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)
tyrannus
1
Tyrus
1
tāctus
1
tālea
1
tēgula
1
tēla
1
tēlescopium
1
tēmētum
1
tīrō
1
tōtus
1
tōtālitās
1
tūberculum
1
tūtor
1
uber
1
ubi
1
ubique
1
ulterior
1
ultrā
1
umbella
1
umbra
4
umēre
2
uncia
2
unctuosus
1
unda
6
unguentum
1
unguere
2
ungō
1
unicitas
1
unicus
2
uniformis
4
unio
3
unire
3
universitas
1
universum
1
universus
1
univocus
2
unus
18
urbānus
1
urere
1
urgere
1
urgeō
1
urgēns
1
ustulō
1
usurpāre
1
usus
1
uter
1
uti
10
utilis
1
vacare
1
vacca
1
vaccīnus
2
vacivus
2
vacuitās
1
vacuus
4
vacāns
1
vacāre
3
vacātiō
1
vadere
2
vagari
4
vagus
6
vagābundus
1
vagārī
2
Valentīnus
1
valere
8
valeō
2
validus
3
validāre
1
vallis
1
vallum
1
vallēs
1
valēre
5
Vandalus
2
vanus
1
variare
1
variegāre
2
varietās
1
varius
6
variāre
3
variō
1
vas
1
vastare
1
vastus
6
vastō
1
vector
1
vegetābilis
1
vehemens
1
vehementia
1
vehemēns
1
vehere
1
velle
8
velleitas
1
velocitas
1
velox
2
velum
5
venalis
1
vendere
3