List of Greek and Latin roots in English/V
V
Root | Meaning in English | Origin language | Etymology (root origin) | English examples |
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vac- | empty | Latin | vacare | evacuate, vacancy, vacant, vacate, vacation, vacuous, vacuum |
vacc- | cow | Latin | vacca | vaccary, vaccination, vaccine |
vacil- | waver | Latin | vacillare "sway, be untrustworthy" | vacillate, vacillation |
vad-, vas- | go | Latin | vadere | evade, pervasive |
vag- | wander | Latin | vagus, vagare | vagabond, vague |
val- | strength, worth | Latin | valere | ambivalence, avail, equivalent, evaluate, prevail, valence, valiant, valid, valor, value |
van- | empty, vain, idle | Latin | vanus "empty", also vanescere "vanish" | evanescent, vain, vanish, vanity |
vap- | steam | Latin | vapor | evaporate, evaporation, evaporative, evaporator, evaporite, nonevaporative, vapid, vapidity, vapor, vaporescence, vaporescent, vaporific, vaporous |
vari- | vary | Latin | variare | bivariate, covariate, covariation, intervarietal, invariable, invariance, invariant, variable, variance, variant, variate, variation, variegate, varietal, variety, variola, variolation, variorum, various, vary |
varic- | straddle | Latin | varicare "to straddle", from varus "bowlegged" | prevaricate |
veh-, vect- | carry | Latin | vehere "to carry", vectus | invective, inveigh, vector, vehement, vehicle |
vel- | veil | Latin | velum | revelation, velate |
vell-, vuls- | pull | Latin | vellere, vulsus | convulsion |
veloc- | quick | Latin | velox, velocis | velocity |
ven- | vein | Latin | vena | intravenous, venosity, venule |
ven- | poison | Latin | vena | antivenomous, veneniferous, venom |
ven- | hunt | Latin | venari | venison |
ven-, vent- | come | Latin | venire | advent, adventure, avenue, circumvent, contravene, convene, convenient, convention, event, intervene, intervention, invent, prevent, revenue, souvenir, supervene, venue, venture |
vend- | sell | Latin | vendere | vend, vendor |
vener- | respectful | Latin | venus, veneris | venerable, veneration, venereal |
vent- | wind | Latin | ventus | ventilation, ventilator |
ventr- | belly | Latin | venter, ventris | ventral |
ver- | true | Latin | verus | aver, veracious, verdict, verify, verisimilar, verisimilitude, verity, very |
verb- | word | Latin | verbum | verbal, verbatim, verbosity |
verber- | whip | Latin | verber | reverberation |
verm- | worm | Latin | vermis | vermiform, vermin |
vern- | spring | Latin | ver, vernus | vernal |
vers-, vert- | turn | Latin | versus, past participle of vertere | adverse, adversity, advertise, anniversary, avert, controversy, controvert, conversant, conversation, converse, convert, diversify, divert, extrovert, introvert, inverse, invert, perverse, pervert, reverse, revert, subvert, tergiversate, transverse, universe, versatile, verse, version, versus, vertebra, vertex, vertical, vertigo |
vesic- | bladder | Latin | vesica | vesical |
vesper- | evening, western | Latin | vespera | vesperal |
vest- | clothing, garment | Latin | vestire "to clothe", related to vestis "garment" | divest, invest, investiture, transvestite, travesty, vest, vestment |
vestig- | track | Latin | vestigium | investigate, vestigial |
vet- | forbid | Latin | vetare | veto |
veter- | old | Latin | vetus, veteris | inveterate, veteran |
vi- | way | Latin | via | deviate, obviate, obvious, via |
vic- | change | Latin | vicis | vicar, vicarious, vice versa, vicissitude |
vicen-, vigen- | twenty each | Latin | viceni | vicenary |
vicesim-, vigesim- | twentieth | Latin | vicesimus | vicesimary, vicesimation, vigesimal |
vid-, vis- | see | Latin | videre, visus | advice, advisable, advise, advisement, advisor, advisory, clairvoyance, clairvoyant, counterview, enviable, envious, envisage, envisagement, envision, envy, evidence, evident, evidential, evidentiality, evidentiary, improvidence, improvident, improvisation, improvisational, improvise, imprudence, imprudent, inadvisable, inevident, interview, interviewee, invidious, invisibility, invisible, nonevidentiary, nonsupervisory, nonvisual, preview, previse, provide, providence, provident, provision, provisional, provisionality, proviso, provisory, prudence, prudent, prudential, purvey, purveyance, purveyor, purview, review, reviewal, revisal, revise, revision, revisionary, revisit, supervise, supervision, supervisor, supervisory, survey, surveyor, surview, survise, videlicet, video, view, vis-à-vis, visa, visage, visibility, visible, vision, visionary, visit, visitation, visor, vista, visual, visuality, voilà, voyeur |
vigil- | watchful | Latin | vigil, also vigilare | invigilate, reveille, surveillance, vigil, vigilance, vigilant, vigilante |
vil- | cheap | Latin | vilis | revile, vile, vilify |
vill- | country house | Latin | villa | villa, village, villain |
vill- | shaggy hair | Latin | villus | intervillous, velour, velvet, villiform, villose, villosity, villous, villus |
vin- | wine | Latin | vinum | vigneron, vignette, vinaceous, vinaigrette, vine, vineal, vinegar, viniculture, vinosity, vinous |
vinc-, vict- | conquer | Latin | vincere (past participle victus) | convict, conviction, convince, evict, evince, invincible, province, vanquish, vanquishment, victor, victorious, victory |
vir- | man | Latin | vir | decemvir, decemvirate, duumvirate, quadrumvirate, septemvir, septemvirate, triumvir, triumvirate, vigintivirate, virago, virile, virilescence, virility, virilocal, virilocality, virtual, virtuality, virtue, virtuosity, virtuoso, virtuous |
vir- | green | Latin | virere | verdure, virid, viridescent, viridian, viridity |
vir- | poison, venom | Latin | vīrus | retroviral, retrovirus, rotavirus, togavirus, viral, virality, viricidal, viricide, virucidal, virucide, virulence, virulent, virus |
virg- | rod, twig | Latin | virga | virga, virgate, virgula, virgularian, virgulate, virgule |
virgin- | maiden | Latin | virgō, virginis | virgin, virginal, virginity, Virgoan |
visc- | thick | Latin | viscum | viscosity |
viscer- | internal organ | Latin | viscus, visceris | eviscerate, visceral |
vit- | life | Latin | vita | vital, vitality, vitamin |
vitell- | yolk | Latin | vitellus | vitellogenesis |
viti- | fault | Latin | vitium | vice, vitiate, vicious, vituperate |
vitr- | glass | Latin | vitrum | vitreous, vitriol |
viv- | live | Latin | vivere "to live", related to vita "life" | convivial, revive, survive, viable, victual, vivacious, vivacity, vivid, vivisection |
voc- | call, voice | Latin | vocare (to call), from vox "voice" (genitive vocis) | advocacy, advocate, advocation, advocator, advocatory, advoke, advowson, avocation, avouch, avow, avowal, avowry, convocate, convocation, convocator, convoke, disavow, disavowal, equivocal, equivocate, equivocation, evocable, evocation, evocative, evocator, evoke, invocable, invocate, invocation, invocative, invocator, invoke, prevocational, provocate, provocateur, provocation, provocative, provocator, provoke, reavow, reinvoke, revocable, revocation, revoke, vocabulary, vocal, vocation, vocational, vocative, vociferous, voice, vouch, vouchee, voucher, vouchsafe |
vol- | fly | Latin | volare | avolation, circumvolant, circumvolation, nonvolatile, volatile, volatility, volitant, volitation |
vol- | will | Latin | voluntas "will" from velle "to wish" | benevolence, benevolent, involuntary, malevolence, malevolent, omnibenevolence, velleity, volitient, volition, volitional, volitive, voluntary, Voluntaryism, volunteer, voluptuary, voluptuous |
volv-, volut- | roll | Latin | volvere, volutus | advolution, archivolt, circumvolute, circumvolution, circumvolve, coevolution, coevolutionary, coevolve, convolute, convolution, devolve, evolve, involve, revolve, valve, vault, volte, voluble, volume, voluminous, volva, Volvox, volvulus, voussoir, vulva |
vom- | discharge | Latin | vomere | vomit, vomition, vomitory, vomitus |
vor-, vorac- | swallow | Latin | vorare, vorax | carnivore, carnivorous, devoration, devoré, devour, herbivore, herbivorous, locavore, omnivore, omnivorous, voracious, voracity, voraginous |
vov-, vot- | vow | Latin | vovere, votus | devote, devotee, devotion, devotional, devout, devolve, devow, votary, vote, votive, vow |
vulg- | crowd | Latin | vulgus | divulge, vulgarity, vulgate |
vulner- | wound | Latin | vulnus, vulneris | vulnerable |
vulp- | fox | Latin | vulpēs, vulpis | vulpine |
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