List of Latin words with English derivatives
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages).
Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v.[1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and orthography.
Nouns and adjectives
The citation form for nouns (the form normally shown in Latin dictionaries) is the Latin nominative singular, but that typically does not exhibit the root form from which English nouns are generally derived.
| † | Diminutive |
- Contracted from axilla
- Contracted from ad and bet-
- Contracted from cernimen
- Contracted from figibula
- for flagma
- Contracted from jūs and dicō
- Contracted from lucimen
- Contracted from luc-
- Contracted from ne- and cedō
- for sterula
- Contracted from stiglus
- Contracted from ūnulus
Verbs
Prepositions and other words used to form compound words
| Latin prepositions and other words | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Word | Meaning | Prefixes | Ref. |
| ā, ab | away from | ab-, a-, abs-, as- | [2] |
| ad | to, toward | ad-, a-, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, ap-, ar-, at- | |
| ambo | both | ambi-, am-, amb- | |
| ante | before | ante-, anti- | |
| bis | twice | bi-, bis- | |
| circum | around | circum- | |
| cis | this side of | cis- | |
| contrā | against, opposite to | contra-, contro- | |
| cum | together, with | con-, co-, col-, com-, cor- | |
| dē | down from | de- | |
| dexter | right, to the right hand | dextro- | |
| dis-, un- | apart | dis-, di-, dif-, dir- | |
| ex, ē | from, out of | ex-, e-, ef- | |
| extrā | outside | extra-, extro- | |
| in | in, into | in-, il-, im-, ir- | |
| īnfrā | below | infra- | |
| inter | among, between | inter-, intel- | |
| intrā | within | intra-, intro- | |
| iuxtā | beside | juxta- | |
| multus | much, many | multi- | |
| ne | no | ne-, neg- | |
| non-, un- | not | non- | |
| ob, obs | toward, against, in the way of, by reason of | ob-, o-, oc-, of-, og-, op-, os- | |
| paene | almost, nearly | pen- | |
| per | thorough, through | per-, pel- | |
| post | after, behind | post- | |
| prae | before | pre- | |
| praeter | by, past | preter- | |
| prō | for, forth, in front of | pro-, pol-, por-, prod- | |
| re- | again, back | re-, red- | |
| retro | backwards | retro- | |
| sē | apart, without | se-, sed- | |
| sinister | left, to the left hand | sinistr- | |
| sub | from below, under | sub-, su-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus- | |
| subter | beneath | subter- | |
| super | above, over | super- | |
| suprā | above, more than | supra- | |
| trāns | across | trans-, tra-, tran- | [3] |
| ultrā | beyond | ultra- | [4][5] |
| ve- | out | ve- | |
See also
- Hybrid word
- Classical compound
- Latin
- Latin influence in English
- List of Byzantine Greek words of Latin origin
- List of Greek and Latin roots in English
- List of Latin phrases
- Latin mnemonics
- Latin school
- List of Latin abbreviations
- List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
- List of Latinised names
- List of legal Latin terms
- Medical terminology
- Romanization (cultural)
- Toponymy
- Help:IPA/Latin
Notes
- "Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, chapter 1". Retrieved February 27, 2016.
- ăb, ā. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
- trāns. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
- uls. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
- ultrā. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
References
- "The New Perseus Search Engine/Word study tool". perseus.tufts.edu.
- "The Old Perseus Latin morphology tool". perseus.tufts.edu.
- "6,000 English Words With Latin Origins List". yougowords.com.
- "The Latin Lexicon – Word Study Tool / Word Analysis". Archived from the original on July 31, 2017.
- "Online Etymology Dictionary (English)". etymonlime.com. 2018-08-16. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16.
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