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Latin Roots 2010
Latin roots
| root, derivitive | meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |