[away] from, by

(absent)

^abacus

counting board

square slab on column

(abacus)

maple tree

sharp

(acrid)

acid

(acid)

to, toward

(advance)

thing to be added

(if you want to add something to your will, the lawyer will write an addendum)

to add

(add)

equal

(equal...notice that the first vowel of the diphthong disappears)

thing to be done

(agenda...the things to be done at a meeting)

field

(agriculture)

agere, actus

(-igere)

to do, to drive, to act

(agent, act)

farmer

(agriculture)

wing

(ala)

white

(albumen)

sea-weed

(algae)

at another time

(alias)

at another place

(alibi)

sustenance

(alimony)

nourishing

(alma mater)

high

(altitude)

small cavity

(in medicine, an alveola is a small pit on the surface of an organ...plural, alveolae)

to love

(amorous)

both, around

(ambidextrous)

canvassing, walking around

(ambition)

to walk

(ambulance)

friendship

(amicable)

maid-servant

(ancillary)

narrow

(anguish)

soul, breath

(animated)

mind

(animus - a feeling of spite)

year

(annual)

before

(antebellum)

sail-yard

(the beam on a ship that supports the sail)

(antenna)

more in front

(anterior)

old

(antique)

high point

(apex, pl. apices)

bee

hanging on to

(appendix)

water

(aquarium)

eagle

(aquiline)

tree

(arboretum)

sand

(arena)

silver

(Ag on the periodic table = silver)

proof, subject

(argument)

craft, skill

(art)

donkey, ass

[image]

(asinine)

rough

(aspersion)

star

(astral)

black

(atrium)

daring, bold

(audacious)

listener

(auditorium)

to hear

(audition)

golden

(Au = gold)

southern

(Australia)

help, aid

(auxiliary)

bird

(aviation)

berry

(baccalaureate...the bacca in this word relates to the laurel berry.  Laurel wreaths are still a symbol of honor.)

bachelor

(Bachelor of Arts = Baccalaureus Artium)

small staff

(bacillus = a rod-shaped bacterium)

happy, blessed

(beatitudes {Blessed are the poor...etc.})

war

(belligerent)

well

(benefit)

to drink

(imbibe)

two-year period

(biennial)

twice

(biannual)

good

(bonus)

northern

(Aurora borealis)

ox, cow

(bovine)

(That's why our pet cows may be called "Bossy".)

short

(brevity)

bronchial tube

(bronchial)

prickly plant

(cactus)

cadere, casus 

(-cidere)

to fall

(Deciduous trees let their leaves fall.)

blind

(our large intestine begins with a "cul-de-sac" called the caecum)

caedere, caesus 

(-cidere, -cisus)

to cut, to kill

(suicide)

dark blue

(cerulean)

disaster

(calamity)

heel

(the calcaneus is the bone that forms our heel)

little stone

(calculus)

hardened, callous

(callous)

stone

(calcium)

room

(camera)

crab

(cancer)

white

(A Roman running for office was "candidatus", wearing a white toga.)

(candid)

dog

(canine)

goat

(capricorn)

capere, captus 

(-cipere, -ceptus)

to take, to seize

(capture)

hair

(capillary)

little head

(capital)

head

(capital)

love

(charity)

flesh

(chili con carne)

dear

(charity)

pure

(chaste)

opportunity, chance

(casualty)

reason, motive, cause

(cause)

to beware

(caveat)

to go, to yield

(secede)

swift

(accelerate)

store room

(cell)

hundred

(century)

little brain

(cerebral)

brain

(the cerebrum is the largest part of the human brain)

to separate, discern

(discern)

sure, certain

(certain)

neck

(cervix)

other

(etc. = et cetera, "and the others", which is

why you should never say "and etc.".)

charter, paper, document

(chart)

drinking cup

(the ciborium is the vessel that holds the bread in holy communion)

cricket

(cicada)

[image]

scar

(cicatrix)

eye-lid

(eyelashes are called cilia in anatomy class)

place for ashes

(incinerate)

around, about

(circle)

ring

(circus)

curl

(cirrus clouds are thin and filmy)

subterranean reservoir

(cistern)

to cite

(citation)

citizen

(civic)

significant

(classical)

claudere, clausus

(-cludere, -clusus)

to shut, close

(clause)

key

(clavicle)     [image]

to lean, recline

(recline)

berry

(a coccus is a spherical bacterium)

ancient book

(codex)

[image]

farm, estate

(colony)

large statue

(colossal)

hair of the head

(comet = a "hairy star")

in possession of

(non compos mentis = not sound of mind)

fellowship

(consortium)

to draw together

(constrict)

uninterrupted

(continuous)

against

(contradict)

abundance

(cornucopia)

[image]

little crown

(corolla = the petals of a flower)

crown

[image]       (corona)      [image]

body

(corporation)

bark, rind, skin

(cortex - the outer region of the brain is its cortex.  The bark of a tree is also called the cortex.)

to believe

(creed)

accusation, fault

(criminal)

saffron

(crocus)

[image]

cross

(crucial)

bedroom

(cubicle)

bed

(cubicle)

kitchen

(culinary)

fault, blame

(culpable)

with

(cum, as in "garage-cum-workshop")

heap, mass

(cumulus)

[image]

wedge

(cuneiform)

care, worry, concern

(secure = free from worry)

to care for

(cure)

to run

(cursor)

little course

(curriculum)

skin

(cuticle)

damnare, damnatus

(-demnere)

to declare guilty

(damn)

dare, datus

(-dere, -ditus)

to give

(data)

something given

(data is the plural form)

down, off, down from, about

(descend)

tenth

(decimal)

soft, delightful

(delicate)

crime

(corpus delictum = "the body of a crime"...i.e., the physical evidence)

tooth

(dental)

something desired

(desire)

god

(deity)

goddess

(deity)

right

(dexterity)

[image]

to say, to tell

(dictionary)

day

(diary)

finger

(digital)

worthy

(dignity)

apart

(distance)

flattened disk

(disc)

to teach

(doctor)

lord, master

(dominate)

house

(domicile)

gift, present

(donation)

to sleep

(dormitory)

back

(dorsal)

to lead

(duct)

sweet

(dulcet)

while, as long as

(dum spiro, spero...while I breathe, I hope)

two

(The Dynamic Duo)

[image]

length of twelve

(12 fingers' breadth)

(the duodenum is the first length of the small intestine)

hard

(durable)

leader

(duke)

elephant

[image]

horse

(equine)

to stray, wander

(err)

(errare humanum est...to err is human)

fault, error

(error)

(he, she, or it) is

(essence)

out of, from

(exit)

sample, copy

(exemplary)

e.g.

exempli gratia

for the sake of an example

Say "for example", when you encounter this abbreviation in an English reading.

outer

(exterior)

outside, beyond

(extra)

outermost

(extreme)

facere, factus 

(-ficere, -fectus)

to do, to make

(fact)

face, surface

(face)

easy

(facility)

reputation

(fame)

family

(family)

to speak

(fate)

foolish

(fatuous)

fever

(February is "fever-month".)

fruitful

(fecundity)

happy

(felicity)

woman

(feminine)

to bear, to carry

(transfer, translate)

let there be made, let it be

(Fiat)

[image]

faithful, true

(fidelity)

trust, faith

(Fido)

[image]

to become, to be made

(fact)

daughter

(filial)

son

(affiliate)

filum

(filament)

 to split 

(fission)

[image]

end

(final)

strong

(firm)

purse, treasury

(fiscal)

yellow

(flavinoid)

to bend

(flex)

to flower

In an English reading, especially about history,  fl. gives the dates when someone "flourished".

(Edgar Degas (fl.1859-1907) was one of the founders of Impressionism.)

flower

(floral)

to flow

(fluent)

hearth, fireplace

(focus)

foul-smelling

(fetid)

leaf

(folio)

(The First Folio is the oldest collection of Shakespeare's plays.)

opening

(foramen - an opening in a bone)

shape, figure

(form)

pattern, scheme

(formula)

brave, strong

(fort)

fate

(fortune)

market-place, meeting-place

(forum)

easily broken

(fragile)

Frankish, French

(lingua franca - a phrase in Latin relating to the current language of political power - once it was French, now it is English...but we still say lingua franca in Latin.)

brother

(fraternity)

coldness

(frigid)

to flee

(fugitive)

tawny

(fulvous - a yellowish-brown color)

smoke

(fume)

to pour

(fusion)

[image]

mushroom

(fungus)

madness

(fury)

dark brown

(fuscous - brownish-grey)

to rejoice

(gaudy)

to freeze

(gelatinous)

bud, gem

(gem)

guardian spirit

(genius)

clan, tribe

(genetic)

genu

knee

[image]

[image] (genuflect)      [image]

race, class, birth

(general)

to bear, to bring

(gestation)

to bring forth, give birth to

(genital)

sword

(gladiolus)

[image]

renown, glory

(glory)

buttock

(gluteus maximus - that's what you are exercising on a hip abduction machine at the gym)

gradi, gressus 

(-gredi)

to step, to move

(grade)

step, degree

(gradual)

seed

(grain)

favor

(gratitude)

pleasing

(gratis)

heavy, serious

(gravity)

flock, herd

(congregation)

to govern

(gubernatorial)

to drop

(gutter)

habere, habitus

(-hibere, -hibitus)

to have, to hold

(habit)

to stick, cling

(adhere, adhesive)

to breathe

(inhale)

spiral

(helix)

[image]

plant, grass

(herbal)

this 

hic - this [man]

haec - this [woman]

hoc - this [thing]

An ad hoc committee meets just for THIS issue.

goat

(hircine)

[image]

human being, man [as opposed to animal]

(Hominid)

hour

(hour)

garden

(horticulture)

shoulder

(the humerus is also called the funny bone...)

human

(human)

fire

(ignite)

flank, groin

(the ilium is the broad upper point of the hip bone)

power, rule

(imperial)

in, on, into, onto

(in)

in, on, not

(illegal)

to burn

(incense)

unknown

(incognito)

beginning, cradle

(In English, an incunabulum is a book printed [on a printing press] before 1501.)

forefinger

(index)

lower

(inferior)

infinite

(infinite)

below

(infra-structure)

remarkable

(significant)

(In Latin, the in- makes the word stronger, but in English insignificant is a negative term.)

island

(insulate)

between, among

(interrupt)

meanwhile

("in the interim")

inner

(interior)

inmost

(intimate)

within

(intramural)

himself, herself, itself

(intensive...she did it herself.)

(ipso facto - by the fact itself)

ire, itum

(-ient)

to go

(exit)

rainbow

(iris)

[image]

jacere, jactus

(-jectus)

to throw

(eject)

cheerful

(jocund)

[image]

judge

(judicial)

walnut

[image]

(gland)

yoke

[image]

(jugate - in botany, having leaflets in pairs)

to swear

(jury)

right, law

(jury)

younger

(junior)

justice

(justice)

young

(juvenile)

to slip

(lapse)

(lapsus linguae - a slip of the tongue)

lip

(labial)

work

(labor)

slip

(lapse)

(A lapsus linguae is a slip of the tongue.)

milk

(lactation)

tear 

[image]

(lacrimal)

hole, gap

(a lacuna is a missing part in a manuscript)

small, thin plate

(In biology, a lamella is a thin plate of bone.)

thin plate, covering

(laminate)

specter, mask

(In biology, a larva is the young of any invertebrate animal.)

fluid

(latex)

wide

(lateral)

side, flank

(lateral)

praise

(laudatory)

(magna cum laude - with great praise)

to send

(delegate)

legere, lectus

(-ligere)

to read

(lectern)

legion

[image]

lion

(leonine)

light

(light in weight or fickle or inconsequential)

(levitate)

law

(legal)

book

(library)

to be permitted

(illicit)