Greek and Latin Word Parts

Set #4 – Latin Roots

English I – 2010-2011

SET #4 – LATIN ROOTS

Act Alt Anima, Anim Ann, Enn Aqua

Arm Bell Cede Cert Cid, Cis

Act

To do, Drive Sample Words: Acting (the art or practice

of representing (doing) a character on a stage)

React (to change what one is doing in response to a stimulus)

Enact (to drive or make into law)

Alt

HighSample Words: Altos (voices in a choir

higher than tenors and basses)

Altitude (the vertical height of an object above a surface)

Altimeter (an instrument for measuring height of an object )

Anima, Anim

Life, MindSample Words:• Animal (any of a kingdom

of living things )• Animated (endowed with

life or the qualities of life )• Animator (one who gives

a picture life)

Ann, Enn

YearSample Words: Annual (something that

occurs once a year) Perennial (persisting for

several years) Bicentennial (200th year

celebration)

Aqua

WaterSample Words: Aquarium (a container in which

living animals and water are kept) Aquamarine (a pale blue to light

greenish blue that mimics the color of water)

Aquanaut (a scuba diver who lives and operates both inside and outside an underwater shelter for an extended period)

Arm

Army, WeaponSample Words:• Armory (a place where

weapons and military equipment are stored)

• Armament (the process of preparing weapons and an army for war )

Bell

WarSample Words: Belligerent (waging war;

inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness (war-like behaviors))

Bellicose (favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars)

Cede

To go, To yieldSample Words:• Intercede (to intervene

between parties with a view to make one party yield)

• Supersede (to cause to be set aside or yield)

• concede (to yield to someone else’s point or idea)

Cert

To be sure, To trustSample Words: Certain (known or proved

to be true or trustworthy) Certify (to attest as being

true or as represented or as meeting a standard; attest to being trustworthy)

Cid, Cis

To cut of, be brief; To killSample Words:• Concise (brief; having all

superfluous elaboration and detail cut out)

• Homicide (the crime of killing another person)

• Genocide (the deliberate and systematic killing of a racial, political, or cultural group