APPENDIX F

LATIN morphemes index

PREFIXES

MORPHEME	MEANING	MORPHEME	MEANING
ad-; af-; ag-; ap-; as-	to; toward; near	mill-	thousand
ante-	before	multi-	many
ben-	good	ne-	not
bi-	two; twice; double	novem-	nine
cent-	hundred	oct-	eight
co-	together	omni-	all
com-; con-	with; together	op-	against
de-	down; from; away; very	pre-; pro-	before
dec-; decem-	ten	prim-	first
deci-	tenth	quadr-	four
di-; dis-	not; apart	quasi-	seemingly; as if
du-	two	quatr-	fourth
ex-; e-	out	re-	again; anew
extra-	outside	semi-	half
il-	in; not	sept-	seven
in-; im-; en-	in; not	sex-	six
inter-	between	sub-	under; less than
intra-	within	super-	above; over; more than
intro-	within	tert-	third
mal-	bad; ill	trans-	across; through; into another state
medi-	middle	un-	not
		uni-	one

This Latin morphemes section is from: Alene H. Harris, PhD, Latin Morphemes Lessons: Latin and Loving It! (2nd edition, 2010). Her website is http://readytoteach.com.

ROOTS

MORPHEME	MEANING	MORPHEME	MEANING
ali	feed; nourish; support	crim	crime; judgment; accusation
alt	tall; high	cumb	lie; recline
ambul	walk	cur	care
anim	life; spirit; soul; mind	curs	run
angul	angle	dent	tooth
annu; enni	year	dict; dicat	say; speak; proclaim; set apart
aqua	water	digit	finger; toe
arbitr	consider; judge	divis	separate
arg	silver	doc	teach
aud; aur	hear	dorm	sleep
aug; auct	increase; grow	dub	doubt
aur	gold	duc	lead
belli; bellum	war	equ	equal; fair
brev	short	err	stray; wander
cad; casc	fall	esse	be; exist
capit	head	fa	speak
card; cord	heart	fact	do; make; cause
cardin	essential; chief	far	divine law
carn	flesh	fatu	foolish
ced	move; withdraw	ferr	iron (mineral)
cept; cip	take	fict	imagine
cern	sift; separate; distinguish; decide	fid	faith
clin	lean; incline	fili	son; daughter
cogn	recognize	fisc	purse
corpor	body	fix	fasten; pierce
crea	create; make	flex	bend
cred; credit	believe; trust	fort	strong
cresc	grow

Roots CONTINUED

MORPHEME	MEANING	MORPHEME	MEANING
fortu	chance	lin	line; thread
frag ; frang	break	lingu	language; tongue
frater ; fratr	brother	liter	letter
fugit	flee	litig	dispute
garrul	chatter; talk	locat	place
gen ; gener	origin; kind (type)	long	long
gest	bear; carry	loqu	speak
gress	step	lucr	gain; profit
gust	taste	magn	great; large
habil	able; fit	mand	to put into the hands of; entrust; order
habit	dwell	mani; manu	hand
her; hes	stick; cling	mani ; manu	hand
ig; ag	do; drive; act	mater; matr	mother
ign	fire	merc	trade
inhib	hold in	migrat	move; travel
Integer; integr	whole; untouched	mir	wonder
jace	lie	misc	mix
ject	throw	miss	send; let go
judic	judge; decide	mob	move
jur	right; justice; law	mod	manner; measure
juven	young	mor	custom
langu	faint; weary	morb	illness
lat	wide	mord	bite; sting
late	hide	mort	death
later	side	mur	wall
leg	read	nasc ; nat	be born
leg	law	negat	deny
lig	bind; gather; choose	mir	wonder

Roots CONTINUED

MORPHEME	MEANING	MORPHEME	MEANING
neutr	neither	preci	price; value
nom; nomin	name	prehen	grasp
norm	rule; pattern	press	press
nov	new	prob	test; prove
numer	number	prol	offspring
nutr	nourish	propr	one’s own; individual
ocul	eye	pug; pugn	fight; fist
ora	mouth; speech; prayer	punct; pung	point; prick
ordin	order; rank; series	put	think; suppose
oscill	swing	quadr	four
oss	bone	quart	fourth
palp	touch	queru	complain
pans; pand	spread	quis	seek; ask
par; peer	equal	ratio	relationship; reason
part	separate; divide	roga	ask
pass	suffer; feel	rota	wheel
pater; patr	father	rupt	burst
patri	fatherland	sag	wise; shrewd
pauci	few	sanguin	blood
pecu	one’s own	sanct	holy; sacred
ped	foot	sci	know
pell	Drive; push	script	write
pend	hang	sed	settle
pens	pay	semble	together
pet	seek; attack	sen	old
plic	fold; twist; weave	sens	feel; be aware
pon ; pos	put; place	sequ	follow
pond	weigh	serve	save; protect
preca	pray	sesqu	one and one-half

Roots CONTINUED

MORPHEME	MEANING	MORPHEME	MEANING
serve	serve	ten; tend; tens	stretch
sesqu	one and one-half	terr	land
simul	likeness; pretense	torp	stupor; numbness
sinu	bend; wind	tort	twist
sip	taste; discern; be wise	tot	whole; entire
sist	stand	tract	draw; pull
soli	alone; only	trud	thrust
solut	loose; set free	vacill	waver
somn	sleep	vag	wander
son	sound	ven	come
soror	sister	ver	truth
spect	look at; examine	verb	word
spir	breathe; coil	verge	tend towards; bend
stat	stand	verse	turn
stimul	goad; rouse	veter	experienced; old
stinct	prick out	vir	man
strict; string	bind	virtu	strength; virtue; skill; artistry
sui	oneself	vis	see
tac	silent	vit ; viv	live
tain; ten; tent; tenu	hold	voc	voice; call
tang	touch	vol	wish; will
tect	cover	vola	fly
tempor	time	volu	roll
		vor	eat

SUFFIXES

MORPHEME	MEANING	MORPHEME	MEANING
-able; -ible; -ble	able to be (adj.)	-ic; -ile; -ive	relating to (adj.)
-acious	having the quality of (adj.)	-id	relating to (adj.)
-age	thing which (n.)	-ify	do; make; cause
-al	relating to; like (adj.)	-ion	condition; quality; act (n.)
-ant; -ent	relating to (adj.); thing which (n)	-ist	one who
-ary	person who; relating too	-ity	condition; quality; act (n.)
-ate	do; make; cause (v.)	-ium	place in which
-ate	having the quality of (adj.)	-ize	do; make; cause
-cide	kill	-late; -lation; -lative	carry; bear
-ence	condition; quality; act (n.)	-ory	thing which; relating to
-escent	growing	-ous; -ose	full of (n.)
-ferous	bearing; carrying (adj.)	-parous	bearing; producing
-fic	causing	-ude; -ure	act; state (n.)
-ian	person who