Italian word roots

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spect look, see, watch A1-B2 · 6 words dict say, speak A1-B1 · 6 words port carry, bring A1-B2 · 6 words scrib / scriv write A1-B2 · 6 words duc / duct lead A1-B2 · 6 words voc / voce voice, call A1-B2 · 6 words ten / ten hold A1-B2 · 6 words pon / pos put, place A1-B2 · 6 words cred believe A1-B2 · 6 words mov / mot move A1-B2 · 6 words fact / fic make, do A1-B2 · 6 words vid / vis see A1-B2 · 6 words cap / capt / cept take, seize A2-B2 · 6 words mit / mis send A2-B2 · 6 words struct / stru build A2-B2 · 6 words form shape, form A1-B2 · 6 words press press A2-B2 · 6 words ject / gett throw A2-B2 · 6 words clud / claus close A2-B2 · 6 words graph / gram write, draw A1-B2 · 6 words phon / fon sound A2-B2 · 6 words bio life A2-B2 · 6 words geo earth A2-B1 · 6 words chron / cron time B1-B2 · 6 words man / manu hand A2-B2 · 6 words ped / pod foot A2-B2 · 6 words corp body A1-B2 · 6 words anim life, spirit A1-B2 · 6 words liber / libr free, book A1-B2 · 6 words pac peace A1-B2 · 6 words bell war / beautiful A2-B2 · 6 words leg / lect read, choose, law A1-B2 · 6 words sent / sens feel, sense A1-B2 · 6 words fin end, limit A1-B2 · 6 words serv serve A1-B2 · 6 words vert / vers turn A2-B2 · 6 words volv / volg roll, turn A1-B2 · 6 words gen birth, kind A1-B2 · 6 words nat / nasc born A1-B2 · 6 words mort death A2-B2 · 6 words viv / vit live A1-B2 · 6 words aud hear A1-B2 · 6 words tang / tact touch A2-B2 · 6 words fract / frag break A2-B2 · 6 words flu flow B1-B2 · 6 words curr / cors run A1-B2 · 6 words ced / cess go, yield A2-B2 · 6 words ven / vent come A1-B2 · 6 words sta / sist stand A1-B2 · 6 words pos / pot able, power A1-B2 · 6 words sci know A2-B2 · 6 words cogn / conosc know, recognize A1-B2 · 6 words mem / ment mind, remember A1-B2 · 6 words spir breathe A2-B2 · 6 words sper hope A1-B1 · 6 words grat thanks, pleasing A1-B2 · 6 words bene / buon good A1-B2 · 6 words mal bad A1-B2 · 6 words multi many A2-B2 · 6 words uni one A1-B2 · 6 words equ equal A1-B2 · 6 words temp time A1-B2 · 6 words ann / anno year A1-B2 · 6 words sol alone, sun A1-B2 · 6 words lum / luc light A1-B2 · 6 words clar clear A1-B2 · 6 words nom / nomin name A1-B2 · 6 words reg / rett rule, straight A1-B2 · 6 words giur / giud law, judge A2-B2 · 6 words civ / citt citizen, city A1-B2 · 6 words urb city A2-B2 · 6 words via way, road A1-B2 · 6 words nav ship A2-B2 · 6 words aer / aria air A1-B2 · 6 words rupt / romp break B1-B2 · 6 words path / paz feel, suffer A2-B2 · 6 words hydr / idr water A2-B2 · 6 words therm / term heat A2-B2 · 6 words

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