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)
alimentum
2
alius
2
aliēnus
1
aliēnātus
1
allaudare
2
allegatio
1
alleviāre
1
alligare
1
alligāre
2
allocare
1
allocāre
3
alludere
1
alluvium
1
allēgoria
1
allūsiōnem
1
alphabēticus
1
alter
12
altercātiō
1
alteri
1
alternō
2
alterāre
3
altitūdō
1
altus
2
altāre
1
alumnus
1
amalgama
1
amalgamāre
1
amanuensis
1
amare
5
amator
1
ambi-
1
ambiens
2
ambiguitas
1
ambiguus
5
ambire
3
ambitio
1
ambitiosus
1
ambitiō
1
ambulare
2
ambulatorius
1
ambulō
1
ambustum
1
amicus
5
amita
2
amoenitas
1
amoenus
1
amor
1
amplificare
1
amplitudo
1
amplus
3
amuletum
1
amātor
1
analogia
1
ancillāris
1
ancora
2
angelus
1
angulatus
1
angulus
5
angulāris
1
angustia
1
anima
9
animadversio
1
animadvertere
1
animalculum
1
animare
1
animatiō
1
animositas
1
animus
4
animātus
1
annectere
2
annectō
1
annihilare
2
annotare
1
annularis
1
annullare
1
annuntiare
1
annuntio
1
annus
8
annālis
1
anonymus
2
anser
1
anserīnus
1
antecedēns
2
antecessor
2
anterior
1
anticipāre
2
anticipātiō
1
antidotum
1
antiquitas
1
antiquus
5
antiquāre
1
antiquārius
2
anulus
1
anxius
1
apere
2
apertūra
1