Roots You Already Use

Level 4

Spot the Latin root inside an English word, and its meaning gets clearer.

How It Works

English often keeps the stem you see in the genitive: pes, pedis gives pedal, and caput, capitis gives capital.

The English word does not always mean the same as the Latin one, so use the root as a hint. A captain is a head of a group of people.

Doctors and lawyers use these roots every day, so one root explains many words.

Aquam in terra video.
I see water on the ground.
Aqua gives aquatic and aquarium. Terra gives territory and terrain.
Puella pedibus ambulat.
The girl walks on foot.
Pedibus comes from pes. It gives pedal and pedestrian.
Vita bona est.
Life is good.
Vita gives vital and vitamin.
Manus tuae pulchrae sunt.
Your hands are beautiful.
Manus gives manual and manuscript, a text written by hand.
Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
And on earth peace to people of good will.
From the Gloria. Terra again gives territory.

Tap a pattern to see what it builds on and what it leads to.

Roots You Already UseLevel 4

Roots are the stems that suffixes attach to.

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