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)
designō
1
desistere
1
desolare
1
despectus
3
desperare
1
desperatus
1
despero
1
despicari
1
despicere
2
despoliare
1
despondere
2
destinare
2
destino
1
destituere
1
destitutio
1
destructio
1
destruere
3
desultorius
1
detectio
1
detectus
1
detegere
1
detentio
1
deterior
1
deteriorare
1
determinare
3
determino
1
deterrere
1
detinere
1
detonare
1
detractum
1
detrahere
1
detrimentum
1
Deus
1
deus
3
devastare
1
deviare
3
devius
1
devolvere
2
devorare
1
devovere
1
dexter
2
dexteritas
1
di-
1
diabolus
2
diagnōsis
1
diarium
1
dicare
2
dicere
15
dictare
2
dictator
3
dictatrix
1
dictio
1
dictiōnārius
1
dictum
1
dictātor
1
dies
6
diffamare
1
differens
1
differentia
5
differre
8
differō
1
difficilis
1
difficultas
1
difficultō
1
diffundere
1
diffusio
1
diffūsus
1
digitalis
1
digitus
3
dignari
1
dignitas
1
dignitās
1
dignus
3
digredi
1
digressio
1
digressum
1
dilapidare
1
diligentia
1
diluere
1
diluvium
2
dimidius
1
dimissio
1
dimissus
1
dimittere
1
diploma
2
diplōma
1
directus
7
dirige
1
dirigere
5
dirus
1
dis-
47
discernere
3
discerno
1
discerpere
1
disciplina
2
discipulus
1