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Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples vac- empty Latin 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 , 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", invective, inveigh, vector, vehement, vehicle vel- veil Latin revelation, velate vell-, vuls- pull Latin , convulsion veloc- quick Latin , velocity ven- vein Latin intravenous, venosity, venule ven- poison 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- wind Latin ventilation, ventilator ventr- belly Latin , ventral ver- true Latin aver, veracious, verdict, verify, verisimilar, verisimilitude, verity, very verb- word Latin verbal, verbatim, verbosity verber- whip Latin reverberation verm- worm Latin vermicompost, vermiculite, vermiform, vermin vern- spring Latin , 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 vicesimary, vicesimation, vigesimal vid-, vis- see Latin , 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- wine 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- life Latin vital, vitality, vitamin vitell- yolk Latin vitellogenesis viti- fault Latin vice, vitiate, vicious, vituperate vitr- glass Latin vitreous, vitrification, vitriol, virtine 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 , carnivore, carnivorous, devoration, devoré, devour, herbivore, herbivorous, locavore, omnivore, omnivorous, voracious, voracity, voraginous vov-, vot- vow Latin , devote, devotee, devotion, devotional, devout, devolve, devow, votary, vote, votive, vow vulg- crowd Latin divulge, vulgarity, vulgate vulner- wound Latin , vulnerable vulp- fox Latin , vulpine References