c latin derivatives

caballus, horse

cavalier, cavalry, chevalier (gallant or courtly gentleman), chivalrous

cadaver, corpse

cadaverous

cado, to fall

accident, cadence, cascade, case (event), casual, chance, cheat, chute, coincidence, decadence, decay, deciduous, incident, occasion, occidental

caedo, to cut

cement, chisel, circumcise, concise, decide, incisive, indecision, precise, scissors

caelebs, unmarried

celibacy

caelum, sky

ceiling, celestial, cerulean

caerimonia, ceremony

ceremony

Caesar, Caesar

czar, tsar

calamitas, disaster

calamity

caleo, to be warm

calorie, cauldron, chowder, coddle, nonchalant, scald

calix, chalice

chalice

callum, hard skin

callous (emotionally hardened)

calo, to call

calendar, conciliation, council, reconcile

calvor

calumny (abusive attack on a person’s character or good name), challenge

calvus, bald

callow (young or inexperienced)

calx, heel

calk, cockatrice (monster hatched by a reptile from a cock’s egg, able to kill with a glance), inculcate (teach and impress by frequent repetitions/admonitions), recalcitrant (marked by stubborn resistance to authority)

calx, chalk

calcite, calcium, calculate, calk, chalk

cambio, to exchange

change

campus, field

camp, campaign, champion, scamp

cancelli, lattice

cancel, chancel (area around the altar of a church for the clergy + choir), chancellor, chancery (court of public records/court with jurisdiction in equity)

cancer, crab

canker

candeo, to shine

candid, candidate, candle, chandelier, incandescent

canis, dog

canary, canine, kennel

cano, to sing

accent, cantata, canto, chant, charm, enchant, incentive, recant

caper, goat

cab, caper (to jump about playfully)

capillus, hair

capillary

capio, to take

accept, anticipate, cable, capacity, caption, capture, catch, cater, chase, conceit, conceive, deceive, exception, imperceptible, incapacitate, inception, incipient, inconceivable, intercept, irrecoverable, misconceive, occupy, perceive, precept, purchase, receipt, receive, recipe, recipient, recover, recuperate, susceptible

capo, castrated male chicken

capon (castrated male chicken)

capsa, box

bookcase, caisson (chest to hold ammunition, vehicle to hold ammunition), capsule, case (box), cash, casket, chassis, encase

caput, head

achieve, cabbage, cadet, capital, capitalize, capitol, capitulate, captain, cattle, chapter, chattel (something that a person owns other than land or buildings), chef, chief, mischief, precipice, precipitate

carbo, coal

carbohydrate, carbon, carbuncle (cluster of connected boils under the skin), carburetor

cardo, hinge

cardinal

carduus, artichoke

chard (type of beet)

careo, to lack

caste, castigate (inflict severe punishment on), chaste, chastise, incest

carina, keel

careen

caro, flesh

carnage, carnation, carrion (dead and rotting body of an animal)

carpentum, carriage

carpenter

carpo, to pluck

carpet, excerpt, scarce

carrus, wagon

car, career, cargo, caricature, carriage, carrier, carry, charge, chariot

cartilago, cartilage

cartilage

carus, dear

caress, charity, cherish

casa, house

casino

caseus, cheese

cheese

castrum (castra), castle

castle, chateau

catena, chain

chain

catinus, bowl

kettle

cauda, tail

coward

caudex, tree trunk

code

caulis, stalk

kale

causa, reason

accusative, accuse, because, cause, excuse

caveo, to beware

caution

cavillor, to mock

cavil (evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant objections)

cavus, hollow

cage, cave, cavity, decoy, excavate, jail

cedo, to yield

abscess, accede, access, ancestor, antecedent, cease, cede, deceased, exceed, incessant, incessantly, intercede, necessary, precede, proceed, recede, secede, succeed

celeber, crowded

celebrate

celer, swift

accelerate, celerity

cella, hut

cell, cellar

celo, to hide

conceal, occult

cello, to rise high

excel, excellence

censeo, to think

censorship, censure (harsh criticism/disapproval, to rebuke formally), excise (tax that is measured by the amount of business done, to remove by cutting)

centum, hundred

cent, century, percent

cera, wax

cerement (burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped)

cerebrum, brain

cerebral

Ceres, Ceres

cereal

cerno, to separate

certain, concern, concert, decree, discern, discreet, discretion, discriminate, excrete, recrimination, secret, secretary, secrete

cieo, to rouse

cite, excite, incite, recite, resuscitate, solicit

cilium, eyelid

supercilious (having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain to those whom one views as unworthy)

cimex, bedbug

chinch (bug of temperate regions that infests beds)

cingo, to gird

cinch, cincture (band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers), succinct

circus, ring

circle, circulate, cirque, search

citrus, citron tree

citron

civis, citizen

citadel, citizen, city, civic, civilian, civilization

clam

clandestine

clamo, to shout

acclaim, claim, clamorous, declaim, disclaim, proclaim, reclaim

clango, to resound

clang

clarus, bright

claret (dark purplish-red color), clarinet, clarity, clear, declare

classis, fleet

class, classic

claudo, to close

clause, cloister, close, closet, conclude, disclose, enclose, exclude, foreclose, include, preclude, recluse, seclude, sluice

clemens, mild

clemency, inclement

clavis, key

clef, conclave

cliens, client

client

clino, to bend

declension, decline, incline, recline

clivus, slope

declivity (downward slop/bend)

cohors, court

cohort, cortege (group following/attending to some important person, funeral procession), court, courteous, courtesy, courtesan, curtsey

collum, neck

accolade, collar

colo, to till

agriculture, colony, cult, cultivate, culture

color, color

color

colubra, serpent

cobra

colum, strainer

colander (bowl-shaped strainer), percolate (to pass through)

columba, dove

columbine (plant of the buttercup family)

culmen, peak

culminate

columna, column

colonel, colonnade, column

comis, kind

comity (state or atmosphere of harmony)

communis, common

common, communicate, community

compilo, to plunder

compile

condio, to season

condiment

condo, to establish

abscond, sconce (candlestick with a flat side to be hung on a wall)

confuto, to supress

confute (to prove to be false)

congruo, to come together

congruent, incongruity

coniveo, to wink

connive