Roots Flashcards
BENE
BENE is Latin for “well”
AM
AM comes from the Latin amare - “to love.”
BELL
BELL comes from the Latin word meaning “war .”
PAC
PAC is related to the Latin words for “agree” and “peace.”
CRIM
CRIM comes from the Latin words for “fault or crime” or “accusation.”
PROB
PROB comes from the Latin words for “prove or proof” and “honesty or integrity .”
GRAV
GRAV comes from the Latin word meaning “heavy - weighty - serious.”
LEV
LEV comes from the Latin adjective levis - meaning “light” and the verb levare meaning “to raise or lighten.”
MANIA
MANIA in Latin means “madness”
PSYCH
from the Greek word psyche, meaning “breath, life, soul”
CEPT
CEPT comes f rom the Latin verb meaning “take, seize.”
FIN
FIN comes f rom the Latin word for “end” or “boundary .”
JECT
JECT comes f rom jacere, the Latin verb meaning “throw” or “hurl”
TRACT
TRACT comes f rom trahere, the Latin verb meaning “drag or draw”
DUC/DUCT
from Latin verb ducare “to lead”
SEQU
SEQU comes f rom the Latin verb sequi, meaning “to fol low.”
