English

Ms. Thompson

English has many words that are derived from Latin words. Learning these roots is a great way to increase your vocabulary.

anim- : mind, feeling life

aud-, audit-: to hear

bene-: well, good

bi-, bin-: two, twice

corpor-, corp- : body

deci-, decim- : tenth

dic-, dict- : to say

fac-, fic-, fact- : to make

fin- : end, limit

gen-, genit- : to produce, to give birth to

junct- : to join

loqu-, locut- : to speak

magn- : great

mal(e)-, malign-: bad

man- : hand

matr-, matern- : mother

medi-: middle

mort- : death

mult- : many

patr-, patern-: father

ped- : foot

port- : to carry

quadr(u)- : four

sacr- : sacred

scrib-, script- : to write

sent-, sens- : to think or feel

simil-, simul- : like

termin- : boundary, end

vinc-, vict- : conquer

voc- : voice, to call

For each of the thirty roots above, find a word in the dictionary based on it. On a separate piece of paper, write the root, your word, and a dictionary definition for the word. (dictionary = dict [speech] + ary [place for])