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Pluck is the English meaning of the Latin root 'carp-'. Latin derivatives include the infinitive 'carpere' for 'to pluck, to choose'; the adverb 'carptim' for 'at different times, in different places'; and the noun 'carpus' for 'wrist'. The Latin word 'carpus' ultimately derives from the Greek 'karpos' of the same meaning. English derivatives include the verb 'carp', which means 'to nag, find fault with'.
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What is the root 'tox-' in English?
The syllable 'tox-' is a Greek root. It means arrangement. An English derivative is the word 'taxonomy', which means 'the arrangement of names'.
What are English derivatives of the root 'carp-'?
The English noun carpology is a derivative of the Latin root 'carp-' for 'fruit'. It's the study of fruits. Another derivative is the adjective polycarpus, which means 'bearing many specimens of a fruit at once'. Still another derivative is xylocarp, which refers to a 'hard fruit'.
What is the root syllable 'dic-' in English?
To say, to speak is the English equivalent of the root syllable 'dic-'. So the Latin derivative verb 'dicere' means 'to say'. The Latin derivative noun 'dictio' means 'an act of speaking'.
What is the root 'dic-' in English?
To say is the English equivalent of the Latin root syllable 'dic-'. That syllable is the source for the Latin infinitive 'dicere', which means 'to say'. Both the Latin root and the Latin infinitive, by way of its older first person present indicative form 'deico', are related to the original Greek 'deiknymi'.
What is the root word of photocopy?
The Greek syllable 'phot-' is the root of the Greek noun phos. The root word 'phos' is Greek for 'light' in English. The root word copia is Latin for 'abundance' in English. The English derivative is 'copy'.
What is the root 'port-' in English?
Carry is the meaning of the root syllable 'port-'. An example of a Latin derivative is the verb 'portare', which is Latin for 'to carry'. An example of an English derivative is the adjective 'portable', which means 'easily carried'.
What is the meaning of the root word pos?
The root syllable 'pos-' is a contracted form of the adjective 'potis'. The adjective is the actual root word. The root syllable is its shortened form. Either way the meaning is capable.
What is the root word for 'sequence' in Latin?
The syllable sequ- is the root of the English language word 'sequence'. The Latin root means 'to follow' in English. One of its Latin language derivatives is the infinitive 'sequi', which also translates as 'to follow'.
What words are derivatives of the Latin root syllable 'tot-'?
The Latin root syllable 'tot-' means 'so many'. Its English derivatives are total and totality. Its Latin derivatives are the adverb 'totiens', for 'so many times'; and the adjective 'totus', for 'the complete, the entire, the whole'.
What is the root word of remember?
The letters mem- make up the Latin root syllable that means 'a calling to mind'. An English language derivative word is the verb 'to remember'. A Latin language derivative word of that root syllable is the infinitive and root word memorari, which means 'to be mindful of'.
What is a word with root con in it?
With is the English equivalent of the Latin root 'con-'. The root syllable 'con-' is a form of 'com' and of 'cum'. The two words are known origins of the preposition 'cum', which means 'with'.
Is the prefix 'lith-' a Greek or Latin root syllable?
The prefix 'lith-' is a Greek root syllable that means 'stone'. A Greek derivative is the noun 'lithos', which means 'stone'. English derivatives include the adjective 'lithic', which means 'of or relating to stone'; and the verb 'lithify', which means 'to turn to stone'. Additionally, the term for the crust or outer part of our planet Earth is an English derivative of the Greek root. The noun 'lithosphere' results from the combination of the Greek words for 'stone' and 'sphere'.
