Compound verbs in English consisting of Latin prefix and Latin verb

Compound verbs in English consisting of Latin prefix and Latin verb

Some compound verbs in English consist of a Latin prefix and a Latin verb.

Table of contents
1 Boundary
2 Spelling

2.1 Latin verbs:
2.2 Latin prefixes:
2.3 Some examples
2.4 See also:

The boundary between the prefix and verb is mostly unclear to English speakers unfamiliar with linguistics and Latin. For example, for a long time, "descend" (de- + scend) was thought to be made of des- and cend, hence it was also spelled dis- and dys-.

Spelling

Due to assimilation[?], the roots of some of the English verbs listed here are difficult to recognize. For example, ad- + ludo ("play") results in allude rather than *adlude. On the other hand, once a learner knows the rule they are less likely to make spelling mistakes: That the word aggressive is spelt with gg is due to the fact that it derives from ad + gredior, with -dg-, as it is more difficult to pronounce, having been turned into the easier -gg- (so that *agressive must be considered wrong).

Latin verbs:

ago, egi, actus "do", "move"
cedo, cessi, cessurus "go"
cludo (claudo), clusi, clusus "close"
duco, duxi, ductus "pull", "lead"
facio, feci, factus "make", "do"
fero, ferre, tuli, latus "carry"
gradior (gredior) gressus "go", "pace"
iacio, ieci, iectus "throw"
ludo, lusi, lusus "play"
mergo, mersi, mersus "dip (in)", "sink"
mitto, misi, missus "send"
pono, posui, positus "put"
premo, pressi, pressus "press"
rumpo, rupi, ruptus "break"
scribo, scripsi, scriptum "write"
volvo, volvi, volutus "roll"

Latin prefixes:

a(b)- "from"
ad- "towards", "in the direction of"
con- "together", "with"
de- "away from"
e(x)- "out of"
in- "in", "into"
inter- "between"
iuxta- "near", "close to"
ob- "towards"
prae- "before"
pro- "onward", "forward", "in favour of"
re- "again"
se- "away from"
sub- "beneath", "under"
trans- "beyond"

Some examples

fero mitto pono premo scribo volvo
a(b)- --- --- --- --- --- ---
ad- --- admit
admission[?] --- --- ascribe ---
con- confer
conference[?] commit
commission compose
composition compress
compression conscribe
conscription convoluted
de- defer
deference --- depose
deposition depress
depression describe
description devolve
devolution
e(x)- --- emit
emission expose
exposition[?] express
expression --- evolve
evolution
in- infer
inference[?] --- impose impress
impression[?] inscribe
inscription[?] involve
involvement
inter- interfere
interference intermittent --- --- --- ---
iuxta- --- --- juxtapose
juxtaposition --- --- ---
ob- offer omit
omission[?] oppose
opposition[?] oppress
oppression --- ---
prae- prefer
preference --- --- --- prescribe
prescription ---
pro- --- --- propose
proposal[?] --- proscription[?] ---
re- refer
relate remit
remission[?] repose repress
repression --- revolve
revolver, revolution
se- --- --- --- --- --- ---
sub- suffer submit
submission suppose
supposition suppress
suppression subscribe
subscription[?] ---
trans- transfer
translate transmit
transmission transpose --- transcribe
transcription ---

	fero	mitto	pono	premo	scribo	volvo
a(b)-	---	---	---	---	---	---
ad-	---	admit admission[?]	---	---	ascribe	---
con-	confer conference[?]	commit commission	compose composition	compress compression	conscribe conscription	convoluted
de-	defer deference	---	depose deposition	depress depression	describe description	devolve devolution
e(x)-	---	emit emission	expose exposition[?]	express expression	---	evolve evolution
in-	infer inference[?]	---	impose	impress impression[?]	inscribe inscription[?]	involve involvement
inter-	interfere interference	intermittent	---	---	---	---
iuxta-	---	---	juxtapose juxtaposition	---	---	---
ob-	offer	omit omission[?]	oppose opposition[?]	oppress oppression	---	---
prae-	prefer preference	---	---	---	prescribe prescription	---
pro-	---	---	propose proposal[?]	---	proscription[?]	---
re-	refer relate	remit remission[?]	repose	repress repression	---	revolve revolver, revolution
se-	---	---	---	---	---	---
sub-	suffer	submit submission	suppose supposition	suppress suppression	subscribe subscription[?]	---
trans-	transfer translate	transmit transmission	transpose	---	transcribe transcription	---