English Root Words

stand, set, place

sist · stat

make, do

fec · fic · fit

take, seize, hold

cip · cup · ceiv

birth, produce, kind

gene · gn

look, observe, watch

spy · spec · spet

choose, pick, read, gather

lig · leg

pull, drag, draw

tract · trac · trah

see, look

vid · view · vy

sit, settle, be placed

sid · sed · sess

run, flow; chariot, wheeled cart; carry

cur · cour

carry, bear

carry, bear, bring

move

mot · mob

turn

vert

go, yield, move

ceed · cess

press, squeeze

send, let go

mit

hold, keep

ten · tin · tent

come, arrive

vent

say, speak, declare; point out

dict

law, right, oath, justice

jud · jus

give

dot · don · dow

part, divide, share

use

ut · uti · util

place, put, set

pose · posit

to step, walk, go

grad · gred

hand

manu

serve; keep, guard, watch over

serf

flow; pour

flux · fus

do, act, drive

ag