Hartford Courant

THOSE AMAZING LATIN ROOTS ENRICH LANGUAGE’S GARDEN

What do a dancer’s plie and the exploits of Jack Sparrow have in common? (And why am I suddenly picturing a pirate in a tutu?) The words “plie” and “exploits” are both ultimately derived from the ...
Hartford Courant

Latin ‘Porto’ The Root Of Scores Of English Words

Like a wandering sailor, the Latin root “porto” has a girl in every . .. well, port. “Porto” means “carry,” and this roamin’ Roman root has sailed into scores of English words, serving us both the ...
PBS

Latin Roots

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets musician Rubén Blades & journalist Natalie Morales. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps musician Rubén Blades & journalist Natalie Morales uncover their hidden roots in Latin ...
insider.si.edu

Dictionary of word roots and combining forms compiled from the Greek, Latin, and other languages, with special reference to biological terms and scientific names

If you are word-curious, you can use this book to figure out what a micromere is or what pododynia means. If you are a student of medicine or biology, you can use it as a shortcut to mastering the ...