Latin Derivatives 1-11

ben-, bon-

good, well

mal-

bad, ill

soli-, sol

alone, only

magn

great, large

voc, vok

voice, call

dic, dict

say, speak, assert

dica, duct

proclaim, set spart

loqu, locut

speak

loc, locat

place

garrul

chatter, talk

equ

equal, fair

omni-

all

multi-

many

pauci-

few

long-

long

brev- \[brief\]

short

son

sound

verb

word

lingu

language, tongue

langu

faint, weary

ver

truth

vor

eat

vir

man

virtu

strength, virtue

corpor

body

carn

flesh

sanguin, sangui

blood

cord

heart

capit, cipit

head

cap, cip, capt, cept \[ceive, ceipt\]

take

ped

food

manu

hand

mand, mend

put in the hands of, entrust, order

digit

finger, toe

dent

tooth

aur-

gold

argent-

silver

ferr-

iron

plumb-

lead

aur

ear

ocul

eye

vid, vis

see

divid, divis

seperate

spec, spic, spect

look at, examine

aud, audit

hear

gust

taste

ger, gest

bear, carry

palp

feel, touch

tang, ting, tag, tig, tact

touch

tac, tic

silent

teg, tect

cover

\-fer

bear, carry

\-ferous

produce

quasi-

as if, seemingly

non-, ne- (rarely neg-)

not

sens, sent

feel, be aware

cern, cert, cret

sift, separate, distinguish, decide

crim, crimin

judgement, accusation, crime

sci

know

sap, sip

taste, discern, be wise

sag

shrewd, wise

fa, fat, fess

speak

far

divine law

fatu

foolish

fac, fact, fect, -fic, -fy

do, make, cause

fing, fig, fict

form, shape, invent, imagine

fig, fix, -fy

fasten, pierce

simil, simul, sembl

together, likeness, pretense

anim

life, spirit, mind, soul

vit, viv

live

mort

death

mord, mors

bite

morb

illness

mor

custom

dorm

sleep

somn

sleep, dream

torp

stupor, numbness

para, par \[pair\]

prepare, ward off

par \[pair, peer\]

equal

\-parous

bearing, producing

mir

wonder

quer, quest, quir, quis

seek, ask

queri, queru

complain

roga

ask

pet

seek, attack

ora

mouth, speech, prayer

preca

pray

preci

price, value

pecu

one’s own, private property, money

propr, proper

one’s own, individual

lucr

gain, profit

fisc

purse

merc

trade

put

cut, prune away, clear up, think, suppose

ratio, ration

reason, relationship

prob

test, prove

solv, solut

loosen, set free

arbitr

consider, judge

jur, just

right, justice, oath

judic

judge, decide