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🔎 𝗡𝗼𝗻. (𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘅)

❓ Origin – the English prefix
(It has multiple origins, including Latin, French, English)

📚 Meaning – “not”

❗️ English words consisting of the prefix “Non” in them:

◓ Nonfat – “not” having fat.
◓ Nonperishable – “not” subject to spoiling or decaying.
◓ Nonpoisonous – “not” poisonous
◓ Nonstick – of that which does “not” stick.
◓ Nonsensical – of “not” making sense.
◓ Nonsmoker – one who does “not” smoke.
◓ Nonexistent – of something that does “not” exist.
◓ Nonflying – of a bird which does “not” fly.
◓ Nonfiction – of a book that is “not” fictional, but factual.
◓ Non sequitur – a Latin phrase which means a statement which does “not” follow logically from known information or from its premises.
◓ Sine qua non – a Latin phrase which means an essential part without which something will “not” function well.
◓ Umpire – etymologically, this word means one who is “not” on either team’s side, but is completely neutral or unbiased.
◓ Nonreturnable – of that which can “not” be returned.
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✍Note: The prefix "Non-" is used to indicate 'negation', 'refusal', 'failure', 'exclusion', or 'lack'. For example, "nonexistent" indicates negation, "noncooperation" indicates refusal or failure, and "nonfiction" indicates exclusion.


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🔎 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗯.

❓ Origin – a Latin root

📚 Meaning – “word”

❗️ English words consisting of the root word “Verb” in them —

◓ Verb – “word” that indicates an action in a sentence.
◓ Adverb – “word” that sits near a verb or adjective to describe it.
◓ Verbal – relating to “words”.
◓ Verbalize: – express ideas in “words”.
◓ Verbose – too full of “words”, or using too many “words”.
◓ Verbosity – the fact or quality of using too many “words”.
◓ Verbiage – excessive use of “words” in speech or writing, such as being verbose; or language that uses a lot of or more complicated “words”; manner or style of “words” used.
◓ Proverb – wise “word” put forth.
◓ Verbatim – (adv) “word” for “word”, or in exactly the same words as were used originally; (adj) copied, quoted, or translated in exactly the same words as were used originally.
◓ Verve – (variant spelling) originally an energetic use of “words”; today “verve” means enthusiasm, energy, or spirit.
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🔎 𝗟𝗲𝗴.

🔹 Variants – Lig/Lect/Lec.

❓ Origin – a Latin root

📚 Meaning –
1. “Law”
2. “Gather or Choose or Pick out”
3. “Read; Speak”

❗️ English words having the root “Leg” and its variants in them:

◓ Legal – “lawful”.
◓ Illegal – not “lawful”.
◓ Legitimate – “lawful”; conforming to the “law” or to rules; make “lawful”.
◓ Legislate – make or enact “laws”; make (a bill or proposal) “law”.
◓ Privilege – a “law” just for one person or a group of people as an advantage and not for others.
◓ Collect – “gather” together.
◓ Elect – to pick out or “choose”.
◓ Election – a vote to “choose” a winner.
◓ Eligible – qualified or able to be “chosen” for particular purpose.
◓ Ineligible – not qualified or able to be chosen.
◓ Select – to pick out or “choose” from a number of alternatives or options.
◓ Delegate – a person “chosen” to act for others (as representative).
◓ Legacy – something that is handed down from an ancestor or predecessor to the “chosen” person in a will.
◓ Relegate – “choose” a person or thing back to a less important position than before.
◓ Elite – a select or “chosen” group having the most power and influence in a society than the rest.
◓ Legible – able to be “read” clearly.
◓ Illegible – not able to be “read” clearly.
◓ Legend – a traditional story (from earlier times) that is “read” to the descendants.
◓ Dialect – a language “spoken” across a particular group of people.
◓ Lecture – that which is “read” before an audience or class; a formal “speaking” (on a serious subject) given to a group of people.
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✍Note: When the root “Leg” acts as the variant of the root “Lig”, it means “tie or bind”.


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1. Mal (bad or evil)
2. Dic/Dict (say)
3. Fact (made or done)
4. Phobia (fear or dislike)
5. Fin (end or limit)
6. Phil (love)
7. Logy (study)
8. Thei (God or Religion)
9. Cide (Killing)
10. Anti (opposite)
11. Cogn/Conn (learn)
12. Grad/Gress (step)
13. Ab (away; from; away from)
14. Ben/Bene (good or well)
15. Bon/Bona (good or well)
16. Ambi (both or around)
17. Act (to do or perform or move)
18. A/An (not or without)
19. Acer/Acid/Acri (bitter; sour; sharp)
20. Ac/Acu (sharp; keen; point or pointed)
21. Bell/Belli (war; fight)
22. Cept/Cap/Cip/Ceiv (take)
23. De (from or off; thoroughly)
24. Ego (self or I)
25. Con (with or together; thoroughly)
26. Spect/Spic/Spec (see)
27. In (in, on, into; not or without)
28. Pre (before)
29. Dis/Dif/Di (apart or separate)
30. Funct (perform or work; purpose or use)
31. il/im/in/ir/ig (in, on, into, towards; not or without)
32. Inter (between)
33. Loqu/Locut (talk or speak)
34. Counter/Contra (opposite or against)
35. Luc (light; brightness; clarity)
36. Man (hand)
37. Fid (trust or faith)
38. Clud/Clus/Clos (shut)
39. Medi (middle)
40. Re (back or again)
41. Son (Sound)
42. Pan (all, whole, every, all-inclusive)
43. Se (apart)
44. Ven/Vent (come)
45. Vert (turn)
46. Ver (truth or true)
47. Am (love)
48. Anim (spirit, life, mind)
49. Ced/Cess/Ceed (go)
50. Cred (believe or trust)
51. Duc/Duct (lead)
52. Circum/Circ (around; about)
53. Claim/Clam (shout; speak out)
54. Ann/Enn (year)
55. Dia (across; through)
56. Epi (over or upon)
57. Pro (forward or for)
58. Vol (wish; want; will)
59. Sid/Sed (sit; stay)
60. Voc/Vok (call; voice)
61. Vis/Vid (see)
62. Viv/Vit (live; life)
63. Trans/Tra (across)
64. Tract (drag or pull)
65. Cert (sure; true)
66. Per (through; thoroughly)
69. Temp (time)
68. Syn/Sym (together; with)
69. Spir (breathe)
70. Rupt (burst or break)
71. Sta/Stat/Stit (stand)
72. Sub and its variants (under or from below)
73. Anthrop/Anthropo (human)
74. Chron/Chrono (time)
75. Arch (rule)
76. Con/Co/Col/Com/Cor (with or together; thoroughly)
77. Extra/Extro (outside; beyond; outward; without)
78. Ad and its variants (to or towards)
79. Plic (fold; bend)
80. Uni (one; single)
81. Tri (three)
82. Lig/Li/Ly/Leg (tie or bind)
83. Fort/Forc (strong; strength)
84. Cult (grow)
85. Form (shape)
86. Sect/Sec/Seg (cut)
87. Patri/Patr/Pater (father)
88. Dur (hard; strong; lasting)
89. Ten/Tin/Tain/Tent (hold)
90. Ob/Oc (against; towards; thoroughly)
91. It (go)
92. Ag/Ig (do)
93. Curr/Cur/Cor/Cour (run; happen)
94. Labor (work)
95. Fus (pour)
96. Err (wander or make a mistake)
97. Rog (ask)
98. Volv/Volt/Volut (roll or turn round)
99. Posit (placed or put)
100. Nov (new)
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🔎 𝗡𝗼𝘃.

❓ Origin – a Latin root

📚 Meaning – “new”

❗️ English words consisting of the root word “Nov” in them –

◓ Novel – “new” (adjective).
◓ Novel – a “new” prose story (noun).
◓ Novella – a short “novel”.
◓ Innovation – an act of making something “new”.
◓ Innovated – to make something “new”.
◓ Novelty – a “new” item.
◓ Renovate – to make “new” again.
◓ Nova – (short for the Latin Stella Nova) a “new” star, or a star which “newly” appears in the sky.
◓ Supernova – an exploding star which “newly” appears in the sky.
◓ Novice – a person “new” to something.
◓ Novitiate – a person “new” to a religious order; a period or state of being a novice or a “new” person to a religious order; a place where religious novices live.
◓ Nouveau – French adjective for “new”.
◓ Novus ordo saeclorum – Latin phrase for “new” order of the ages.
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