- List of English words from Latin verb forms
A very large number of English words are derived from Latin
verb s in one way or another. Many of these are derived directly from the stem of the Latin verb, such as English "evoke" from Latin "ēvoc-ō" 'call out'. Others are derived from the stem of thesupine form of the Latin verb, such as English "collect" from Latin "colligō" 'gather', whose supine was "collēct-um". In other cases, English words are derived from the stem of the French reflex of a Latin word, such as "conceive" fromOld French "concevoir", from Latin "concipiō".In comparatively few cases, however, is an English word derived directly from an inflected form of a Latin verb. What follows is a list of English words that are borrowed from Latin
finite verb forms andinfinitive forms without having significantly changed their form in English. Latin verbs are also given in their citation form, which in Latin is ordinarily the first-person singularpresent tense in theindicative mood andactive voice .*
affidavit : Latin "affidāvit" 'he has pledged', third-person singular perfect tense of "affidō"
* : Latin "audiō" 'I hear', first-person singular
*caret : Latin "caret" 'it is missing', third-person singular of "careō"
*certiorari : short for Latin "certiōrārī volūmus" 'we wish to be informed'; "certiōrārī" 'to be informed' is the passive infinitive of "certiōrō"
* : Latin "caveat" 'let him beware', third-person singular subjunctive of "caveō"
* : Latin "crēdō" 'I believe', first-person singular
* : Latin "dēficit" 'it is lacking', third-person singular of "dēficiō"
* : Latin "exit" 'he or she goes out', third-person singular of "exeō"
* : Latin "fiat" 'let it come to be', third-person singular subjunctive of "fīō"
*habitat : Latin "habitat" 'it inhabits', third-person singular of "habitō"
* : Latin "ignōrāmus" 'we do not know', first-person plural of "ignōrō"
* : Latin "imprimātur" 'let it be imprinted', third-person singular passive subjunctive of "imprimō"
* : Latin "interest" 'it is of importance',impersonal verb
*lavabo : Latin "lavābō" 'I will wash', first-person singularfuture tense of "lavō"
*placebo : Latin "placēbō" 'I will please', first-person singular future tense of "placeō"
*posse : short for Latin "posse comitātūs" 'power of the county'; "posse" is the infinitive of "possum" 'be able' with themedieval Latin meaning 'power'
* : Latin "prōsit" 'let it be helpful', third-person singular subjunctive of "prōsum"
* : Latin "mementō" 'remember', imperative of "meminī"
*non sequitur : Latin "nōn sequitur" 'it does not follow'; "sequitur" 'it follows' is the third-person singular of "sequor"
*recipe : Latin "recipe" 'take', imperative of "recipiō"
* : Latin "scīlicet", short for "scīre licet" 'it may be known'; "licet" is an impersonal verb meaning "it is permitted"
*stet : Latin "stet" 'let it stand', third-person singular subjunctive of "stō"
* : Latin "tenet" 'he holds', third-person singular of "teneō"
*veto : Latin "vetō" 'I forbid', first-person singular
* videlicet: Latin "vidēlicet", short for "vidēre licet" 'it may be seen'; "licet" is an impersonal verb meaning "it is permitted"
* : Latin "videō" 'I see', 'first-person singular'The English word "
gazebo " is not derived from a real Latin verb, but is conjectured by some sources to have been created by adding a Latin first-person future-tense ending to the English word "gaze".ee also
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Latin conjugation
*List of Latin phrases References
Sadler, J.D. (1970) "Derivatives from by-forms". "The Classical Journal" 65.5 214–215.
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