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)
peculiaris
2
peculium
1
pecunia
2
pecus
2
pecūliāris
1
pecūniārius
1
pedester
1
pedālis
1
peior
2
peiorare
2
pejor
1
pellere
18
pellis
1
pendere
28
pendulus
2
penetrare
3
penetratio
1
penitus
penna
1
pensare
4
pensum
1
penuria
1
penētrātus
1
pepō
1
per annum
1
per centum
2
perca
1
perceptibilis
1
perceptiō
1
perceptum
1
percipere
6
percipiens
1
percipiō
1
percussio
1
percutere
1
peregrīnus
1
perennis
1
pereo
1
perfectio
1
perfectus
1
perficere
4
perfidia
1
perfidus
2
perfunctorius
1
perfundere
1
perfungi
1
periculosus
1
periculum
3
perire
1
permanere
2
permaneō
1
permanēns
1
permeare
1
permeābilis
1
permissiō
1
permittere
2
permittō
1
permutare
1
perna
1
perpendiculum
1
perpetuus
3
perpetuātus
1
perplexus
3
persequor
2
perseverare
1
persevērantia
1
persistere
2
persistēns
1
persistō
1
persona
5
perspectivus
1
perspicax
2
perspicuus
2
perspirare
1
persuadere
3
persuāsiō
1
persōna
2
persōnālitās
1
pertinax
1
pertinere
2
pertinēns
1
perturbare
2
perula
1
perversitās
1
perversum
1
perversus
1
pervertere
3
pes
10
pessimus
2
pestilentia
1
pestis
2
petere
13
petitio
1
phantasia
3
phantasma
3
philosophia
1