retrograde
Retro, Such as Retrogress.
The words digit and digital are formed of the Latin digitus.
Retro-. In fact, the Latin word for 'backwards' is the adverb 'retro'. The word 'retro' comes from the prefix 're-', which means 'back'; and the suffix '-tro', which means 'to one direction'.
The combination of a Latin prefix and of a Latin root means 'to move back'. The prefix re- means 'back'. The root ced-, from which the infinitive 'cedere' is derived, means 'to go'.
Fac- is the Latin root for 'you do'. From the root is formed 'facis' for 'you do', in the sense of the second person singular in the present indicative tense. Also from the same root is formed 'facitis', in the sense of the second person plural.
Fac- is the Latin root for 'you do'. From the root is formed 'facis' for 'you do', in the sense of the second person singular in the present indicative tense. Also from the same root is formed 'facitis', in the sense of the second person plural.
Contribute. Contribution.
The words "arachnid" and "arachnophobia" have the Latin root "arachn," which relates to spiders.
The root is defined as 'the simple element inferred as the basis from which a word is derived by phonetic change or by extension'. An example in ancient, classical Latin is 'port-', which refers to 'entry or opening'. Words that are formed from the root word are 'porta', which means 'door or gate'; 'portico', which means 'gallery'; and 'portus', which means 'harbor'. An example in the earlier, ancient, classical Greek is the root 'geo-', which means 'earth'. A word that's formed from the root is 'geographeia,' which means 'the writing about the earth', that is, the modern-day 'geography'.
The syllables 'offic-' make up the roots for two words. One has the meaning of to create work. In this sense, the root 'offic-' is formed from the combination of the noun 'opus' ['work'] and the infinitive 'facere' ['to do, make']. Latin derivatives of this Latin root are 'officium' ['duty'] and 'officina' ['workshop']. The other has the meaning of to put in the way. In this sense, the root 'offic-' is formed from the combination of the preposition 'ob' ['in front of'] and the infinitive 'facere' ['to do, make']. Latin derivatives of this Latin root are 'officere' ['to hinder'].
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Some words with the Latin root word "habere" include habit, inhabit, exhibit, and prohibit. The root "habere" means "to have" or "to hold."