Latin Roots SAT Master List

Ab

away

Ambi

both

Ambul

move or walk

Ami

love

Contra

against

Cred

believe

Crypt

hidden

Cycl

circle or ring

Dem

people

Derm

skin

Dict

speak

Domin

master

Dur

hard

Ego

self

Esth

feeling

Extra

outside

Fid

faith

Flect

bend

Flor

flower

Fract/Frag

break

Fug

run away

Gen

birth, production

Gram

something written

Graph

to write

Grat

pleasing

Gress

to step, to go

Hetero

different

Homo

same

Idio

peculiar, distinct

Judi

judge, lawyer

Ling

language

Loqu

speak

Magn

large, great

Mal

bad

Mut

change

Ob

against

Phil

love

Plac

calm

Re

back, again

Sagac

wise

Sang

blood

Sequ

follow

Somn

sleep

Tac/Tic

be silent

Troph

feed, grow

Ultim

last

Vener

respectful

Vit

life

Voc

voice

Vol

fly, wish

Aqua/Aque

water

Bell

war

Bene/Bon

good

Chron

time

Clud/Clus/Claus

shut, close

Corp/Corpor

body

Doc/Doct

teach

Luc/Lum/Lus

light

Man/Manu

hand

Mit/Mis

send

Mob/Mot/Mov

move

Pater/Patr

father

Port

carry

Scop/Spec/****

to examine

Vid/Vis

see, look

Struct/Stru

build

Tang/Tact/Tig

touch

Terra/Terr

earth

Tract

pull, drag

nav

ship

nat

born

fili

son

frat

brother

lum

light

arbor

tree

stella

star

magn

great

mat

mother

lun

moon

fort

strong, powerful

lac

milk

lingu

language

annu

year

audi

to hear

don

to give

aqua

water

vac

to be empty

doc

to teach

liber

free

pater

father

fem

woman

viv

to live

aev/ev

age, era

anim

soul

cept

to take, to seize

cred

to trust, to believe

cur

care, concern

dic

to say, to speak

duc

to lead

empt

to buy, to purchase