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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.
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-.
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).
- 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"
- 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"
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