Word Parts Unit 1Latin Roots – Set #1

English I

LATIN ROOTS SET #1

Act Anima, Anim Aqua Bell Cert Curs, Cur, Cor Duct, Duc

Gen Loc Mort Ord, Ordin Ped Rupt Sent, Sens Test

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Curs, Curr, Corr

To runSample Words: Current (presently

elapsing or running) Courier (one who runs

messages from place to place)

Corral (an enclosure for confining livestock so they won’t run off)

Duct, Duc

To lead; To drawSample Words:• Aqueduct (a conduit for

drawing water)• Conduct (to lead from a

position of command)• Reduce (to draw

together or cause to converge)

Gen

Race, Family, KindSample Words: Generation (a group of

individuals having the same kind of status)

General (involving, relating to, or applicable to every member of a class, kind, or group)

Loc

PlaceSample Words:• Location (a place outside

a motion-picture studio where a picture or part of it is filmed)

• Dislocate (to put out of place)

Mort

DeathSample Words: Mortician (one who

prepares a dead body for a funeral)

Mortal (causing or having caused death)

Mortify (to subject to severe and vexing em-barrassment that makes the person want to die)

Ord, Ordin

To put in orderSample Words: Order (to put in order) Ordinal (rites for the

ordination of deacons, priests, and bishops [for induction into the order])

Ordinary (to regular or customary order of things)

Ped

FootSample Words:• Pedestal (the base of

foot of a column)• Pedestrian (one who

travels on foot)• Pedal (a lever pressed

by the foot)

Rupt

To Break, BurstSample Words: Disrupt (to break apart) Eruption (the act, process,

or instance of erupting [breaking/bursting out])

Rupture (a break of peace or concord)

Sent, Sens

To FeelSample Words: Sense (one of the five

“feelings”) Sentimental (marked or

governed by feeling) Sentinel (a sentry; a

guard or watch placed at a point of passage [one who feels for danger])

Test

To Witness, AffirmSample Words: Attest (to affirm to be true

or genuine) Contest (a struggle for

the affirmation of superiority or victory)

Testify (to bear witness)