Latin Roots for Common English Words: Migration, Alter, Acer, and More

acer

sharp/bitter

migr

to move

alter

other

capti

head

corp

body

cert

to make sure

re

again

cern

to seperate/distinguish

dorm

to sleep

man/mand

hand/demand

dom

house

tex

to weave/write

tang/tact

to touch

flex/flect

to bend

circum

around

centr

center

ethn

people/nation

aux/aug

to grow/increase

nox

harm/injury

arbitr

to judge/decide

crypt

hidden

dign

worth

gnosc/dign

"know apart"

gnosc/pro

"know before"

press

press

dynam

power/force

err

wander/stray

sper

scatter

gastr

stomach

nom/nomo

law

funct

to perform/work

nom/nomin

name

dys

bad/difficult

root associated with immigration

migr

root associated with altruistic

alter

root associated with alteration

alter

root associated with migration

migr

root associated with alienation

alienare (to make another)

root associated with alter

altr

root associated with inalienable

alienare

root associated with acrimony

acer

root associated with acrid

acer

root associated with migrate

migr

root associated with alternate

alter

root associated with acerbate

acer

root associated with alien

alienus (belonging to another)

root associated with acuity

acer

root associated with acrimonious

acer

root associated with altruism

altr

root associated with immigrant

migr

root associated with recaptiotulation

re, capit

root associated with corpulence

corp

root associated with recertification

re, cert

root associated with per capita

per (through), capit

root associated with discernment

cert

root associated with capital

capit

root associated with certificate

cert

root associated with tangency

tang

root associated with dormant

dorm

root associated with dominion

dom

root associated with tactful

tang/tact

root associated with reflection

flex/flect

root associated with ethnologist

ethn

root associated with circumflex

circum, flect

root associated with concentration

com (together), centr

root associated with eccentric

ethn, centr

root associated with auxesis

aux/aug

root associated with noxious

nox

root associated with arbitrable

arbitr

root associated with innocence

in- not nox

root associated with encrypt

en- in crypt

root associated with indignity

in- not dign

agnostic

gnosc, a-not

root associated with prognosticate

pro- before, gnosc

root associated with diagnostic

dia- apart, gnosc

root associated with compress

com (together), press

root associated with dynamics

dynam

root associated with aberrant

err

root associated with dynamo

dynam

root associated with dispersion

sper

root associated with asperse

sper

root associated with metric

metrum (measure)

root associated with defunct

funct

root associated with gastritis

gastr

root associated with nomism

nom/nomo

root associated with nonfunctional

non- not/no funct

root associated with nominee

nom/nomin