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)
consulto
1
consumere
1
consummare
1
consumo
1
contactus
1
contaminare
2
contaminatio
1
contemnere
1
contemplatio
1
contemplativus
1
contemporaneus
1
contemporarius
1
contemptibilis
1
contemptus
2
contendere
1
contentio
1
contentiosus
1
contentus
5
contestari
1
contestor
1
contextus
1
contiguus
1
continens
2
continentem
1
continentia
1
continere
12
contingentia
1
contingere
1
continuare
3
continuatio
1
continuatus
1
continuitas
1
continuum
1
continuus
7
continuāre
1
continēre
1
contorquere
1
contra
12
contractio
1
contractum
1
contractus
1
contradico
1
contrarius
5
contrarotulus
2
contrata
1
contravenire
1
contribuēre
1
contribuō
1
contribūtiōnem
1
contribūtus
1
contritio
1
contritus
1
controversus
1
contrā
3
contrādictiō
1
contrādictus
1
contrārius
1
contrōversia
1
contrōversiālis
1
contumelia
1
contumeliosus
1
contāgiō
1
contāminātus
1
convalescere
1
convenientia
1
convenire
7
conveniēns
1
conventio
5
conventiō
1
conventus
1
convergere
1
conversari
1
conversatio
1
conversiō
1
conversus
1
conversātiōnem
1
convertere
1
converto
1
conviare
2
convictiō
1
convictus
1
convincere
3
convincō
1
convolvere
2
convulsiō
1
cooperire
3
cooperiō
1
cophinus
2
copia
2
copiosus
2
copula
1
copulare
1
coquere
4
coquus
1
coquīna
1
coquō
1