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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).
fero | mitto | pono | premo | scribo | volvo | |
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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 |
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