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)
sopor
1
sorbēre
1
sordidus
1
sordēs
1
sors
7
sortem
1
spagus
1
spargere
4
sparsus
1
Spartānus
1
spasmus
1
spatium
3
spatiōsus
1
specere
39
specialis
6
specialitas
2
species
13
speciosus
1
speciālis
1
speciēs
4
spectrum
3
spectāculum
1
spectātor
1
speculor
2
sperare
1
spes
2
spina
1
Spiraea
1
spirare
8
spiritualis
1
spiritus
4
splendere
1
splendidus
1
spoliare
4
spolium
3
spoliō
1
spondere
9
spongia
2
sponsare
1
spontaneus
1
sponte
1
spīna
1
spīra
1
spīritus
3
spīrāre
1
spōnsor
1
spōnsus
1
stabilio
1
stabilire
stabilis
2
stabulum
1
stadium
1
stagnans
1
stans
2
stare
27
stationarius
1
statiōnem
1
statua
2
statuere
9
statura
1
status
7
stella
1
sterilis
1
sterilitās
1
sternere
1
sternuere
1
sternutatio
1
stilus
2
stimulare
1
stimulator
1
stimulus
2
stimulātiō
1
stinguere
3
stipare
1
stipendium
1
stipulātiō
1
stipulātus
1
stomachus
3
strangulō
1
strata
1
stratum
1
strictus
4
strictūra
1
stringens
1
stringere
9
stroppus
1
structūra
1
struere
13
strātus
1
strēnuus
1
studere
1
studium
3
studiōsus
1
studēns
1
studēre
1
stupendus
1