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Roots inherited from Latin — the backbone of academic English. · 402 roots

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st

Latin

stand, set, place

sist · stat

376 words

fac

Latin

make, do

fec · fic · fit

273 words

cap

Latin

take, seize, hold

cip · cup · ceiv

162 words

gen

Latin

birth, produce, kind

gene · gn

140 words

sp

Latin

look, observe, watch

spy · spec · spet

131 words

lect

Latin

choose, pick, read, gather

lig · leg

128 words

tra

Latin

pull, drag, draw

tract · trac · trah

109 words

vis

Latin

see, look

vid · view · vy

107 words

sit

Latin

sit, settle, be placed

sid · sed · sess

98 words

car

Latin

run, flow; chariot, wheeled cart; carry

cur · cour

96 words

port

Latin

carry, bear

95 words

fer

Latin

carry, bear, bring

93 words

mov

Latin

move

mot · mob

92 words

vers

Latin

turn

vert

91 words

ced

Latin

go, yield, move

ceed · cess

90 words

press

Latin

press, squeeze

89 words

miss

Latin

send, let go

mit

88 words

tain

Latin

hold, keep

ten · tin · tent

87 words

ven

Latin

come, arrive

vent

84 words

dic

Latin

say, speak, declare; point out

dict

82 words

jur

Latin

law, right, oath, justice

jud · jus

75 words

dit

Latin

give

dot · don · dow

69 words

part

Latin

part, divide, share

68 words

us

Latin

use

ut · uti · util

68 words

pos

Latin

place, put, set

pose · posit

66 words

gress

Latin

to step, walk, go

grad · gred

64 words

man

Latin

hand

manu

62 words

serv

Latin

serve; keep, guard, watch over

serf

62 words

flu

Latin

flow; pour

flux · fus

61 words

act

Latin

do, act, drive

ag

59 words

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