Etymology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ag, ig, act | do;act;drive |
| prem,prim,prin,press | press |
| pell,puls | drive;push |
| vuls | pull,tear |
| trud, trus | thrust |
| trah,tract, [trai] | draw; drag |
| frang, fring, frag, fract | break |
| rupt, [rout] | break, burst |
| prehend, prehends,[pras, pris] | seize |
| hab, hib | dwell |
| habil | able, equipped, expert |
| serv | save, protect, serve |
| agil | doing |
| repress | press back |
| repellent | to drive back |
| conclusive | pulling together |
| protrude | thrust before |
| attract | draw toward |
| frangible | fragile |
| erupt | burst out |
| prehensile | grasping |
| inhibit | to have/hold |
| habitation | process of living/house |
| rehabilitation | able again |
| conservation | to protect it |
| servitude | slavery |
| cogent | driven all together |
| (g)nosc, (g)no, | come to know; note; recognize |
| (g)not, (g)nit | recognize |
| (g)nomen, (g)nomin | name |
| (g)nasc,(g)nat | be born |
| esse,ent | be;exist |
| crea | make, create |
| cresc, cret | grow |
| aug,auct,aux | increase, grow |
| nutr | nourish |
| neutr | neither |
| al,ali | feed, nourish, support |
| alt | tall,high, deep |
| juven | young |
| sen | old |
| nov | new |
| veter | old,experienced |
| aev,ev,aet,et | age |
| noted | worthy of note/notice |
| recognize | to come to know them again |
| nominate | to be named for something |
| nascent | rel. to being born again |
| essential | rel. to existence |
| creative | productive |
| crescent | rel. to growing |
| augment | to increase |
| nutrition | nourishment |
| neutrality | being neither |
| alimentary | concerned with the function of nutrition |
| alititude | height |
| rejuvenate | to make young again |
| senility | being old |
| renovate | to make new again |
| veteran | someone who is old + experienced in an occupation |
| medieval | pertaining to the middle ages |
| senescent | growing old |
| alumnus | feeling one-male |
| alumna | feeding one-female |
| incognito | not recongnized |
| gen,gener,gend | orgin;race;kind |
| ego | I |
| sui | self |
| pater, patr | father |
| patria | fatherland |
| mater,matr | mother |
| frater,fratr | brother |
| soror | sister |
| fili | son;daughter |
| prole | offspring |
| cid,cis | cut;kill |
| cad,cas,cid | fall |
| casu | chance, accident |
| fortu | chance,fate |
| fort [forc] | strong |
| generate | to make race/kind |
| egocentric | I-centered |
| suicide | taking one's own life |
| paternal | father |
| expatriate | leave fatherland |
| maternal | mother |
| fraternity | brotherhood |
| sorority | sisterhood |
| filial | rel. to son + daughter |
| prolific | producing many offspring |
| fratricide | killing of one's brother |
| decadent | falling down |
| casualty | something by chance/accident |
| fortuitous | happening by chance |
| fortitude | courage in pain (hardships) |
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