Latin Roots (M-P) Vocabulary

great, large

“magnify, magnificent, magnitude”

Origin: Latin `magnus` meaning `great, large`

bad, evil

“malice, malfunction, malevolent”

Origin: Latin `malus` meaning `bad, evil`

hand

“manual, manufacture, manuscript”

Origin: Latin `manus` meaning `hand`

to order, to command

“command, demand, mandate”

Origin: Latin `mandare` meaning `to order, entrust`

mindful of

“memory, remember, memorial”

Origin: Latin `memor` meaning `mindful`

to send

“transmit, permit, mission, dismiss”

Origin: Latin `mittere` meaning `to send`

to move

“mobile, motion, remove, promote”

Origin: Latin `movere` meaning `to move`

death

“mortal, immortal, mortify”

Origin: Latin `mors, mortis` meaning `death`

to change

“mutate, mutual, commute”

Origin: Latin `mutare` meaning `to change`

to be born

“native, nature, nation, innate”

Origin: Latin `nasci` meaning `to be born`

name

“nominate, synonym, anonymous”

Origin: Latin `nomen` meaning `name`

new

“novel, novice, innovate, renovate”

Origin: Latin `novus` meaning `new`

order, rank

“order, ordinary, subordinate”

Origin: Latin `ordo` meaning `order, rank`

to hang, to weigh

“pendant, suspend, expense, pension”

Origin: Latin `pendere` meaning `to hang, weigh`

to seek, to strive

“compete, petition, appetite”

Origin: Latin `petere` meaning `to seek, strive`

to fold

“complicate, apply, reply, multiply”

Origin: Latin `plicare` meaning `to fold`

to place, to put

“postpone, position, compose, deposit”

Origin: Latin `ponere` meaning `to place, put`

to carry

“transport, report, export, import”

Origin: Latin `portare` meaning `to carry`

first

“primary, prime, primitive”

Origin: Latin `primus` meaning `first`

to prove, to test

“probe, probable, approve”

Origin: Latin `probare` meaning `to prove, test`