Roots Part II

                              Roots

            The following is a list of some of the most important roots of English words.

Roots                                            CLASS	Meaning  class, group	Words classify, classical, classic, declassify
CLIN	lean	declination, decline, recline, incline
CLUD	shut	include, preclude, exclude, seclude
CLUS	shut	conclusive, exclusive, seclusion, inclusion
COGN	know	recognize, cognitive, cognizant, incognito
COLO, CULT	cultivate, settle	colony, agriculture, culture, cultivate
COMMUN	common	community, commune, communicate, communicable
CORNU -	horn	inicorn, cornucopia, bicorn, cornet
CORP	body -	corporation, corps, corpuscle, corpulent
COSM	order, universe	cosmopolitan, microcosm, cosmos, macrocosm
CRACY, CRAT	rule	aristocracy, democratic, bureaucrat, plutocrat
CRED	believe	creditor, credulous, credentials, credibility
CRIM	judge, accuse	crime, criminal, incriminate, discriminate
CRIT	separate, judge	critic, criticize, criterion, critical
CRYPT	secret	cryptic, crypt, cryptogram, cryptography
CULP	fault, blame	culpable, exculpate, culprit, inculpate
CUM	pile up	accumulate, cumulative, cumulate, cumulus
CUMB, CUB	lie, recline	incubate, incumbent, succumb, incumbency
CUR, COUR	run	course, courier, current, excursion
CUR	care	cure, manicure, accurate, curator
CYCL	ring, circle	bicycle, cyclic, cyclone, cyclist
DAT	give	data, postdate, mandate, antedate
DEB	owe	debt, indebted, debtor, debit
DECOR	proper, fitting	decoration, decor, indecorous, decorum
DEI	god	deity, deify, deiform, deism
DEMOS	people	democracy, epidemic, demography, demagogue
DENT	tooth	dentist, dental, dentifrice, trident
DERM	skin	hypodermic, dermatology, derrpatitis, epidermis
DIA, DIE	day	diary, per diem, sine die, dismal
DIC, DICT	say	dictate, predict, verdict," contradict
DIGN	worth	°dignity, dignitary, condign, dignify
DIV	separate	divide, divisor, divisive, dividend
DO	give	donate, donor, condone, donee
DOC	teach	doctor, doctrine, indoctrinate, documentary
DORM	sleep	dormitory, dormant, dormer, dormancy
DOXA	belief, praise	unorthodox heterodoxy, orthodoxy, paradox
DUC	lead	conduct, abduct, aqueduct, seduce
DUR	hard	durable, endurable, endure, duress
DYN	power	dynamite, dynamic, dynasty, dynamo
EGO	I	egotistic, ego, egocentric, egomania
EM, EMPT	buy, obtain	exempt, caveat emptor, redemption, preempt
EMIA, HEMIA	blood	anemia, leukemia, hemostat, hemorrhage
ENNI	year	biennial, centennial, perennial, bicentennial
EQU	equal, even, just	equality, equator, inequity, equation
ERG	work	energy, synergy
ERR	wander	err, error, erratic, erroneous
ESTH	feeling	esthetic, anesthetic, esthete, anesthetist
FAC	make,, do	manufacture, factory, benefactor, facsimile
FALL, FALS	deceive	fallacy, infallible, falsify, false
FEMINA	woman	female, feminine, feminist, effeminate
FER	carry, bear	transfer, refer, infer, melliferous
FIC	do, make	efficient, beneficial, sufficient, proficient
FID	faith	confide, fidelity, infidel, bona fide
FILI	son, daughter	filial, affiliate, filicide, affiliation