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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