Latin Roots -ct
This Latin root means "to act"
What is "act"?
Biology, geology and etymology all have this Greek Combining Form in common.
What is "-ology?"
What is "script"?
The prefix found in these three words, "subway", "submarine", and "subtract" has this meaning.
What is "under"?
An interaction is a thing (a noun) that can be translated from its latin components to mean this.
What is "act(ion) between"?
The word "spectrum" has a Latin root that means this.
What is "to look"? (or "to see"?)
"Graph" and "Gram" are both Greek Combining Forms that create words that have to do with these two related items.
The Latin root "scribe" has this meaning.
What is "to write"?
The prefix found in these three words, "contract", "consequence", and "companion", has this meaning.
What is "together"?
A description is a thing (a noun) that can be translated from its latin components to mean this.
What is "(a) writing down"?
This Latin root means "to lead"?
What is "duct"?
The word "graphology" would translate as this phrase.
What is "the study of writing and/or symbols".
The latin roots "ply", "plic", "plex" are all variations of one root that has this meaning.
What is "to fold"?
If I want to add the prefix "ad", which means "toward" to the latin root, ply, how would I spell the resulting word?
What is "a-p-p-l-y"? (apply)
A complication is a thing (a noun) that can be translated from its Latin components to mean this.
What is "folding/folded together"?
The word "factory" has a Latin root that means this.
What is "to make/to cause/to do"?
This digraph, found somewhere in this clue, is only found in words of Greek origin.
What is "ph"?
The words "capacity" has the Latin root "cap" which has this meaning. (You can pay $100 to use a dictionary - you have 30 seconds)
What is "to take" or "to hold""?
If I want to add the latin prefix "in", to negate the word "logical", how would I spell the resulting word?
What is "i-l-l-o-g-i-c-a-l"? (illogical)
The word "prospective" is a word that has three Latin components which can be used to translate the word to mean this phrase, (which includes the part of speech the word is).
What is "an adjective that describes a noun that you can look or see forward to"?
The word "infect" has a Latin root that means this.
What is "to make/to cause/to do"?
Another digraph, "ch", only makes this sound when found in words of Greek origin.
What is /k/?
The word "deposit", which is something you do when you put money away, has the Latin root "pos" which has this meaning.
What is "to put" or "to place"?
What is an "adjective"?
The word "infectious" is a word that has three Latin components which can be used to translate the word to mean this phrase, (which includes the part of speech the word is).
What is "an adjective that describes a noun that makes or causes in/within".