Pon-o (posit-um), I place.—Post, something placed, and hence the place in which it stands; position, state of being placed, hence place; composition, a placing together; opposition, a placing in the way of; proposition, a placing before.
Port-o, I carry.—Porter, one who carries; export, to carry out of a country; import, to carry into a country; report, to carry back, to repeat; report, what is carried back or repeated; reporter; support, to bear up from under; transport, to carry across; transportation.
Prem-o (press-um), I press.—Press; compress, to press together; compression, the act of pressing together; depress, to press down; express, to press out, hence to utter or say; impress’, to press into (as of a seal); im’press, the mark left by anything impressed; repress, to press back; suppress, to press under.
Rect-us, right.—Rectify, to make right; rectitude, state of being right; correct, to put right; corrector; correction, a putting right.
Reg-o (rect-um), I rule.—Regal, pertaining to a king or ruler; rector, one who rules (in the church); rectory, the house in which the rector lives.
Rump-o (rupt-um), I break.—Abrupt, broken off; rupture, a breaking; corrupt, to break thoroughly, to break in pieces; corrupt (adj.) broken in pieces; corruptible, that which may be corrupted; irruption, a breaking into; eruption, a breaking out; disruption, a breaking asunder.
Scrib-o (script-um), I write.—Scribe, one who writes; describe, to write down; inscribe, to write upon; inscription; subscribe, to write under; subscription; scripture, that which is written.
Sed-eo (sess-um), I sit.—Sedentary, in the habit of sitting; preside, to sit before others, hence to be in authority; assiduous, sitting close to (work); subside, to sit under, hence to settle; session, a sitting.
Serv-o (servat-um), I keep.—Conserve, to keep together; conservatory, a place for keeping things together; observe, to keep in the way of (the eyes), hence to keep in view; observatory, a place for observing (the stars); reserve, to keep back; reserve, what is kept back.
Spec-io (spect-um), I look.—Aspect, look; spectator, one who looks at; speculum, a looking-glass; suspicion, a looking under.