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Word Origins
Latin Prefixes and Their Meanings
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| MAN | manus (hand) |
| FER | fero (to carry, to bear, to bring) |
| MORT | mortuus (dead) |
| TEMPOR | tempus, temporis (time) |
| CRED | credo, credere (to believe) |
| SACR | sacer (holy, sacred) |
| SEQ, SEC | sequor (to follow) |
| DUC, DUCT | duco, ducere (to lead, to take) |
| COGNO, NOT- | cognosco & nosco (to know) |
| SCRIB, SCRIPT | scribo, scriptus (to write) |
| DIC, DICT | dico, dicere (to say) |
| NOM, NYM | nomen, nominis (name) |
| SED, SESS | sedeo (to sit) |
| TRACT, TRAC | traho, tractus (to pull or drag) |
| LUC | lux, lucis (light) |
| SCI, SCIEN | scio, scientia (to know) |
| BI | binus (twice, two at a time) |
| PED, POD | pedis (foot) |
| MATER, MATRI | mater (mother) |
| CEED, CEDE, CESS | cedo, cessus (to go, move, grant, yield) |
| NAT, NASC | nascor, natus (to be born) |
| MON, MONIT | moneo, monitus (to warn or advise) |
| FID | fides; fidelis (faith, faithful, loyal) |
| MAL | malus (bad) |
| BEN, BON | bonus; bene (good or well) |
| SPECT, SPIC | specto, spicio (to look at or watch) |
| TERR | terra (earth) |
| CANT, CHANT | cano, cantatus (to sing) |
| LEX, LEG | lex, legis (law) |
| GEN | gens, gentis (family, tribe, clan) |
| VID, VIS | video, visus (to see) |
| VENE, VENT | venio, venturus (to come) |
| MAGN | magnus (great, big, or strong) |
| AQUA | aqua (water) |
| PRIM | primum (first) |
| FUG, FUGE | fugio (to flee) |
| AMBI, AMPH | ambi (both) |
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