Connected word reference

Latin words and connected roots — page 2

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

• solvō

  to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt

• sonus

  sound, noise; pitch; speech

• speciō

  to observe, watch, look at

• spīrō

  to breathe, draw breath, respire

• stō

  to stand

• stringō

  to draw tight together, to tie together

• struō

  to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together

• sub

  under, beneath

• super

  [of place] above, over, on the top of, upon

• tangō

  to touch, grasp

• tempus

  a time (a portion or period of time)

• tendō

  to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend

• teneō

  to hold, have; to grasp

• terra

  dry land (as opposed to watery parts of the Earth)

• trahō

  to drag, pull

• trans

  across, beyond

• tres

  three; 3

• ūnus

  one, single

• urbs

  a city, walled town

• veniō

  to come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach

• verbum

  word

• vertō

  to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve

• vērus

  true, real, actual (conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct)

• videō

  to see, perceive; look (at)

• vincō

  to win

• vīta

  life

• volvō

  to roll, tumble

• vōx

  voice