Roots
BASE MEANING ORIGIN
act to act Latin
acu, acr, ac needle Latin
alt high Latin
anima, anim life, mind Latin
ann, enn year Latin
anthrop man Greek
aqua water Latin
arch, archi govern, rule Greek
arm army, weapon Latin
arbitr, arbiter to judge, consider Latin
art craft, skill Latin
arthr, art segment, joint Greek
aud to hear Latin
bell war Latin
biblio, bibl book Greek
bio life Greek
capit, cipit head Latin
caus cause, case, lawsuit Latin
cede to go, yield Latin
cele honor Latin
cell to rise, project Latin
cent one hundred Latin
cept, capt, cip, cap, ceive, ceipt to take, hold, grasp
cert sure, to trust Latin
cess, ced to move, withdraw Latin
cid, cis to cut off, be breif, to kill Latin
circ, circum around Latin
civ citizen Latin
claud close, shut, block Latin
clin to lean, lie, bend Latin
cog to know Latin
column a column Latin
comput to compute Latin
cont to join, unite Latin
cor, cord, cour, card heart Latin
corp body Latin
cosm world, order, universe Greek
crac, crat rule, govern Greek
cred believe, trust Latin
crit, cris separate, discern, judge Latin
culp fault, blame Latin
curs, curr, corr to run Latin
custom one's own Latin
dem people Greek
dent, odon tooth Latin
derm skin Greek
dic, dict to say, to speak, assert Latin
duct, duc to lead, draw Latin
dur to harden, hold out Latin
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