International Word Families
Discover shared Latin-based roots across French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. Use these families to predict meaning, recognize patterns, and accelerate vocabulary learning across Romance languages.
Root families
act, do
shape, form
inform
communicate
express
explain
discuss
decide
think
know, cognition
memory
imagine
attention
observe
compare
create
produce
build
organize
prepare
manufacture
project
structure
transform
develop
educate
instruct
study
analyze
method
system
grammar
logic
theory
practice
nation
people, population
society
community, common
public
politics
govern
administration
justice
legal
person
identity
human
nature
culture
moral
normal
special
general
central
local
region
direction, direct
position
relation
connect
transition
circulation
transport
distance
science
technique
electricity
energy
physics
biology
medicine
digital
computing
automatic
economy
trade
industry
profession
work
salary
credit
finance
cost
value
possible
probable
visible
important
different