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You Already Know Some Latin (part 3)

  • Writer: Signa
    Signa
  • Aug 2
  • 1 min read

If you are an English speaker, you already know some Latin; let me show you!

This time we are going to take a look at words that have their roots in Latin verbs! As with the nouns and adjectives, some English words come from different forms on the following verbs, but to make my life easier and to make the list more manageable for you, I have only included the present active form.

English

Latin

Accident

accidens - a chance occurrence

Ambulance

ambulo - to walk

Audio

audio - to hear

Celebrate

celebro - to celebrate

Demonstrate

monstro - I point out, show

Dictate, dictation

dico - I say, speak, tell

Expect

exspecto - I wait

Factory

facio - I do, make

Habitat

habito - I dwell, live

Ignorant

ignoro - I do not recognise, do not know

Intelligence

intellego - I understand, realise

Perish

pereo - I die, perish

Portable

porto - I carry

Possible

possum - I am able

Reduction

reductio - I bring back

Remove

removeo - I move away, remove,

Salute

saluto - I greet, welcome

Sense

sentio - I feel, notice, perceive

Temptation

tempto - I test, try

Transfer

transfero - I transfer

Video

video - I see

Volition

volo - I wish


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