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Latin to English
Translating Latin words into English. How you say and spell Latin language words and phrases in the English language.
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What is the English equivalent of '-trix'?
"-ess" is the English equivalent of -trix.
Specifically, the Latin letters -trix constitute a suffix. They spell the feminine ending which replaces the masculine ending -tor in occupational and professional nouns in Latin. The equivalent action in English will involve replacing the masculine ending "-or" with the femining suffix "-ess".
What word is formed from the Latin root meaning thousand?
millia = thousand
milimetre = a thousand metres
millipede = a thousand feet (the insect, not the measurement)
milligram = a thousand grams
millilitre = a thousand litres
What is the Latin root word for platform?
The Latin root word for platform is "planta," which means "sole of the foot" or "footprint."
What does the latin root word cele mean?
The Latin root word "cele" means "to honor or to praise." It is often used in words related to celebrations or honorable events.
What Latin root means in the way?
The Latin prefix "ob" gets added to mean "in the way"
for example: Ob+Pono (English opponent comes from this) means "place in the way
What are some words using the Latin root liber?
- Liberation - the act of setting someone free from oppression or confinement.
- Liberty - the quality or state of being free from oppression or restraint.
- Liberal - open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.
- Deliver - to set free or rescue from captivity.
What is the latin root word for immortal?
The Latin root word for "immortal" is "immortalis," which comes from the combination of "in-" (meaning "not") and "mortalis" (meaning "mortal" or "subject to death").
What is the Latin root word for interaction and what does it mean?
Ago, agere, egi, actusmeans "to do", and "Inter" means between.
Interaction is "something done between different people"
What English word comes from the Latin word ''Brevis''?
The English word that comes from the Latin word ''Brevis'' is "brief".
What word does have the latin root - ven in it?
Ven is the root word to come. A few words with this are venue and convene.
Is the root cede Greek or Latin?
Assuming you mean cred- as in incredible, credibility, etc., it comes from the Latin word credere (to believe).
What does the latin root portare mean?
The Latin word portare means "passage" in English. The Latin word itself comes from the Greek word poros which means "journey; passage; way."
What is the mwaning of latin root word osmosis?
The Latin root word "osmosis" means a push or a drive. In science, osmosis refers to the movement of solvent molecules through a semi-permeable membrane from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated solution.
What are some words containing the Greek or Latin root temp meaning time?
Temp(or)- is Latin, from tempus "time". Temporal, temporary, tempest (ultimately from tempus "season"), contemporaneous, contemporary, etc. etc.
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What is the latin word root that means equal?
The adjective aequus/aequa/aequum means "equal", stem aequ-.
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Is micro a latin or greek prefix?
Mikros is a Greek adjective, meaning "small". But the Romans used many Greek words, so you will often find micro- used in Latin too. Greek k was translitterated as c in Latin.
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What is the Latin root word in annual?
Annus is "year"; the stem is sometimes ann-, sometimes annu-. This is irregular for Latin words: it is usually either with or without u.
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Spirare, root spira-, means "to breathe". Spiritus, root spiritu-, means "breath".
Anima/animus used to mean something like breath(ing) too, where anima is the breath of life, the soul, and animus the breath of emotions and the will; Greek anemos, "wind", is related.
Then there is flere, root fle- meaning "to blow". Derived from this are inflation and conflation.
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What is the Latin root meaning for eight?
Octo -
As in octo-ber was 8th month (old calendar)
Or octo-pus has 8 arms
What does the latin root cult mean?
The Latin root "cult" means worship or devotion. It is related to words like culture, cultivate, and cult.
What does the latin root for dec mean?
It means ten. The root comes from "decem," which is the cardinal number 10, and "decimus," the ordinal number "tenth."
What are some english derivatives for the word Venire?
I'm not to sure that there any English word descendants of venire. However, there are several related words in languages other than English:
- Albanian: vij
- Aromanian: yin, vin, vinire
- Catalan: venir, vindre
- Dalmatian: vener
- French: venir
- Friulian: vignî
- Galician: vir
- Italian: venire
- Neapolitan: venì
- Occitan: venir, vir
- Portuguese: vir
- Romanian: veni
- Romansch: vegnir, vagnir, neir, gnir
- Sardinian: bènnere, benni, bènniri, vènnere
- Sicilian: vèniri
- Spanish: venir
- Venetian: vegner, vegnar, vegnir
What is the latin root of the word choice?
Choice may come from the Latin word causīre ("to choose") or Proto-Germanic keusanan ("to choose")
