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)
sapere
2
sapiens
1
sapor
1
sapphirus
1
sardonius
1
satelles
1
satiare
1
satietas
1
satio
2
satira
1
satis
6
satisfacere
3
satisfaciō
1
satisfactio
1
satisfactus
1
satiō
1
satur
1
Saturnus
1
scaena
1
scala
1
scamellum
2
scamillum
1
scamnum
1
scandere
8
scheda
1
schedium
1
schema
1
scholasticus
1
scientia
1
scintilla
1
scintillare
1
scire
5
scopus
1
scriba
1
scribere
14
scriptum
1
scrupulosus
2
scrupulus
2
scrupus
1
scrutari
1
scrutinium
1
scrībere
2
scrōfa
1
sculpere
1
sculptūra
1
scēnicus
1
scīre
1
scūtum
1
secans
1
secare
2
secedere
1
secernere
3
secludere
2
secretio
1
secretus
1
secrētus
1
secta
2
sectiō
1
sector
1
secundus
2
secundārius
1
securitas
1
securus
6
secāre
2
sedere
5
seducere
1
sedulus
1
sedēre
2
segmentum
1
semi-
2
semper
1
sempiternus
1
senatus
1
senex
3
senilis
1
sensatio
1
sensatus
1
sensibilis
1
sensualis
1
sensus
4
sententia
2
sentimentum
1
sentire
21
sentiēns
1
sentiō
1
senātor
1
separalis
1
separare
4
separatio
1
separāre
1
septem
1
September
1
septentrionalis
1
sequester
1
sequestrare
2
sequi
19