Latin Bases

caud

tail

cerebr

head

cid, cis

to cut or kill

dors

back

duc, duct

lead

err

wander, stray, mistake

flex, flect

bend

fund, fus

pour

greg

flock

lact

milk

later

side

medi

middle

ov

egg

pon, posit, pose

put

rug

wrinkle

sangui(n)

blood

sicc

dry

val

worth, strength

varic

straddle

vert, vers

turn

articul

joint, divide into joints, segment into joints

bucc

cheek, mouth, cavity

clud, clus, clos

close

cord

heart

cost

breathe

curr, curs

run

dent

tooth

febr

fever, feverish

fer

carry, to bear

foli

leaf

her, hes

cling

ject, jacul

to throw

mur

wall

nomin, nom

name

radi

ray, spoke, staff, rod

semin

seed

teg, tect

cover

tuss

cough

ven

vein

arbor

tree

cal

heat

carin

keel, breastbone

cern, cret, cre

sift, discern, separate

cili

hair

corn(u)

horn

cub, cumb, cubit

to lay

dorm, dormit

to sleep

fet, (foet)

an unborn offspring, fetus

frang, (fring), frag, fract

break

grad, gress

step

lingu

language, tongue

ment

mind

plic, plicit

to fold

pot

strong

pur

pure

ren

kidney

son

sound

sud

sweat

trud, trus

push, thrust

al

wing

annul

ring

apic

top, cap, tip, apex

argent

silver

can

dog

capit (cipit)

conjoined

dur

hard

equ

horse

lacrim (lachrym)

tear

lacun

small pit, gap

limin

threshold

mal(a), mal(e)

cheek, cheekbone

ocul, ocell

eye, little eye

palat

palate, roof of the mouth

pariet

wall

plant

sole of foot

pont

bridge

pulvin

cushion

sen

old

aqu(a)

water

brev

short

capill

hair

coron, coroll

crown, little crown

cruc

cross

cune

wedge

falc

sickle

fug

to flee

line

line

luc

light, to shine

matr, matern

mother

mont

mountain

mult

many

ret

net or network

rostr

beak

torqu, tort, tors

twist

verm

worm

bull

blister, bubble

col

to inhabit

cori

leather-like

crist

comb, plume (crested)

fec

fertile, prolific