Latin Level 3, Unit 5: Derivatives and Etymology. Core vocabulary, forms, and short example sentences for this unit. Front: the Latin word or form. Back: English meaning (brief grammatical note in parentheses where useful, e.g. case or conjugation).
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- What English word meaning 'to send' derives from the Latin verb 'mittere'?
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Transmit, submit, and related '-mit' words- What English word meaning 'to carry' derives from the Latin verb 'portare'?
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Transport, export, and related '-port' words- What English word meaning 'to write' derives from the Latin verb 'scribere'?
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Describe, inscribe, and related '-scribe/-script' words- What English word meaning 'to see' derives from the Latin verb 'videre'?
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Video, vision, and related '-vis/-vid' words- What English word meaning 'to say/speak' derives from the Latin verb 'dicere'?
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Dictate, predict, and related '-dict' words- What English word meaning 'to lead' derives from the Latin verb 'ducere'?
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Conduct, induce, and related '-duc' words- What English word meaning 'to make/do' derives from the Latin verb 'facere'?
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Factory, manufacture, and related '-fic/-fact' words- What English word meaning 'to hold' derives from the Latin verb 'tenere'?
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Contain, retain, and related '-tain/-ten' words- What English word meaning 'to break' derives from the Latin verb 'frangere'?
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Fracture, fragment, and related '-frac/-frag' words- What English word meaning 'to move' derives from the Latin verb 'movere'?
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Motion, remove, and related '-mov/-mot' words- What English prefix comes from the Latin preposition 'ad' (to, toward)?
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Ad- (as in adapt, advance)- What English prefix comes from the Latin preposition 'ex' (out of)?
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Ex- (as in exit, export)- What English prefix comes from the Latin preposition 'in' (in, into, or negation)?
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In- (as in inside, or invisible for negation)- What English prefix comes from the Latin preposition 'trans' (across)?
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Trans- (as in transport, transform)- What English prefix comes from the Latin preposition 'pro' (forward, on behalf of)?
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Pro- (as in progress, promote)
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