LATIN DERIVATIVES

NOMENCLATURE
The devising or choosing of names for things
Latin root: nomenclantura

NOMINAL

• EXISTING IN NAME ONLY
• Latin root:nomen

MISNOMER

• EXISTING IN NAME ONLY
• Latin root: Nomen

IGNOMINIOUS

• Deserving or causing public shame
• Latin root: ignominia

HABITABLE

• Suitable or good enough to live in
• Latin root:habitabilis

REHABILITATE

• Restore to normal health
• Latin root: rehabilitat

INHIBIT

• Hinder, restrain, or prevent
• Latin root: inhibere

PROHIBITIVE

• Excessivily high; difficult or impossible to pay
• Latin root: prohibitivus

RUSTIC

• Of or relating ot the countryside
• Latin root: rusticus

UBIQUITOUS

• Present, appearing, or found everywhere
• Latin root: ubique

ESTIVATE

• Spend a hot or dry period in a prolonged state
• Latin root: aestus

ARBOR

• An axle or spindle on which something revolves
• Latin root: arbor

ARBORETUM

• A botanical devoted to trees
• Latin root: arboretum

SEDATE

• Calm, dignified, and unhurried
• Latin root: sedere

SEDENTARY

• Tending to spend much time seated
• Latin root: sedentarius

ILLEGIBLE

• Not clear enough to read
• Latin root: ledge

SACRILEGE

• Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred
• Latin root: sacrilegium

ALTER EGO

• A person's secondary or alternative personality
• Latin root: alter ego

ALTERCATION

• A noisy argument or disagreement
• Latin root: altercari

VICINITY

• The area near or surrounding a particular place
• Vicinus

PROSCRIBE

• Forbid especially by law
• Latin root: proscribere

NONDESCRIPT

• Lacking distinctive or interesting faetures or characteristics
• Latin root: descriptus

CIRCUMSCRIBE

• Restrict within limits
• Larin roots: circumscribere

ET CETERA

• Used at the end of a list to indicate further items
• Latin root: ceterus

AMIABLE

• Having or displaying a friendly manner
• Latin root: amicabilis

ENAMOR

• Be filled with a feeling of love for
• Latin root: inamour

ENMITY

• The state or feeling of being actively opposed to someone
• Latin root: inimicus

AGRARIAN

• Of or relating to cultivated land
• Latin root: agrarius

PEREGRINATE

• Travel or wander from place to place
• Latin root: peregrinus

AMBLE

• Walk or move at a slow pace
• Latin root: ambulare