Latin Combining and Noncombining Form Pairs

____ns→____nt (mountain)

mons→mont

____ns→____nt (mind)

mens→ment

____ns→____nt (fountain)

fons→font

____ns→____nt (bridge)

pons→pont

____ns→____nt (lens)

lens→lent

____us→____ur (many/more)

plus→plur

____us→____ur (law)

jus→jur

____us→____ur (mouse)

mus→mur

____s→____c (valley)

valles→vallec

____s→____c (ear)

auris→auric

____s→____c (bundle)

fascis→fascic

____s→____c (temple)

aedis→aedic

____us→____or (grove)

nemus→nemor

____us→____or (pledge)

pignus→pignor

____us→____or (chest)

pectus→pector

____us→____or (holy)

sanctus→sanctor

____us→____ic (cloth)

pannus→pannic

____us→____ic (healthy)

sanus→sanic

____us→____ic (needle)

acus→acic

____x→____g (king)

rex→reg

____x→____g (law)

lex→leg

____x→____c (brave)

audax→audac

____x→____c (slug, snail)

limax→limac

____x→____c (wild)

ferox→feroc

____x→____c (mother, matrix)

matrix→matric

____x→____c (rump)

podex→podic

____nx→____ng (membrane)

meninx→mening

____nx→____ng (phalanx)

phalanx→phalang

____nx→____ng (panpipe)

syrinx→syring

____ex→___ic (shrub)

frutex→frutic

____ex→___ic (pumice)

pumex-pumic

____ex→___ic (flea)

pulex→pulic

____is→___ic (hill)

collis→collic

____is→___ic (skin)

pellis→pellic

____is→___ic (fever)

febris→febric

____is→___er (ash)

cinis→ciner

____is→___er (dust)

pulvis→pulver

____o→___in (freckle)

lentigo→lentigin

____o→___in (leech)

hirudo→hirudin

____o→___in (darkness)

caligo→caligin

____o→___in (tendon)

tendo→tendin

____o→___on (one who irresponsible)

Gallio→Gallion

____o→___on (vireo)

vireo→vireon

____o→___on (umbo)

umbo→umbon

____o→___on (lion)

leo→leon

____en→___in (belly)

abdomen→abdomin

____en→___in (comb)

pecten→pectin

____en→___in (name)

nomen→nomin

____en→___in (hole)

foramen→foramin