Instant Word Power Root Words

Ped; Latin

Foot

Bi

Two

Quad

Four

kylos; cycle

Wheel

Cuspis

Point

“Later”; Latin

Side

Phone; greek

Sound

Latin, Unus

One

Latin; Per

Through

Latin; “Een” in biennial

year

in/im in cases where the next root word starts with P (Impede)

In

Ex

Out

-ly

expresses it becoming an adverb; suffix

-er

expresses that someone is the doer or something (e.g a worker); suffix

-verto

“to turn” so when you have an “extrovert” you have someone who turns to the outside

-mille

Thousand

Centrum

100

Metro-

Measure

per- perennial, perforate (forate meaning punch)

Through Ex. Perennial or through the years (ennial)

intro-

Inward (Introvert)

Extro-

Outward (Extrovert)

Sectus; bisect, trisect, insect

To cut — Bisect, Trisect, Insect

Lingua

Language

Plico

To fold

Ex. Explicit (Folded outward)

Implicit (Folded inward)

Ad- advance

To for example "Advance”

Can also become -ap in apply

Latin Duo

Two

Latin tri-

Three

Latin quadr-

Four

Latin Quintus

Fifth

Latin Sextus

Sixth

Latin Septem

Seven

» Septem used to be the seventh month

Latin Octo

Eight

Latin Quartus

Fourth

fero; transfer, confer

To carry or bring; in infer it’s used to mean “To carry something inward” when regarding meaning

Ex. Transfer (trans-fero), refer, confer, differ

Thing of prince Fiero in wicked

trans

across (trans-pacific)

re- recede, restore

back (recede, restore)

con - concurrent, connatural

“With” or “Together”

Concurrent —> Running together

Connatural —> Natural with each other

Coworkers

Derivatives of Plico

-ple, ply, plic

Used in “duplex” and “Triplex” refering to an apartment folded twice or thrice

Explicate —> Meaning to “explain” which in etymology came from “Folding out” an meaing

• Ex —> Out

• Plic —> Fold

• ate —> To do

Pliable —> Someone with the characteristic of possibly being folded

Pliers —> Something used to ply

De (depends)

Down

Dis (dissect, disloyal, disheartened, distance)

Away

Graphein (Greek) — telegraph, biography

Written

Chiro (Greek) — chirography

Hand, similar to “manus”

Graphein

Write

Pous; greek; octopus (eight-footed)

Foot

Penta- (Greek; Pentagon)

Five

Gonia- (Pentagon)

Angles

Centum- (Centenarian)

100

Nonaginta; Latin (Nonagenarian)

90; think of “Nana”

Octoginta; Latin (Octopus)

Eighty

Septuaginta; Latin (September, Septuagint [translation of the seventy])

70

Sed— from Sedeo (Sedate)

To sit

Super (Latin)

Above/Over

Latin re- (recede)

Back

Latin cedo (Latin, Recede)

To go

in (Latin, Inject)

In (like inside

Latin Jacio (Becomes ject in Inject)

To throw