List of Greek and Latin roots in English/F
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Lists of Greek and Latin roots in English beginning with other letters:
F
Root | Meaning in English | Origin language | Etymology (root origin) | English examples |
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fa-, fa (FA)[1] | say, speak | Latin | fārī, see also fatērī | affable, bifarious, confess, , profess |
fab- | bean | Latin | faba | faba bean |
fac-, fact-, -fect-, -fic- (FAC)[2] | do, make | Latin | facere, factus | affair, affect, affectation, amplify, artifact, artifice, benefactor, benefice, benefit, reunification, sacrifice, scientific, semelfactive, suboffice, subprefect, suffice, sufficiency, sufficient, superficial, superficiality, surface, surfeit, surficial, transfection, trifacial, trifecta, uniface , unifacial, unifactorial, unification
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falc- | sickle | Latin | falx, falcis | falciform, falchion , falcon
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fall-, fallac-, fals- | false, deceive | Latin | fallere, falsus, fallāx, fallācis | default, fail, fallacious, falsity , fault
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famili- | a close attendant | Latin | famulus | familiarity, family |
fasc- | bundle | Latin | fascis | fajita, fasciculation, fascism |
fatu- | foolish, useless | Latin | fatuus | fatuous, infatuation
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feder- | treaty, agreement, contract, league, pact | Latin | foederāre, from foedus (genitive foederis); see also fides "faith" | confederacy, confederation, federal, federate, federation |
fel- | cat | Latin | fēlēs, fēlis | Felinae, feline |
felic- | happy, merry | Latin | fēlīx, fēlīcis | felicity |
fell- | suck | Latin | fellāre | fellation |
femin- | women, female | Latin | fēmina | femininity |
femor- | thigh | Latin | femur (genitive femoris) | femoral, femur |
fend-, fens- | strike | Latin | fendere, -fensus | defend, fend, offend, offense |
fenestr- | window | Latin | fenestra | defenestration |
fer- | wild, fierce | Latin | ferus | feral, fierce |
-fer- | to bear, carry | Latin | ferre | aquifer, circumference, confer, conifer, defer, differ, ferry, fertile, infer, Lucifer, offer, prefer, refer, suffer, transfer, vociferous |
ferv- | boil, glow | Latin | fervēre | ferment, fervent, fervid, fervor, perfervid |
feroc- | fierce | Latin | ferōx, ferōcis | ferocity |
ferr- | iron | Latin | ferrum | ferrous |
fet- | stink | Latin | fētēre | fetid, fetor |
fic- | fig | Latin | fīcus | Ficus, fig |
fid-, fis- | faith, trust | Latin | fidēs "faith, trust", from fidere "to trust" | |
fig-, fing-, fict- (FIG)[3] | to form, shape | Latin | fingere "to touch, handle; devise; fabricate, alter, change" | configure, disfigure, nonfiction , transfigure
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fil- | thread | Latin | fīlum | defile, filament, file, filigree, fillet, profile |
fili- | son | Latin | filius | affiliation |
fin- | end | Latin | fīnis | affinity, confine, define, final, finale, finance, fine, finish, finite, infinite, refine |
find-, fiss- (FID)[4] | cleave, split | Latin | findere, fissus | fission, fissure |
firm- | firm, strong | Latin | firmus, firmāre | affirm, confirm, confirmation, firm, firmament, infirm |
fistul- | hollow, tube | Latin | fistula | fistula |
fix- | attach | Latin | fīxāre, frequentative of fīgere | affix, fix, fixation, fixture, prefix, suffix, transfix |
fl-, fla- (FLA)[5] | blow | Latin | flāre, flātus | flavor, flute, inflate, insufflation, soufflé , sufflate
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flacc- | flabby | Latin | flaccus, flaccere | flaccid |
flav- | yellow | Latin | flāvus | flavonoid |
flect-, flex- | bend | Latin | flectere, flexus | flexor, genuflection, inflect, inflection , reflect, reflection, reflex
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flig-, flict- | strike | Latin | flīgere, -flīctus | afflict, profligacy , profligate
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flor- | flower | Latin | flōs, flōris | floral, florid |
flu-, fluv-, flux- | flow | Latin | fluere, fluxus | affluent, confluence, effluent, fluctuate, fluctuation, fluency, fluent, fluid, fluidity, flush, fluvial, flux , influence, influx, superfluous
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foc- | hearth | Latin | focus | bifocal, focal, focus |
fod-, foss- | dig | Latin | fodere, fossus | fossil |
foen- | hay | Latin | foenum | Foeniculum |
foli- | leaf | Latin | folium | defoliant |
font- | spring | Latin | fōns, fontis | font, fontal, fontanelle |
for- | bore, drill | Latin | forāre, forātus | foralite, foramen, foraminifer, perforation |
form- | shape | Latin | fōrma | conform, deform, form, formal, formation, formula, formulate, inform, perform, reform, uniform |
formic- | ant | Latin | formīca | formaldehyde, formic acid |
fornic- | vault | Latin | fornix, fornicis | fornication |
fort- | strong | Latin | fortis | force, fort, forte, fortify, fortitude, fortress |
fove- | shallow round depression | Latin | fovea | fovea |
frag-, frang-, -fring-, fract- | break | Latin | frangere, frāctus | infraction, infringe, refract, refractory , refrain
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frater-, fratr- | brother | Latin | frāter | fraternal, fraternity |
fric-, frict- | rub | Latin | fricāre, frictus | dentifrice, friction |
frig- | cold | Latin | frīgere | frigid, frigorific |
front- | forehead | Latin | frōns, frontis | confront, frontage, frontal |
fruct-, frug- | fruit | Latin | frūx, frūgis; frū̆ctus | frugivorous
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fug-, fugit- | flee | Latin | fugere | centrifuge, fugacious, fugitive, refuge |
fum- | smoke | Latin | fūmus | fume, fumigation |
fund- | bottom | Latin | fundāre "to found", from fundus "bottom, foundation" | found, founder, foundation, fund, fundament, fundamental, fundamentalism, profound, profundity |
fund-, fus- | pour | Latin | fundere, fūsus | profusion , refund, suffusion, transfusion
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fulmin-, fulgur- | flash | Latin | fulmen "lightning flash" | fulminant, fulminate, fulmination, fulgurite |
fung-, funct- | do | Latin | fungī, fūnctus | function, fungibility |
fur-, furt- | thief, steal | Latin | fūr (genitive fūris) "thief", fūrāre | ferret, furtive
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furc- | fork | Latin | furca | bifurcation |
fusc- | dark | Latin | fuscus | fuscous, infuscate, infuscation, obfuscate, obfuscation |
References
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