Latin Etymology - Double Jeopardy

Latin Verbs

200

This is the number of verb classes (conjugations) in Latin.

four

400

This Latin stem meaning "know" looks very similar to the inceptive verb infix.

sc-

600

The opposite of occident, the word orient has to do with the place where the sun does this action (from the Latin stem or-, ort-).

rise

800

The word somersault comes from the Latin verb with stems sal-, -sil-, -sult, meaning this.

jump

1000

This is the meaning of the Latin verb with stems plic-, plicat-, -plicit-, with derivatives such as complicated or implicit.

fold

Noun Suffixes

200

In words such as candor, the suffix -or means a "state, quality, or action." It can also have this meaning, in words such as tractor or terminator.

someone/something who does an action

400

The Latin noun ending -orium gives rise to the English word endings -orium and -ory, both with this meaning.

place for (something)

600

The noun ending -ure, as in lecture or structure, has this meaning.

state, quality, action

800

The ending -ary, from Latin -arius, can denote a "person concerned with." When -ary (like its twin -arium) is derived from Latin -arium, it means this instead.

place for (something)

1000

Capsule, morsel, and granola are all examples of this type of word (i.e., containing this type of suffix).

diminutive

Prefixes

200

This prefix either means "into" or "not".

in

400

This prefix means "to" or "toward"

ad

600

This prefix means "together, with" or "completely."

com-/con-

800

This prefix means "no" or "not"

neg-, ne-

1000

This is the name for the process by which a prefix changes shape in order to make a prefixed word easier to pronounce.

assimilation

Emotions

200

Someone that is invidious is full of this emotion, from the Latin stem invidi-.

ill will

400

Odium and odious both derive from the Latin stem odi-, meaning this emotion.

hatred

600

The word levity comes from the Latin lev-, which refers to this quality (either of physical objects or, metaphorically, of experiences).

light

800

One of the meanings of the Latin verb pati-or, pass-us is simply "experience," but it has this more emotionally loaded meaning as well. 

suffer

1000

A person who is con-val-escing is hopefully starting to feel better and to do this action.

be strong, be healthy

English to Latin

200

Do you sometimes feel obligated to someone when you receive a gift from them? This Latin stem captures the intertwined meanings of "duty, obligation, gift."

muner-

400

This Latin stem, the opposite of noct- "night," means "day".

di-

600

If you know everything, you are ---scient, from the Latin word for "all."

omni-

800

This is the Latin stem meaning "flower."

flor-

1000

This is the Latin stem meaning "to be clear" or "to be light."

luc-