Latin Word Roots
The building blocks of English vocabulary. Every root below traces a word back to its Latin, Greek, or older origin — follow a root to see every word that grew from it.
Latin (5848)
*adverare
1
*barra
1
*disieiunare
1
*dismagare
1
*excappare
3
*expēnsīvus
1
*extravagare
1
*futare
1
*muscidus
1
*staticum
1
*stuppare
1
*toccāre
2
*tripaliare
1
*vocitus
1
-abilis
4
-able
1
-aster
1
-ber
4
-ensis
1
-ismus
1
-ista
1
-iānus
1
-logia
2
-mentum
1
-īvus
1
ab
1
abaliēnāre
1
abante
2
abbreviāre
2
abdōmen
1
abdūcere
1
aberrāre
1
abhorrens
1
abhorreō
1
abhorrēre
5
abiectiō
1
abiectus
1
abiūrāre
1
abnegāre
1
abnormis
3
abnormitās
1
aboleo
1
abolitiō
1
abortiō
1
abortīvus
1
aborīrī
1
abrogāre
1
abrumpere
2
abrādere
1
abscondere
1
absens
1
absentia
1
absolvere
2
absolūtiō
1
absolūtus
2
absorbeō
1
absorbēre
absorptiō
1
abstinēre
1
abstractus
1
abstrahere
5
abstrahō
1
abstrūdere
1
abstēmius
1
absurditās
1
absurdus
1
absēns
1
abundantia
1
abundāns
1
abundāre
1
abundō
1
abōminārī
1
abōminātiō
1
abūsus
1
abūsīvus
1
abūtī
1
academia
1
academicus
3
accelerāre
2
accelerātus
1
accentus
2
accepto
1
acceptāre
5
accessibilis
2
accessiō
1
accessor
1
accessus
1
accidere
1
accidēns
1
acclāmāre
1
acclāmātiō
1
accognōscere
2
accommodāre
1
accommodātiō
1
accrēscere
3
accrēsco
1