A LIST OF WORDS DERIVED FROM THE LATIN WHICH BY THE AID OF THEIR ETYMOLOGY ARE SELF-EXPLANATORY. **The numbers refer to the Latin Roots. Ab- from, away: abject (84); a-: avert (230); abs-: abstract (222). Circum- around: circumspect (194); circu-: circuit (51). Con- with, together: construct (204); Co-: cohere (78); col-: collect (86); Contra- against: contradict (41); contro-: controversy (230); coun- De- down, from: depose (153); deviate (233). Dis- apart: dispel (110); di-: distant (201); dif-: differ (57). Ex- out: export (155); e-: cgress (74); ec-: eccentric (24); ef-: efflux Extra- beyond: extravagant (227). In- into inject (84); il-: illusion (95); im-: impress (159); ir-: ir- in- not: (before an adjective) inanimate (8); il-: illegible (86); im-: Inter- between interpose (153); interfere (57). Intro- to within: introduce (49). Juxta- by the side of: juxtaposition (153). Ob- in the way, against: obstacle (201); 0-: omit (113); oc-: occur (37); of: offer (57); op-: oppose (153); os-: ostentation (211). Per- through: perspire (197); persecute (183). Post- after: postpone (153); postscript (180). Pre- before: predict (41); prefer (57). Preter- beyond: preternatural (119). Pro- for, forth: propel (140); pronoun; pol-: pollute (97); por-: por- Re- back, again: recline (30); recede (23); revert (230). Se- aside, apart: seduce (49); sed-: sedition (51). Sub- under: subject (84); su-: suspect (194); suf-: suffer (57); sug-: Super- over, above: supervisor (234); sur-: (French) survey (234). DERIVATIVE WORDS FORMED FROM LATIN ROOTS. [When two words occur in the noun-roots, the second is the genitive 1. Acuo (I make sharp): acute, acumen. 2. Aedes (a house): edifice (55), edify (55). 3. Aequus (equal): adequate, equability, equator. 4. Aevum (an age): primeval (160), coeval, longevity (93). 5. Alter (another): alternate, adulterate, unalterable. 6. Ambulo, ambulatum (I walk): amble, perambulator. 9. Antiquus (ancient): antiquated, antiquity, antique. 15. Audio, auditum (I hear): audible, audience, auditor. 19. Canis (a dog): canine, kennel, cannibal. 20. Caper, capri (a he-goat): capricious, capricorn, caper. 21. Capio, captum (I take): accept, anticipate, captive, exception, 22. Caveo, cautum (I beware): precaution, caveat. 23. Cedo, cessum (I go): accessible, accessory, ancestor, excess, in- 24. Centrum (a centre): central, eccentric, concentrate. 25. Certus (sure): ascertain, certificate. 26. Certo (I strive): concert, preconcerted. |