Root or Stem Word

Meaning

ac,acr

sharp

aev,ev

age,era

ag,act

to do

agog

leader

agri,agrari

field

ali

another

alt

high

alter

other

am

love

anim

mind,soul

ann,enn

year

anthrop

human being

apt

fit

aqua

water

arch

ruler,first

aster

star

aud,audit

to hear

auto

self

belli

war

ben,bon

good

biblio

book

bio

life

breve

short

cad,cas

to fall

cap,capt,cept,cip

to take

capit,capt

head

carn

flesh

ced,cess

to yield, to go

celer

swift

 cent

one hundred

chron

time

cid, cis

to cut, to kill

cit,citat

to call, to start

civi

citizen

clam,clamat

to cry out

claud,claus,clos,clud

to close

cognosc,cognit

to learn

compl

to fill

cord

heart

corpor

body

cred,credit

to believe

cur

to care

curr,curs

to run

da,dat

to give

deb,debit

to owe

dem

people

derm

skin

di,diurn

day

dic,dict

to say

doc,doct

to teach

domin

to rule

duc,duct

to lead

dynam

power,strength

ego

I

erg,urg

work

err

to wander

eu

good,welll,beautiful

fac,fic,fec,fect

to make, to do

fall,fals

to deceive

fer,lat

to bring,to bear

fid

belief,faith

fin

end,limit

flect,flex

to bend

fort

luck,chance

fort

strong

frag,fract

to break

fug

to flee

fus

to pour

gam

marriage

gen,gener

class,race

grad,gress

to go, to step

graph,gram

wtiting

grag

flock,herd

helio

sun

it,itiner

journey,road

jac,jact,jec

to throw

jur,jurat

to swear

labor,laborat

to work

leg,lect,lig

to choose, to read

leg

law

liber,libr

book

liber

free

log

word,study

loqu,locut

to talk

luc

light

magn

great

mal

bad

man

hand

mar

sea

mater,matr

mother

mit,miss

to send

mob,mot,mov

to move

mon,monit

to warn

mori,mort

to die

morph

shape, form

mut

to change

nat

born

nav

ship

neg

to deny

nomen

name

nov

new

omni

all

oper

to work

pac

peace

pass

to feel

pater,patr

father

path

disease,feeling

ped,pod

foot

ped

child

pel,puls

to drive

pet,petit

to seek

phil

love

pon,posit

to place

port,portat

to carry

poten

able,powerful

psych

mind

put,putat

to trim, to calculate

quer,ques,quir,quis

to ask

reg,rect

to rule

rid,ris

to laugh

rog,rogat

to ask

rupt

to break

sacr

holy

sci

to know

scop

to watch, to see

scrib,script

to write

sect

cut

sed,sess

to sit

sent,sens

to thnk, to feel

sequi,secut,seque

to follow

solv,solut

to loosen

somn

sleep

soph

wisdom

spec,spect

to look at

spir

to breathe

string.strict

bind

stru,struct

to build

tang,tact,ting

to touch

tempor

time

ten,tent

to hold

term

end

terr

land

therm

heat

tors,tort

to twist

tract

to drag, to pull

trud,trus

to push, to shove

urb

city

vac

empty

vad,vas

to go

veni,vent,ven

to come

ver

true

verb

word

vers,vert

to turn

via

away

vid,vis

to see

vinc,vict,vanq

to conquer

viv,vit

alive

voc,vacat

to call

vol

wish

volv,volut

to roll