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| pacisci | agreement |  | pact- | pacisci “to covenant, to agree, make a treaty” | pact |
| paene | almost |  | pen- | paene | peninsula, penultimate, penumbra |
| pagina | page |  | pagin- | pagina | pagination |
| pallere | be pale |  | pall- | pallere | pallid, pallor |
| palliare | cloak |  | palli- | palliare “to cover, cloak”, from pallium “cloak” | pall, palliate, palliative, pallium |
| palma | palm |  | palm- | palma | palmate |
| palpare | touch |  | palp- | palpare | palp, palpable, palpate, palpation, palpitant, palpitation |
| paluster | in marshes |  | palustr- | paluster | palustral |
| palus | stake |  | pal- | palus | impale, impalement, pale, palisade, pole, travail, travel |
| pandere | spread |  | pand-, pans- | pandere, pansus/passus | compass, dispand, dispansion, encompass, encompassment, expand, expanse, expansion, expansive, expansivity, impassable, impasse, pace, pandiculate, pandiculation, passus, repand, spawn, subrepand |
| pangere | fasten |  | pact- | pangere “to fix, fasten” | compact, impact, impaction, impinge, page, propagate |
| parare | order, prepare, provide, procure |  | par- | parare | apparat, apparatus, co-emperor, comprador, disparate, disrepair, dissever, disseverance, emperor, empery, empire, empress, imperant, imperative, imperator, imperious, inseparable, irreparable, parade, pare, parison, parry, parure, preparation, preparative, preparatory, prepare, repair, reparable, reparation, reparative, separability, separable, separate, separation, separative, separator, separatory, separatrix, sever, severability, severable, several, severance, vituperate |
| parcere | spare, save |  | parc-, pars- | parcere, parsus | parcity, parsimonious, parsimony |
| paries | wall |  | pariet- | paries, parietis | parietal |
| pars | part |  | part- | pars, partis | apart, bipartite, compartment, depart, impartial, parcel, part, partial, participate, particle, partisan, partition |
| parvus | little |  | parv- | parvus | parvovirus, parvorder |
| par | equal |  | par- | par | compare, disparage, par, parity, peer, subpar |
| passer | sparrow |  | passer- | passer | passeriform, passerine |
| passus | pace, step |  | pass- | passus | |
| patere | be open |  | pat- | patere | impatent, patefaction, patella, patellar, patelliform, paten, patency, patent, patera, patin |
| pater | father |  | pater-, patr- | pater (genitive patris) | compadre, compaternity, compère, impetrate, impetration, impetrative, impetrator, Jupiter, padre, padrone, paterfamilias, paternal, paternity, paternoster, patriate, patriation, Patricia, patrician, patriciate, patricidal, patricide, Patrick, patriclinous, patricliny, patrifocal, patrilateral, patrilineage, patrilineal, patrilineality, patrilinear, patrilocal, patrilocality, patrimonial, patrimony, patron, patronage, patronal, patronate, patroness, patroon, patter, pattern, père, perpetrable, perpetrate, perpetration, perpetrator, repatriate, repatriation |
| pati | suffer, feel, endure, permit |  | pati-, pass- | pati, passus | compassion, compassionate, compatibility, compatible, dispassion, dispassionate, impassible, impassion, impassive, impassivity, impatible, impatience, impatient, incompatibility, incompatible, interpatient, noncompatible, nonpassible, passibility, passible, passion, passional, passionary, passionate, passive, passivity, patible, patience, patient, patientive, perpession |
| paucus | few |  | pauc- | paucus | paucal, pauciloquent, paucity |
| pavire | beat |  | pav- | pavire | pavage, pave, pavement, pavior |
| pax | peace |  | pac- | pax, pacis | appease, Pacific, pacifism, pacifist, pacify |
| peccatum | sin |  | pecc- | peccatum “sin, fault, error”, from peccare “to miss, mistake” | impeccable, peccadillo, peccant, peccavi |
| pectus | chest |  | pector- | pectus, pectoris | pectoral |
| pecunia | property |  | pecu- | pecunia “property”, from pecu “cattle” | peculiar, pecuniary, pecunious |
| pejor | worse |  | pejor- | pejor | pejorative |
| pellere | drive, push |  | pell-, puls- | pellere, pulsus | appulse, compel, compulsory, dispel, expel, expulsion, impel, impulse, propel, propellent, propulsion, propulsive, propulsor, pulsate, pulse, push, repel, repellent, repulsive |
| penna | feather |  | penn-, pinn- | penna, pinna | pennate, pinnacle, pinnate, pinnule |
| pensare | hang |  | pend-, pens- | pensare, frequentative of pendere | append, penchant, pendant, pending, pendulum, pensive, prepense, suspend, suspense |
| per | thoroughly, through |  | per-, pel- | per | pellucid, perfection, permeate, pernicious, persistence, peruse, pervade |
| pessimus | worst |  | pessim- | pessimus | pessimal |
| pes | foot |  | ped- | pes, pedis | biped, bipedal, centipedal, centipede, decempedal, expediency, expedient, expeditate, expedite, expedition, expeditionary, expeditious, impeach, impeachable, impeachment, impede, impediment, impedition, impeditive, inexpedient, interpetiolar, intrapetiolar, millipede, multiped, multipede, octopede, oppidum, pawn, pedal, pedate, pedatifid, pedestal, pedestrian, pedicel, pedicle, pedicure, pediform, pedigerous, pedigree, peduncle, pedunculate, peon, peonage, petiolar, petiolate, petiole, petiolular, petiolulate, petiolule, piedfort, piedmont, pioneer, quadruped, quadrupedal, repedation, revamp, semiped, semipedal, sesquipedal, stapes, stapedius, subpetiolate, suppedaneum, tripedal, trivet, vamp, velocipede |
| petere | strive toward |  | pet- | petere | appetite, compete, competition, impetus, petition, petulant, propitiate, repeat, repetition |
| pila | pillar, ball |  | pil- | pila | pile, pill, pillar, pillory |
| pilus | hair |  | pil- | pilus | depilatory, epilator |
| pingere | paint |  | ping-, pict- | pingere, pictus | depiction, picture, pigment |
| pinguis | fat |  | pingu- | pinguis | Pinguicula, pinguitude |
| pinus | pine |  | pin- | pinus | pineal gland |
| pirus | pear |  | pir- | pirus | piriformis muscle |
| piscis | fish |  | pisc- | piscis | Pisces, piscivore |
| pius | kind, devout, pity |  | pi- | pius | expiate, impious, piety, pious, pity |
| pix | pitch |  | pic- | pix, picis | piceous |
| placare | calm |  | plac- | placare, placatus | implacable, placable, placate, please, supple |
| placēre | please |  | plac-, plea- | placēre, placitus | complacent, complaisant, displease, placebo, placid, plea, please, pleasure |
| plangere | strike, beat; lament, mourn |  | plang-, planct- | plangere, planctus | plangent |
| plaudere | approve, clap |  | plaud-, -plod-, plaus-, -plos- | plaudere, plausus | applaud, applause, explode, explosion, implode, plaudits, plausible |
| plebs | people |  | pleb- | plebs, plebis | plebeian, plebs |
| plectere | plait |  | plect-, plex- | plectere, plexus | perplex |
| plenus | full |  | plen- | plenus | plenary, plenitude, plenty, replenish |
| plere | fill |  | ple-, plet- | plere | complement, complete, deplete, implement, replete, suppletion, supply |
| plicare | fold |  | plic- | plicare, plicatus | appliance, applicability, applicable, applicant, applicate, application, applicative, applicator, applicatory, appliqué, apply, centuplicate, centuplication, complicacy, complicant, complicate, complication, complice, complicity, conduplicate, conduplication, duplication, explicate, explicit, implicate, implicit, imply, plait, pleat, pliable, pliant, plight, ply, replica, replicate, replication, replicative, replicator, reply, splay, subduplicate, supplicant, supplicate, supplication, triplicate, triplicity |
| plorare | cry out, complain |  | plor- | plorare | deplorable, deploration, deplore, exploration, exploratory, explore, imploration, imploratory, implore |
| pluere | rain |  | plu- | pluere, see also pluvia | pluvial |
| pluma | feather | | plum- | pluma | plumage, plumate |
| plumbum | lead |  | plumb- | plumbum | plumber |
| plurimus | most |  | plurim- | plurimus | plurimal |
| plus | more |  | plur-, plus- | plus, pluris | double, plural, pluralist, plus, quadruple, surplus, triple |
| plānus | flat |  | plan- | plānus | applanate, applanation, aquaplane, complanar, complanate, coplanar, coplanarity, deplanate, deplane, emplane, esplanade, explain, explanation, explanatory, peneplain, pianissimo, piano, pianoforte, plain, plaintext, plan, planar, planarian, planary, planate, planation, plane, planification, planiform, planish, planula, planular, planulate |
| pollen | fine flour |  | pollin- | pollen, pollinis | pollination |
| pollex | thumb |  | pollic- | pollex, pollicis | pollicate |
| pondus | weight |  | ponder- | pondus, ponderis, ponderare | ponder, preponderance |
| ponere | put |  | pon-, posit- | ponere, positus | apposite, apropos, component, depose, deposit, exponent, expose, expound, impose, impound, opponent, position, positive, postpone, posture, propone, proponent, proposition, propound, repose |
| pons | bridge |  | pont- | pons, pontis | pontoon |
| populus | people | | popul- | populus, populare | population, popular, populous |
| porcus | pig |  | porc- | porcus | porcine, pork |
| portare | carry |  | port- | portare “to carry”, porta “gate” | comportment, deport, export, import, port, portable, portage, portal, porter, portfolio, purport, rapport, report, support, transport |
| portio | part, share | | portion- | portio | portion, proportion |
| post | after, behind |  | post- | post | posterior, posterity, postscript |
| potere | power |  | pot- | potere “be powerful”, from potis “powerful, able” | despot, impotent, possess, potent, potentate, potential, power |
| potus | drink |  | pot- | potus, potare | potable, potion |
| praedari | prey |  | pred- | praedari “plunder”, from praeda “prey” | depredate, predation, predator, predatory, prey |
| praeter | past |  | preter- | praeter | preterite, pretermission |
| prae | before |  | pre- | prae | previous |
| pratum | meadow |  | prat- | pratum | |
| pravus | crooked |  | prav- | pravus | depravity |
| precāri | pray |  | prec- | precāri “to ask, beg, pray”, from prex “prayer” | deprecation, imprecation, pray, prayer, precarious |
| prehendere | grasp |  | prehend-, prend-, prehens- | prehendere, prehensus | apprehend, comprehend, comprehensive, enterprise, prehensility, prehension, prey, prison, prize, reprehend, surprise |
| premere | press |  | prem-, -prim-, press- | premere, pressus | compress, compression, compressor, depress, depression, depressive, espresso, express, expression, expressive, impress, impression, impressive, imprimatur, imprint, oppress, oppression, oppressive, oppressor, press, pressure, print, repress, repression, repressive, reprimand, suppress, suppression, suppressor |
| pretium | price |  | preti- | pretium, pretiare | |
| primus | first |  | prim- | primus | coprime, nonprime, prima facie, primacy, primal, primality, primary, primate, prime, primer, primeval, primine, primitive, primogeniture, primordial, primrose, Primula, semiprime, subprimal, subprime |
| prior | former |  | prior- | prior | prior, priority, priory, pristine, repristinate, subprior |
| privus | own |  | priv- | privus, privare, privatus | deprivation, deprive, privacy, private, privateer, privation, privative, privilege, privity, privy, semiprivate |
| probare | worthy, good |  | prob- | probare “prove to be worthy”, probus | approbation, approve, disapprobation, opprobrium, probable, probation, probe, probity, proof, prove, reprobate, reprove |
| prodigium | prodigy |  | prodig- | prodigium “prodigy” | prodigious, prodigy |
| prodigus | waste |  | prodig- | prodigus “wasteful”, from prodigere “drive away, waste” | prodigal, prodigality |
| proprietas | property; one's own | | propri- | proprietas “appropriateness, property, ownership”, from proprius “one's own” | appropriate, proper, property, proprietary, proprietor, propriety |
| proximus | nearest |  | proxim- | proximus, proximare | approximate, proximity |
| pro | for, forward |  | pro- | pro | procrastinate, propel, propulsion |
| prunus | plum |  | prun- | prunus | prune |
| pubes | sexually mature |  | pub- | pubes, puberis | pubescent, pubic |
| publicus | public |  | public- | publicus | publication, publicity |
| pudere | shame |  | pude- | pudere | impudent, pudendum, repudiate |
| pugnare | fight |  | pug-, pugn- | pugnare “to fight”, from pugnus “fist” | impugn, pugilism, pugnacious, repugnant |
| pulcher | beautiful |  | pulchr- | pulcher, pulchri | pulchritude |
| pulmo | lung |  | pulmon- | pulmo, pulmonis | pulmonary |
| pulvis | dust |  | pulver- | pulvis, pulveris | pulverize |
| pungere | prick |  | pung-, punct- | pungere, punctus | acupuncture, expunge, poignant, point, punch, punctual, punctuation, puncture, pungent |
| punire | punish |  | pen-, poen-, puni- | punire “punish” (earlier poenire), from poena “punishment” | impune, impunity, pain, penal, penalize, penalty, penance, penitence, penitent, penitentiary, pine, punish, punitive, repent, subpoena |
| pupa | doll |  | pup- | pupa | pupa, pupate, puppet |
| purare | pure |  | pur- | purare “to purify”, from purus “pure” | impurity, pure, puree, purge, purify, purity |
| purgare | cleanse |  | purg- | purgare | expurgate, purgatory, purge |
| purpura | purple |  | purpur- | purpura | purpurate, purpureal |
| putāre | prune, reckon |  | put- | putāre | amputation, compute, dispute, impute, putative, reputation |
| pānis | bread |  | pan- | pānis | accompaniment, accompany, appanage, companion, company, empanada, impanate, impanation, panelle, panetela, panetella, panettone, panivorous, pannier, pantry |
| pāscere | feed |  | pasc-, past- | pāscere, pāstus | antepast, antipasto, pabulum, pastel, pastern, pastiglia, pastille, pastor, pastorage, pastoral, pastorale, pastorate, pastorium, pasturable, pasturage, pastural, pasture, repast, repasture |
