The following are some root words starting with letter ‘C’ and the list of words originated from the roots. Since the words are originated from the same root word they can be easily remembered. We can also guesstimate the meaning of a word if we can find the root word in it.
Root Words Starting With Letter – C
CAD, CAS, CID – happen, fall
- Cadence – rise and fall of sound
- Cascade – small waterfall, a fast downward flow of liquid
CAP, CIP – head
- Decapitate – cut off someone’s head
- Precipitate – rise suddenly
CARN – flesh
- Carnal – physical
- Carnage – mass killings
- Carnival – amusement show
- Carnivorous – flesh-eating or predatory
- Incarnate – embodied in human form
CAP, CAPT, CEPT, CIP – take, hold, seize
- Capacious – spacious
- Captivate – to enchant, seize or capture
- Deception – cheating
CED, CESS – yield, go
- Incessant – ceaseless, uninterrupted
- Recede – go back
CHROM – colour
- Chromatic – related to colour
- Monochrome – single colour
CHRON – time
- Chronology – order of years
- Chronic – long lasting
- Anachronism – an outdated person or thing
CIDE – murder
- Homicide – killing of a human
- Regicide – killing of a king
- Patricide – killing of a parent
CIRCUM – around
- Circumlocution – round about expression, indirect way
- Circumspect – cautious
CLIN, CLIV – slope
- Declivity – a downward slope
- Proclivity – inclination
CLUD, CLUS, CLAUS, CLOIS – shut, close
- Cloister – a secluded, quiet place
- Occult – supernatural
CO, COM, CON – with, together
- Coagulate – to thicken
- Commensurate – of the same size, extent
COGN, GNO – know
- Cognizance – awareness
- Agnostic – one who is skeptical about the existence of God
CONTRA – against
- Controversy – a public dispute
- Incontrovertible – indisputable
CORP – body
- Corpse – body
- Corpulent – bulky
COSMO, COSM – world
- Cosmos – world
- Macrocosm – the entire world, universe
CRAC, CRAT – rule, power
- Democracy – rule by people
- Theocracy – government by a god or by priests
- Autocrat – self rule
- Technocrat – rule by people who have technical intellect
CRED – trust, believe
- Incredible– unbelievable
- Credulous – ready to believe even on uncertain evidence
- Credence – belief
CRESC, CRET – grow
- Crescent – curved
- Crescendo – an increase in the loudness in music
- Accretion – addition, fusion
CULP – blame, fault
- Culpable – liable, punishable
- Inculpate – to accuse of a crime
- exculpate – to discharge from a punishment
CURR, CURS – run
- Current – present
- Concur – to agree to something
- Cursory – superficial
- Precursor – forerunner
- Incursion – invasion
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