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)
castīgāre
3
casus
1
cathedra
1
catillus
1
catinus
1
catta
1
catēna
1
cauda
5
caulis
2
caupō
3
causa
6
cautela
1
cautio
2
cautiō
1
cava
1
cavea
5
cavere
3
caverna
1
cavus
3
cedere
18
celare
2
celeber
2
celebrare
2
celeritas
1
cella
2
cellula
1
celēbritās
1
censere
2
censura
2
centenarius
2
centralis
1
centrum
5
centum
11
centuplus
1
centuria
3
centurio
1
Cerealis
1
cernere
18
certitudo
1
certus
7
cervix
1
cessare
2
cessātiō
1
cessō
1
cetus
1
chaos
2
character
1
charta
3
charta vīsa
1
chartula
1
chirurgia
1
cholera
1
cholericus
1
chorus
2
chronicus
1
chrysalis
1
Chrīstiānus
1
chīrūrgia
1
ciere
6
cifra
1
cilium
1
cingere
1
circa
1
circuitus
2
circulatio
1
circulus
4
circum
5
circumnāvigātus
1
circumstantia
1
circā
2
cisorium
1
citare
1
citatio
1
cito
1
civilis
3
civilitas
1
civis
5
ciēre
2
clamare
7
clamo
1
clamor
1
clandestinus
1
clarifico
1
clarus
7
classicus
2
classis
4
claudere
9
claustrum
3
clausum
1
clausus
2
clemens
3
clementia
1
clericus
2
clima
1
clinare
4
cliēns
1