List of Latin words with English derivatives

This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language.

Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v.^[1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and orthography.

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Latin prepositions and other words
Word	Meaning	Prefixes	Ref.
ā, ab	away from	ab-, a-, abs-, as-	^[2]
ad	to, toward	ad-, a-, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, ap-, ar-, at-
ambo	both	ambi-, am-, amb-
ante	before	ante-, anti-
bis	twice	bi-, bis-
circum	around	circum-
cis	this side of	cis-
contrā	against, opposite to	contra-, contro-
cum	together, with	con-, co-, col-, com-, cor-
dē	down from	de-
dexter	right, to the right hand	dextro-
dis-, un-	apart	dis-, di-, dif-, dir-
ex, ē	from, out of	ex-, e-, ef-
extrā	outside	extra-, extro-
in	in, into	in-, il-, im-, ir-
īnfrā	below	infra-
inter	among, between	inter-, intel-
intrā	within	intra-, intro-
iuxtā	beside	juxta-
multus	much, many	multi-
ne	no	ne-, neg-
non-, un-	not	non-
ob, obs	toward, against, in the way of, by reason of	ob-, o-, oc-, of-, og-, op-, os-
paene	almost, nearly	pen-
per	thorough, through	per-, pel-
post	after, behind	post-
prae	before	pre-
praeter	by, past	preter-
prō	for, forth, in front of	pro-, pol-, por-, prod-
re-	again, back	re-, red-
retro	backwards	retro-
sē	apart, without	se-, sed-
sinister	left, to the left hand	sinistr-
sub	from below, under	sub-, su-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus-
subter	beneath	subter-
super	above, over	super-
suprā	above, more than	supra-
trāns	across	trans-, tra-, tran-	^[3]
ultrā	beyond	ultra-	^[4]^[5]
ve-	out	ve-

List of Latin words with English derivatives

Nouns and adjectives

Verbs

Prepositions and other words used to form compound words

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References

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