Honors English 3-4

Greek and Latin Roots

Cred

To believe, trust, faith

doc, doct

to teach, instruct

dur, durat

to last, lasting, hard like wood

noc, nox

to do harm, harmful

Fend

to strike, guard, protect, ward off

leg, lect, lig

to read, gather

sum

to take

clud, clus, clos

to shut, to close

ced, ceed, cess

to yield, to be in motion, to go

don

to give

bat

to hit, beat, strike

audio

to hear, listen, perception of sound

cit, citat

to call, talk, speak, say

act

to set in motion, to do

clam, claim

to shout, call out

grad, gres

to walk, step, move around

nat

to birth, to be born

mot, move

to move, motion

mix, misc

to mix, mingle

mand

to order

pati, pass

to feel, suffer, (feeling, suffering)

flu

to flow

flex, flect

to bend, curve, turn

quer, ques, quis

to ask, seek

rup, rupt

to break, tear

ris, rid

to laugh, laugh at

cant, chant

to sing

locu, loqu

to speak

scend, scent

to climb

sed, sess, sid

to sit

sec, seg

to cut

serv

to save, watch

Tend, Tens

to stretch to aim at

ten, tent, tain

to hold, grasp, have

tract

to drag, draw together

trud, trus

to push, shove

alter

other, different

Alt, Altim

high, highest

Ampl

big, mite, large

arc, arch

bow, curve

arm

weapon

carn, car

flesh, meat

cav

hole, hollow

circ

round, wheel

cit, civ

big town, legal resident

clar

clear, bright

clin

slope, lean

crux, cruc

cross

cur, cura

cure, heal

dexter

right, right-handed

dia diem

day

div, dei

god-like, godly

domin

lord, master

ego

I, self

equi, equ

same, similar

fid

faith, trust

firm

solid, strong, steadfast

cise

To cut

cid, cad, cas

to fall, happen, to befall

duc, duct

to lead or guide, to bring

fer

to carry, bring, or bear

lev, levat

light in weight, to lift, to raise

monu

one or single

sper, spir

hope

tact, tang

to touch

fem

woman