Latin Roots

Latin Roots

100

-claim-

Declare, cry out

200

-dict-

Say or tell

300

-voc/voke-

Call or voice

400

-tend/tense-

Stretch or strain

500

-flu/flux-

to flow

More Latin Roots

100

-jac/ject-

Throw or lie

200

-scrib-

Write

300

-cline-

Lean

400

-rect/reg-

Straight or right

500

-rupt-

Break

Even More Latin Roots

100

-verse/vert-

Turn

200

-fac/fect/fic-

Make or do

300

-fix-

Repair or make stationary

400

-ject-

Throw

500

-form-

Shape or mold

Still More Latin Roots

100

-art-

Something beautiful or skillful

200

-spec-

Look, see

300

-flect/flex-

Bend or curve

400

-cogn-

Know

500

-put/pute-

Think

Still Even More Latin Roots

100

-grad/gress-

Step, degree, walk

200

-pend-

Hang, weigh

300

-mot/mote/move-

Move

400

-ceed-

Happen, yield, go

500

-tain/ten-

Hold

Would you believe more Latin roots?

100

-vent-

Come

200

-spire-

Breathe

300

-tact/tang-

Touch

400

-vis/vise-

See

500

-sist/stat-

Stand

This is getting ridiculous!

100

-cern-

Separate

200

-cis-

Cut

300

-sec/seg-

Cut

400

-cas/cid-

Fall or befall

500

-cause/cuse-

Cause, motive