ipsa scientia potestas est
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Latin
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Roots
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English
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aedificium
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"aedicule," "aedile," "cavaedium," "edification," "edifice," "edile"
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building
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alter, alterum
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"adulterant," "adulterate," "adulteration," "adulterine," "adulterous," "adultery," "alter," "alter ego," "alterability," "alterable," "alterant," "alteration," "alterative," "altern," "alternant," "alternate," "alternation," "alternative," "alternator"
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the other
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cantō, cantāre, cantavī
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"cantata," "canto," "cantor"
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sing
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ceterī
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"et cetera"
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the others
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dicō, dicere, dīxī
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"contradict," "dictate," "dictation," "dictionary," "edict," "predic"
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say
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fessus
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no known root words
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tired
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interficiō, interficere, interfēcī
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"interfere"
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kill
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ita verō
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literally means "truly so"
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yes
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nolō, nolle, noluī
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no known root words
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refuse
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novus
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"innovate," "innovation," "innovational," "innovative," "innovator," "innovatory," "nova," "novation," "novel," "novella," "novelty," "novice," "novitiate," "renovatable," "renovate," "renovation," "renovative," "renovator," "supernova"
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new
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nullus
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"nullify"
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none
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ordo, ordinem
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"order," "ordain"
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row
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possum, posse, potuī
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no known root words
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can be able
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ruō, ruere, ruī
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direct derivation
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rush
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sē
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no known root words
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himself, herself, themselves
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sum, esse, fuī
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no known root words
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be
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trahō, trahere, traxī
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"subtrahend," "tractor"
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drag
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vita
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"revitalize," "viable," "vital," "vitality," "vitamin"
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life
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volō, velle, voluī
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"volition"
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want
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vulnerō, vulnerāre, vulneraravī
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"invulnerability," "invulnerable," "vulnerability," "vulnerable"
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wound
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aliquid
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no known root words
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something
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apud
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no known root words
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among
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cotidie
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no known root words
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everyday
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decorus
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"decor," "décor," "decorament," "decorate," "decoration," "decorative," "decorator," "decorous," "decorum"
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right
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deleō, delēre, delēvī
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"delection," "delete"
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destroy
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deus
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"deicidal," "deicide," "deific," "deification," "deiform," "deity"
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god
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difficilis
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direct derivation
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difficult
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diligenter
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"diligent"
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carefully
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donum
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"condonation," "condone," "donation," "donative," "donator," "donatory," "pardon," "pardonable"
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present
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fidelis
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"fidelity"
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loyal
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ipse
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"solipsism," "ipsilateral," "ipseity"
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himself, herself
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iste
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"-ist"
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that
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lavō, lavāre, lavāvī
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"lavatory"
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wash
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maritus
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"marriage," "married"
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husband
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necesse
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direct derivation
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necessary
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num
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no known root words
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surely not
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quam
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no known root words
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how
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quamquam
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no known root words
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although
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que
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no known root words
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and
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rex
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"interregnum," "regal," "regalia," "regality," "regency," "regent," "regicide," "regious," "reguline," "reign," "royal," "viceroy"
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king
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ubi
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"ubiquity"
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when
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alius, alia, aliud
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"abalienate," "alias," "alibi," "alien," "alienability," "alienable," "alienate," "alienation," "aliquot," "inalienability," "inalienable"
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another
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aqua
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"aqua vitae," "aquaculture," "aquamanile," "aquamarine," "aquarelle," "aquarial," "aquarium," "Aquarius," "aquatic," "aquatile," "aqueduct," "aqueous," "aquifer," "aquiferous," "aquiform," "gouache," "semiaquatic"
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water
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commodus, commoda, commodum
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"commodious," "commode," "comodo," "commodity"
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convenient
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debeō, debēre, debuī
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"debit," "debt"
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ought
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equus
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"equestrian," "equine"
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horse
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etiam
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no known root words
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even
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fractus, fracta, fractum
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"fracture," "fragment," "frangible," "infringe"
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broken
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lentē
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no known root words
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slowly
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mare
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"marinade," "marinate," "marine," "mariner," "maritime," "submarine," "ultramarine"
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sea
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miser, misera, miserum
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direct derivation
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miserable
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nauta
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"Argonaut," "astronaut," "nautical"
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sailor
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praesum (+dat), praeesse, praefuī
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no known root words
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be in charge of
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princeps, principem
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"principate," "prince," "principle,," "principal"
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chieftain
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quī, quae, quod
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no known root words
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who, which
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redeō, redīre, rediī
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direct derivation
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return
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sacerdos, sacerdotem
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"sacrament," "sacrifice," "sacrificial," "sacrilege," "sacrilegious," "sacristy," "sacrosanct," "saint," "sanctimony," "sanction"
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priest
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saxum
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"saxatile," "saxicavous," "saxicoline," "saxifrage," "saxifragous"
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rock
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teneō, tenēre, tenuī
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"continent," "detention," "tenacious," "tenor"
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hold
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unda
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"undulant," "undulate," "undulation," "undulatory," "undulose"
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wave
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vincō, vincere, vīcī
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"victory," "victor"
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win
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