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Latin
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Roots
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English
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cenat, cenavit
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no known root words
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eats dinner
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centurio
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direct derivation
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centurion
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conspicit, conspexit
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"conspicuous"
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catches sight of
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cum
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"coagulate," "collide," "compress," "connect," "contain," "corrode"
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with
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facit, fecit
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direct derivation
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makes, does
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heri
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"heir," "hereditable," "hereditament," "hereditary," "heredity," "heritability," "heritage," "inherit," "inheritable," "inheritance," "inheritor"
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yesterday
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ingens
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"ingenious"
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huge
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intellegit, intellexit
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"intelligent," "intelligence"
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understands
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lacrimat, lacrimavit
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"lachrymose"
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cries
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mortuus
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"mortgage," "mortuary," "morgue," "postmortem"
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dead
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narrat, narravit
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"narrate," "narration"
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tells
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necat, necavit
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no known root words
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kills
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nihil
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"annihilate," "annihilation," "annihilator," "nihil," "nil"
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nothing
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omnis
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"omnibenevolence," "omniform," "omnipotence," "omnipresence," "omniscience," "omnivore"
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all
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parat, paravit
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no known root words
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prepares
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pestis
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direct derivation
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pest
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poculum
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"poculent," "poculiform"
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cup
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procedit, processit
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direct derivation
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proceeds
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prope
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"propinquity," "propitiation," "propitiatory," "propitious"
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near
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pulcher
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"pulchritude," "pulchritudinous"
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beautiful, handsome
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rogat, rogavit
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"rogatory," "derogatory," "interrogation"
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asks
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tacite
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"reticent," "tacit"
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quietly
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tamen
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no known root words
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however
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terret, terruit
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"terrify," "terror"
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frightens
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umbra
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"adumbrate," "adumbration," "inumbrate," "penumbra," "umbrage," "umbrageous," "umbrella"
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ghost, shadow
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valde
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no known root words
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very much
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agitat, agitavit
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"agitate," "agita"
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chases, hunts
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consumit, consumpsit
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"consummate," "consume," "consumption"
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eats
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ducit, duxit
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"abduction," "conductor," "introduction," "production," "reduction," "deduction"
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leads
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eum
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no known root words
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him
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facile
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"facile," "facilitate"
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easily
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ferox, ferocem
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"ferocious," "ferocity"
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fierce
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gladius
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"gladiate," "gladiator," "gladiatory," "gladiature," "gladiolus"
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sword
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habitat, habitavit
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"habit," "prohibition"
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lives
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hic
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no known root words
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this
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ignavus
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"igneous"
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cowardly, lazy
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incitat, incitavit
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"incitation," "incite"
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encourages
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nuntius
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"internuncio," "nuncio", "nunciate," "pronunciation"
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messenger
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pes, pedem
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"pedal," "pedestal," "pedestrian," "pedicel," "pedicle," "pedicure," "pediform," "pedigerous," "pedigree"
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foot
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porta
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"porch," "portal," "portcullis," "portico," "portière," "port"
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gate
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postulat, postulavit
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"postulate"
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demands
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puer
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"puerile," "puerility," "puerperant"
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boy
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pugnat, pugnavit
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"pugnacious," "repugnant"
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fights
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recumbit, recubuit
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"recumbent"
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lies down
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saepe
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"septal," "septarium," "septate," "septiform," "septifragal," "septulate," "septulum," "septum"
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often
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sanguis
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"sangfrois," "sanguinaceous," "sanguinary," "sanguine"
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blood
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silva
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"sylvan," "silviculture"
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woods
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agnoscit, agnovit
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no known root words
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recognizes
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celebrat, celebravit
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direct derivation
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celebrates
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celeriter
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"accelerando," "accelerant," "accelerate," "acceleration," "accelerator," "celerity," "decelerando," "decelerate," "deceleration," "decelerator"
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quickly
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civis
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"citadel," "city," "civil," "civilian," "civility"
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citizen
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cupit, cupivit
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"cupidity"
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wants
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dat, dedit
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no known root words
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gives
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dies
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"dial," "diary," "diurnal," "diurnality"
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day
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dies natalis
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literally means "day of birth"
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birthday
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mittit, misit
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"intermittent," "missionary," "transmission"
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send
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emittit, emisit
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"emit
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throws, sends out
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exercet, exercuit
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"exercent," "exercise"
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exercises
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fert, tulit
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"fertile," "tulip"
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brings, carries
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homo, hominem
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"homage," "hombre," "homicide," "hominid," "homuncular," "homunculus," "human," "humane," "humanitarian," "humanity," "inhuman," "inhumane," "inhumanity"
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man, person
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hospes
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"hospital," "hospitality," "inhospitable"
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guest
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ille
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no known root words
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that
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inspicit, inspexit
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direct derivation
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inspects
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iterum
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"iteration"
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again
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manet, mansit
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"immanence," "immanent," "manse," "permanence," "permanent," "remanence," "remanent"
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remains
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tradit, tradidit
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"tradition," "trade"
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hands over
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revenit
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no known root words
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returns
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suus
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no known root words
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his
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post
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direct derivation
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after
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paulisper
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no known root words
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for a short time
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notus
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"note," "notable"
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famous
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offert, obtulit
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direct derivation
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offers
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mox
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no known root words
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soon
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medius
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"mean," "media," "medial," "median," "mediant," "mediation," "mediator," "mediatrix," "mediety," "medieval," "mediocre," "mediocrity," "medium," "meridian," "mezzanine"
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middle
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