Connected word reference

Latin words and connected roots

Explore 108 selected Latin words with curated root connections. The interactive app contains the full dictionary.

• ab

  from, away from, out of

• ad

  toward, to

• agō

  to act, to behave

• amō

  to love

• animus

  life, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing)

• annus

  year

• aqua

  water

• audiō

  to hear, listen to

• bene

  well

• cadō

  to fall, to fall out

• capiō

  to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm

• cēdō

  to go, move, proceed, go along, move along

• centum

  a hundred; 100

• circum

  about, around

• cīvis

  citizen

• clāmō

  to cry out, clamor, shout, yell, exclaim

• claudō

  to shut up, close, lock

• contra

  against

• corpus

  body, person (person when used to mean "human body", e.g., "on one's person")

• crēdō

  to believe, to trust in, to give credence to

• cum

  with, along with

• currō

  to run

• de

  of; concerning; about

• dīcō

  to say, talk, speak, utter, mention

• dūcō

  to lead, guide, conduct, lead away

• duo

  two; 2

• ex

  out of, from

• faciō

  to do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing)

• ferō

  to bear; to carry

• fidēs

  faith; belief (belief without empirical evidence, direct experience, or observation)

• fīnis

  end

• flectō

  to bend, curve or bow

• fōrma

  form; figure, shape, appearance

• fortis

  strong, powerful

• gradior

  to step, walk, stride

• grātus

  pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome

• iaciō

  to throw, hurl, cast, fling; throw away

• in

  in, at, on, upon, from (space)

• inter

  between, among

• iūs

  law, right

• legō

  to collect, gather, bring together, catch

• lēx

  a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill

• līber

  free, independent, unrestricted, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious

• locus

  place (referring to a specific location)

• loquor

  to say, speak, tell, talk, utter

• lūx

  light (of the sun, stars etc.)

• magnus

  great, large, big; (of things) vast, extensive, spacious (of physical size or quantity)

• manus

  hand

• mare

  sea

• māter

  mother (female parent)

• mittō

  to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge

• mors

  death

• moveō

  to move, stir, set in motion

• multus

  much

• nāscor

  to be born, begotten

• nāvis

  ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural

• nota

  mark, sign

• novus

  new, novel

• numerus

  number

• ob

  in the direction of, to, towards

• omnis

  every

• pater

  father (male parent)

• pellō

  to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out

• pendō

  to weigh, weigh out

• per

  through, by means of

• pēs

  a foot, in its senses as

• pōnō

  to place; to put; to lay

• populus

  a people, nation

• portō

  to carry, bear

• possum

  be able to, can, may

• prae

  before

• prīmus

  first, early

• pro

  for

• regō

  to rule, govern, direct

• rumpō

  to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open

• sciō

  to be able to, to know (how to do), understand, to have practical knowledge

• scrībō

  to write

• sedeō

  to sit, to be seated

• sentiō

  to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses)

• sequor

  to follow, to come or go after, to pursue