, draw up
summ - highest, top
tace, taci - silent, unspoken
tang, ting, tact, tect - touch
tempor - time
ten, tent - hold
terr, terra - land, earth
terri - scare, frighten
timor, timid - fearful
tract - draw, drag, pull
ut, util, us - use, useful
urb - city
vad, vas - go
vene, vent - come
vent, venti - wind
ver, verit - true, truth
vert, vers - turn
vid, vis - see
vince, vict - conquer, win
vit, viv - live, life
voc, voke - voice, call
voli - wish, want
vola, volat - fly
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