Greek and Latin Roots 1-30

jacio, jactum

throw

interject

throw between

object

throw against

project

throw forward

reject

throw back

pono; positum

lay, put, place

post

fixed or established place; military post

position

established place

repose

lie back, pause, rest

depose

put down from a throne or high office

impose

to put upon

component

put together

cum

with, together

cooperate

work with

collaborate

work with

collect

gather together

commemorate

remember something together

community

group which builds together

content

held together

figo; fixum

fix, fasten, attach

fix

fasten or make firm; set in place

fixture

a thing fastened in place

affix

thing fastened to something; syllable added to a word at either end

prefix

letter or syllable added to the beginning of a word

suffix

letter or syllable added to the end of a word

jungo; junctum

join, unite, connect

joint

place where two parts are connected

conjugation

a set of verb endings joined with the stem

conjunction

word joining two parts of a sentence

disjointed

separated at the joints

digitus

finger, toe, inch

digit

finger, numerals from 0 to 9, unit of measure the width of a finger (3/4 of an inch)

digital computer

a computer which uses numerals to mean whole numbers and decimal fractions

digitalis

the "foxglove" plant from which heart medicine is made

prestidigitation

a fast-fingered or sleight-of-hand performance of magic or of card tricks

caput; capitis

head

caput

"off with his head"

capital

top of a column; head, chief or foundation money

capitalism

system where the "head money" makes money

captain

head of a group of soldiers

recapitulate

to list again the "headings" in a piece of writing

manus

hand

manufacture

make by hand

manifest

to hit by hand; easily perceived

manicotti

sleeve-like pasta

manuscript

writing, written by hand

manumit

to send forth or release from one's hand (grasp)

pes; pedis

foot

pedestal

foot of a column

pedestrian

walker - on foot

pedal

foot lever

peddle, peddler

house-to-house salesman

pedicure

care for the feet

pedigree

genealogy charts

pawn

the foot soldiers

brachium

arm

brace

two of a kind (one for each arm)-

embrace

to take into one's arms

bracelet

ornament for the arm or wrist

brachiate

to swing by the arms on bars or tree branches

bracero

Spanish word for day laborer (with two strong arms!)

phone

sound

telephone

sound from far away

euphony

good or pleasant sound

symphony

sounds that go together

megaphone

device to make sounds BIG

microphone

device to transmit or record small sounds

sonus

sound

sonic

relating to what we can hear

sonnet

a form of rhyming Italian poetry

sonar

device that hears sound under water

sonata

an instrumental (not vocal) musical composition with three or four movements

consonant

speech sounds made with lips, tongue, or teeth

skopeo

look at, inspect, consider, examine

scope

all that the eye can see

microscope

device to look at small objects

telescope

device for seeing distant objects

periscope

device for seeing around obstacles

episcopal

overseen by bishops or "overseers"

video/visum

see

television

machine for seeing things that are far away

Montevideo

"Mountain View" - a city in Uruguay

evidence

out of what one can see

advise

look and tell your view

invisible

not to be seen

logos

word, study

logic

reasoning to gain knowledge and wisdom

geology

study of earth

biology

study of physical life

technology

study of how to improve an art or skill

anthropology

study of mankind

psychology

study of the soul or mental life of man

verbum

word

proverb

wise or profound saying

verbiage

use of too many words; chatter

verbose

wordy, full of words

verbatim

word-for-word copy or record

verbalize

to express in words

nomen/nominis

name

nominate

suggest someone's name for office