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| Root | Meaning in English | Origin language | Etymology (root origin) | English examples |
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| vac- | empty | Latin | Latin: vacare | evacuate, vacancy, vacant, vacate, vacation, vacuous, vacuum |
| vacc- | cow | Latin | | vaccary, vaccination, vaccine |
| vacil- | waver | Latin | "sway, be untrustworthy" | vacillate, vacillation |
| vad-, vas- | go | Latin | | evade, pervasive |
| vag- | wander | Latin | , Latin: vagare | vagabond, vague |
| val- | strength, worth | Latin | | ambivalence, avail, equivalent, evaluate, prevail, valence, valiant, valid, valor, value |
| van- | empty, vain, idle | Latin | "empty", also "vanish" | evanescent, vain, vanish, vanity |
| vap- | steam | Latin | | evaporate, evaporation, evaporative, evaporator, evaporite, nonevaporative, vapid, vapidity, vapor, vaporescence, vaporescent, vaporific, vaporous |
| vas- | vessel | Latin | | vascular, vase, vasectomy, vessel |
| vari- | vary | Latin | | bivariate, covariate, covariation, intervarietal, invariable, invariance, invariant, variable, variance, variant, variate, variation, variegate, varietal, variety, variola, variolation, variorum, various, vary |
| varic- | straddle | Latin | "to straddle", from "bowlegged" | prevaricate |
| veh-, vect- | carry | Latin | "to carry", Latin: vectus | invective, inveigh, vector, vehement, vehicle |
| vel- | | Latin | | revelation, velate |
| vell-, vuls- | pull | Latin | , Latin: vulsus | convulsion |
| veloc- | quick | Latin | , Latin: velocis | velocity |
| ven- | | Latin | | intravenous, venosity, venule |
| ven- | | Latin | | antivenomous, veneniferous, venom |
| ven- | hunt | Latin | | venison |
| ven-, vent- | come | Latin | | advent, adventure, avenue, circumvent, contravene, convene, convenient, convention, event, intervene, intervention, invent, prevent, revenue, souvenir, supervene, venue, venture |
| vend- | sell | Latin | | vend, vendor |
| vener- | respectful | Latin | , | venerable, veneration, venereal |
| vent- | | Latin | | ventilation, ventilator |
| ventr- | | Latin | , Latin: ventris | ventral |
| ver- | true | Latin | | aver, veracious, verdict, verify, verisimilar, verisimilitude, verity, very |
| verb- | | Latin | | verbal, verbatim, verbosity |
| verber- | whip | Latin | | reverberation |
| verm- | | Latin | | vermicompost, vermiculite, vermiform, vermin |
| vern- | | Latin | Latin: ver, Latin: vernus | vernal |
| vers-, vert- | turn | Latin | , past participle of | adverse, adversity, advertise, anniversary, avert, controversy, controvert, conversant, conversation, converse, convert, diversify, divert, extrovert, introvert, inverse, invert, perverse, pervert, reverse, revert, subvert, tergiversate, transverse, universe, versatile, verse, version, versus, vertebra, vertex, vertical, vertigo |
| vesic- | bladder | Latin | | vesical |
| vesper- | evening, western | Latin | | vesperal |
| vest- | clothing, garment | Latin | "to clothe", related to "garment" | divest, invest, investiture, transvestite, travesty, vest, vestibule, vestment |
| vestig- | track | Latin | | investigate, vestigial |
| vet- | forbid | Latin | | veto |
| veter- | old | Latin | , | inveterate, veteran |
| vi- | way | Latin | | deviate, obviate, obvious, via |
| vic- | change | Latin | | vicar, vicarious, vice versa, vicissitude |
| vicen-, vigen- | twenty each | Latin | | vicenary |
| vicesim-, vigesim- | twentieth | Latin | Latin: vicesimus | vicesimary, vicesimation, vigesimal |
| vid-, vis- | see | Latin | , Latin: visus | advice, advisable, advise, advisement, advisor, advisory, clairvoyance, clairvoyant, counterview, enviable, envious, envisage, envisagement, envision, envy, evidence, evident, evidential, evidentiality, evidentiary, improvidence, improvident, improvisation, improvisational, improvise, imprudence, imprudent, inadvisable, inevident, interview, interviewee, invidious, invisibility, invisible, nonevidentiary, nonsupervisory, nonvisual, preview, previse, provide, providence, provident, provision, provisional, provisionality, proviso, provisory, prudence, prudent, prudential, purvey, purveyance, purveyor, purview, review, reviewal, revisal, revise, revision, revisionary, revisit, supervise, supervision, supervisor, supervisory, survey, surveyor, surview, survise, videlicet, video, view, vis-à-vis, visa, visage, visibility, visible, vision, visionary, visit, visitation, visor, vista, visual, visuality, voilà, voyeur |
| vigil- | watchful | Latin | , also | invigilate, reveille, surveillance, vigil, vigilance, vigilant, vigilante |
| vil- | cheap | Latin | | revile, vile, vilify |
| vill- | country house | Latin | | villa, village, villain |
| vill- | shaggy hair | Latin | | intervillous, velour, velvet, villiform, villose, villosity, villous, villus |
| vin- | | Latin | | vigneron, vignette, vinaceous, vinaigrette, vine, vineal, vinegar, viniculture, vinosity, vinous |
| vinc-, vict- | conquer | Latin | (past participle) | convict, conviction, convince, evict, evince, invincible, province, vanquish, vanquishment, victor, victorious, victory |
| vind- | to punish, avenge | Latin | | avenge, revanchism, revenge, vendetta, venge, vengeance, vengeful, vindicate, vindictive |
| viol- | violence | Latin | | violation, violence |
| vir- | man | Latin | | decemvir, decemvirate, duumvirate, quadrumvirate, septemvir, septemvirate, triumvir, triumvirate, vigintivirate, virago, virile, virilescence, virility, virilocal, virilocality, virtual, virtuality, virtue, virtuosity, virtuoso, virtuous |
| vir- | green | Latin | | verdure, virid, viridescent, viridian, viridity |
| vir- | poison, venom | Latin | | retroviral, retrovirus, rotavirus, togavirus, viral, virality, viricidal, viricide, virucidal, virucide, virulence, virulent, virus |
| virg- | rod, twig | Latin | | virga, virgate, virgula, virgularian, virgulate, virgule |
| virgin- | maiden | Latin | , | virgin, virginal, virginity, Virgoan |
| visc- | thick | Latin | | viscosity |
| viscer- | internal organ | Latin | , | eviscerate, visceral |
| vit- | | Latin | | vital, vitality, vitamin |
| vitell- | | Latin | Latin: vitellus | vitellogenesis |
| viti- | fault | Latin | | vice, vitiate, vicious, vituperate |
| vitr- | | Latin | | vitreous, vitrification, vitriol |
| viv- | live | Latin | "to live", related to "life" | convivial, revive, survive, viable, victual, vivacious, vivacity, vivid, vivisection |
| voc- | call, voice | Latin | (to call), from "voice" (genitive vocis) | advocacy, advocate, advocation, advocator, advocatory, advoke, advowson, avocation, avouch, avow, avowal, avowry, convocate, convocation, convocator, convoke, disavow, disavowal, equivocal, equivocate, equivocation, evocable, evocation, evocative, evocator, evoke, invocable, invocate, invocation, invocative, invocator, invoke, prevocational, provocate, provocateur, provocation, provocative, provocator, provoke, reavow, reinvoke, revocable, revocation, revoke, vocabulary, vocal, vocation, vocational, vocative, vociferous, voice, vouch, vouchee, voucher, vouchsafe |
| vol- | fly | Latin | | avolation, circumvolant, circumvolation, nonvolatile, volatile, volatility, volitant, volitation |
| vol- | will | Latin | "will" from "to wish" | benevolence, benevolent, involuntary, malevolence, malevolent, omnibenevolence, velleity, volitient, volition, volitional, volitive, voluntary, Voluntaryism, volunteer, voluptuary, voluptuous |
| volv-, volut- | roll | Latin | , | advolution, archivolt, circumvolute, circumvolution, circumvolve, coevolution, coevolutionary, coevolve, convolute, convolution, devolve, evolve, involve, revolve, valve, vault, volte, voluble, volume, voluminous, volva, Volvox, volvulus, voussoir, vulva |
| vom- | discharge | Latin | | vomit, vomition, vomitory, vomitus |
| vor-, vorac- | swallow | Latin | , Latin: vorax | carnivore, carnivorous, devoration, devoré, devour, herbivore, herbivorous, locavore, omnivore, omnivorous, voracious, voracity, voraginous |
| vov-, vot- | vow | Latin | , Latin: votus | devote, devotee, devotion, devotional, devout, devolve, devow, votary, vote, votive, vow |
| vulg- | crowd | Latin | | divulge, vulgarity, vulgate |
| vulner- | | Latin | , | vulnerable |
| vulp- | | Latin | , Latin: vulpis | vulpine | |
