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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 latin root word for leading?
the latin word would be regular comming from the word regula
What does the latin stem 'mut' mean?
Mut means change. A mutt is a dog that has been changed. A mutation has been changed to make something else.
What is the latin root word for reading?
The principal parts of the verb "to read" (which is how Latin verbs are listed in dictionaries) are "lego, legere, lexi, lectum." There are a few ways to say "reading" in Latin, but the roots of the verb are:
leg-
lex- ("lexicon")
lect- ("lecture")
What is the latin root in subside and how does the root help you understand its meaning?
The Latin root in "subside" is "subsidere," which means "to sit down" or "to settle." Understanding this root helps you see that "subside" means to become less intense or active, as if settling back down into a calmer state.
What does the Latin root scala mean?
The Latin root "scala" means ladder or steps. It is often used in English to refer to a series or progression of levels or stages.
How is an English derivative related to it's Latin root?
Take the word dormitory for example. A derivative is a word that is adapted into a language, from another. The Latin word that 'dormitory' was derived from was "dormīre" meaning to sleep. A dormitory takes the "root" of the word, and is made an English word.
What does the latin root phor mean?
The Latin root "phor" means "to carry" or "to bear." It is commonly found in words related to carrying or bearing things, such as metaphor (to carry meaning beyond the literal interpretation) or dysphoria (difficulty carrying or bearing a feeling).
What is the Latin root word of the word circumference?
> Circumire; meaning to go around
I think you can take that back one more step. The English word is a combination of the preposition, 'circum,' which means 'around,' and the root of the verb 'fero (fer-), to bring. So literally, it means 'bring around' or 'a bringing around.'
There's also a Latin verb, 'circumfero,' 'I bring / carry around.'
What is the latin root word for marriage?
Its origin is the Latin word "mas" (gen. maris) which means "male, of the male sex." From that word came "maritus" (husband, lover) which replaced other Latin words for husband, like "coniunx" (husband or wife, one who is joined, yoked together) and hence the verb "maritare" (to marry, to give in marriage.)
What does Volvo the latin root word mean?
Volvo is the Latin verb meaning "I roll", "I roll over", "I cause to roll", "I turn around", "I unroll", or "I turn over in the mind (contemplate)".
What plant name came from the latin word root of the barbarian?
Firstly, the Latin for "root of the barbarians" can only be radix barbarorum or stirps barbarorum - neither have anything at all to do with rhubarb, which comes from Greek, not Latin and has a different meaning.
The idea of a Latin origin with the meaning "root of the barbarians" is utterly false and it seems to have begun with some modern child's game in the USA.
Secondly, the Romans, like all modern vegetable growers, knew perfectly well that rhubarb is not a root - carrots, radish, turnips, parsnips are root crops; rhubarb is not, since it is the stem of the plant that is eaten. Nobody would ever call rhubarb any kind of root (unless they happen to be a games designer instead of a gardener).
What does the latin root corp mean?
The Latin root "corp" means body. It is often used in words related to the physical body or physical structure.
What is the latin root for shark?
The Latin term meaning a marine shark is pristis (a feminine noun). There is also the term fraudator, a masculine noun meaning a loan shark or similar shady character.
What are the geek and Latin roots of dictate and their meaning?
'Dictate' comes from Latin dictare meaning 'keep on saying'. The Latin verb dictare is related to dicere'to say, speak'. English 'dictate' is not directly related to any Greek word.
What does the Latin root priv as in privacy mean?
The Latin root "priv" in words like "privacy" means "alone" or "single." It conveys the idea of being apart or secluded.
What is the greek or latin root word of the noun reflection and its meaning?
The Latin root word for "reflection" is "reflectere," which means "to bend back" or "to turn back." This root word reflects the idea of bouncing light or sound back after hitting a surface, which is the basis of the concept of reflection.
Umbrella in Latin means "shadow." Obviously, you can see where we derive umbrella from.
What is the Latin root word for cities?
Urbs, urbis is the latin word for city. Thus the term "urban".
Which of the Greek roots most closely means to track?
The Greek root that most closely means to track is "hod-" or "odos," which means "way" or "path." This root is often used to indicate following a specific path or route, like in the words "period" or "episode."
