Greek & latin roots of english

causa, causae
- cause
- causal
- causation
culpa, culpae
- fault
- blame
- (culpable, exculpate)
familia, familiae
- family
- (family, familiar, familiarity)
gloria, gloriae
- glory
- (glory, glorious)
insula
- island
- (insulate, peninsula)
invidia, invidiae
- envy
- (envy, invidious)
luna, lunae
- moon
- (lunar, lunate, lunatic)
nausea
- seasickness
- (nausea)
pecus, pecoris=herd>pecunia, pecuniae
- private possession, property, money
- (peculiar,impecunious, peculate)
poena, poena
- punsihment
- (penal, penalty)
stella, stellae
- star
- (stellar, stellate, constellation)
terra, terrae
- earth
- (territory, terrestrial, extraterrestrial,)
via, viae
- way, road
- (via, viaduct)
villa, villae
- farmhouse
- (villa, village, villain)
vita, vitae
- life
- (vital, vitality, vitamin, viable)

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Greek & latin roots of english

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1st declension

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2010-09-08T18:51:01Z

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