septem - Latin → seven

September → seventh month in the Roman calendar

septennial - (annus → year) → seven-year period or celebration

septangle - (angulus → corner) → a plane (flat) figure with seven sides and seven angles

septuagenarian -(septuageni → seventy each)  → person who is 70 to 79 years old

octo - Latin → eight

October → eighth month in the old Roman calendar

octopus - (pes, podos → foot) → eight-footed ocean creature

octogenarian (octogeni→ 80 each) → person between 80 and 89 years old

octagon (gonia →angle) →figure with eight sides and eight corners or angles

octennial - (annus → year) →eight-year period or celebration

novem- Latin → nine

November → ninth month in the Roman calendar

novennial -(annus →year) → nine-year period or celebration

novendial - (dies →day) → lasting nine days

novemdigitate - (digitus→finger) → having nine fingers

duo - Latin → two

duet → music played or sung by two people

duplicate - (plico, plicatum → fold) → make a second copy

dual → two as in dual purpose

dubious → of two minds - doubtful

duel → fight between two people

duplex - (plico, plicatum → fold) → two homes in one building

duplicity - two facedness; a double cross

quattuor - Latin → four

quadruped-(pes,pedis → foot) → four-footed animal

quadricycle - (kyclos→ wheel)→ four-wheeled vehicle

quadrilateral - (latus →side) →having four sides

quatrain → a stanza or verse of poetry four lines long

quadragenarian - (quadraginta → forty) →person in his forties

quinque - Latin → five

quinquennial (annus→ year) →five-year period or celebration

quinquagenarian - (quinquageni → fifty each) → person who is 50 to 59 years old

quinquesyllable - (syllaba → several letters placed together to make one sound) →a word of five syllables

corpus, corporis - Latin → body

corporeal → pertaining to the body

corps → military division organized as a body

incorporate → to make into a body

corpse  → dead body

corporation → legally formed group - a body

inter - Latin - between, among, amid

international - (natio - nation, race, kindred) →between or among nations

interject - (jacio, jactum - throw) → throw between

interaction - (ago, actum- act, perform) →discussion or action between or among people

intervene - (venio, ventum - come) →come between

interlude (ludus - play) →light entertainment in the midst of serious activities, a ‘break’

cardo, cardinis - Latin→ hinge

cardinal → essential, main; a song bird with bright red feathers

cardinal numbers →  one, two, three etc.

cardinal edge →  the  connection between the two bivalves of a shell

Digitus - Latin → Finger, toe, inch

Digit → finger, numerals 0 to 9, unit of measure, the width of a finger

Digital computer  → a computer which uses numerals to mean numbers and decimal fractions

Prestidigitation - (Praesto → at hand, prompt) → a fast-fingered or sleight-of-hand performance of magic or of card tricks

Caput, capitis - Latin → head

Caput → “off with his head”

Capital → top of a column; head, chief or foundation money

Captain → head of a group of soldiers

Capitalism → system where “head” makes money

Cabbage → vegetable “head”

manus - Latin→ hand

manufacture - (facio, factum → making)  →make by hand

manifest - (festus → hit) → to hit by hand; easily perceived

manicotti - (manica→ sleeve) → sleeve like pasta

manuscript - (scribo, scriptum → write) → writing, written by hand

jacio, jactum - Latin → throw

eject - (e, ex -out) → throw out

interject - (inter-between) → throw between

object - (ob - against) → throw against

objection → arguments thrown against a situation

reject - (re- back, again) →throw back

project - (pro- forward) →throw forward

Pono, positum - Latin → lay, put, place

pose → position or attitude

post → fixed or established place; military post

postage → payment for messages sent from post to post

position  → established place

deposit - (de- down, away) →lay away, put aside

impose - (in -in, on, upon) → to put upon

cum - Latin → with, together

cooperate - (operor, operatum →work) →work with

collaborate -(laboro, laboratum → work) →work with 

collect - (lego, lectum→ gather) → gather together

combat (battuo → beat, fight) →fight with

community (munio, munitum →build, fortify) group which builds together

content (teneo, tentum → hold) →held together

figo, fixum - Latin → fix, fasten, attach

fix → fasten or make firm; set in place

fixture → an item/object fastened in place

affix - (ad- to) → Noun- object fastened to something; syllable added to a word at either end

prefix -(prae→ before) → letter or syllable added to the beginning of the word

suffix - (sub → under) →letter or syllable added to the end of a word

jungo, junctum - Latin → join, unite, connect

join → connect, fasten together

joint → place where two parts are connected

conjunction → word joining two parts of a sentence

disjointed (dis → separate) → separated at the joints

junction → point of connection; railway crossing

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verbum - Latin → word

verb → the action word in a sentence

proverb -(pro-forward) → a wise or profound saying

verbal → of, or pertaining to, words

verbatim → word-for-word

verbalize → to express in words

nomen, nominis - Latin → name

nominate → suggest someone’s name for office

nomination → act of naming a candidate for office

nominal → in name only; not real or actual

nom de plume (French) → pen name of an author

denominator → part of a fraction below the line

plico, plicatum - Latin → fold

duplicate - (duo → two) →twofold

triplicate - (tres→ three) →threefold

multiplication- (multum→ many) →increase in number many times

explicit - (ex→ out) →folded out, unfolded, smooth

complication - (con→ together) →a “folded” situation

accomplice - (ad→ to, toward, con→ together)→one who is folded together with another in crime

Sonus- Latin - sound

sound → vibrations perceived by our ears

sonic → relating to what we can hear

sonnet→ a form of rhyming Italian poetry

sonar → device that hears sound under water

consonant - (con → with) → speech sounds made with lips, tongue or teeth

video, visum- Latin - see

television (tele→(GR) far away) → machine for seeing shows/ information from far away

video → picture portion of television

evidence - (e, ex → out) → out of what one can see

advise - (ad → to, toward) → look and tell your view

invisible (in → not) → not to be see

Philia- Greek - love, friendship

philosopher → one who loves wisdom

philadelphia → city of brotherly love

philanthropist → One who cares about his fellow man

Phobos- Greek - fear

phobia  → irrational fear

claustrophobia → fear of closed (locked or bolted) places

hydrophobia → disease which makes it difficult to swallow, thought to be fear of water

zoophobia →fear of animals

Kinesis -Greek - movement

kinetic →   relating to movement of bodies

cinema →  motion pictures

cinematographer →   motion picture photographer

Photos- Greek - light

photograph →picture drawn by light

telephoto → light from far away

phototropic → turning toward the light

photophobia→ fear or dislike of light

photosynthesis →a process of putting things together by using light

Graph - Greek - to write or draw

phonograph → machine for writing

telegraph → writing from far away

graph → pictured information

autograph → to write one’s own name

Tele- Greek - far away, distant

elevision → seeing distant things

telephone → sound from far away

telescope → device for looking at distant objects

telethon → a telephone fundraiser which runs on non-stop

Metron - Greek → measure

meter → unit of measure 

geometry → measurement of the earth

optometry → measurement of sight

symmetry → measuring the same

thermometer → measure heat

diameter→ measuring across

Tropos - Greek → turning

tropics → the area of the earth from the equator north to the Tropic of Cancer and south to the Tropic of Capricorn

tropical→ the climate of the earth in the tropics

heliotrope→ a flower named for its tendency to turn toward the sun