Ab (ā before consonants)

pessimus/a/um = worst, very bad (superlative of malus/a/um)

[pessimal, pessimism, pessimist, pessimistic, pessimistically, pessimize, pessimum, philosophical pessimism, therapeutic pessimism]

pestilentia, pestilentiae F. = plague, disease [pest, pester, pesticide, pestiferous, pestilence, pestilent, pestilential]

petō, petere, petīvī, petitus/a/um = to seek, search, pursue, make for; ask (ab + ablative of person) [appetence, appetent, appetently, appetite, appetitive, appetize, appetizer, appetizingly, compete, competence, competent, competently, competentness, competition, competitive, competitively, competitiveness, competitor, impetuous, impetuousity, impetuously, impetus, incompetence, incompetent, incompetently, in perpetuum = “Forever, in perpetuity”; perpetual, perpetually, perpetualness, perpetuate, perpetuation, perpetuator, perpetuity, petition, petitioner, petulance, petulant, petulantly, propitiable, propitiate, propitiative, propitiator, propitiatory, propitious, propitiousness, repeat, repeatedly, repeatedness, repeater, repetend, repetition]

philosophia, philosophiae F. = philosophy [from Greek – “love of wisdom”: ]

pietās, pietātis F. = piety, faithfulness to country and the gods [piety, pious, impious, impiety]

pila, -ae, F. = ball [pill, pillar, pilaster, pilular, pilule, pier?]

pinguis, pinguis, pingue = fat, rich; fertile

pirum, pirī N = pear [pear, pear-shaped]

piscīna, piscīnae F. = fishpond [piscary, piscation, piscatology, piscator, piscatorial, piscatory, Piscean, Pisces, piscicapturist, piscicide, piscicole, piscicolous, pisciculture, piscicultural, pisciculturist, piscifauna, pisciform, piscina, piscinal, piscine, piscinity, piscis (s), pisces (pl), Piscis Austrinus, piscitarian, piscivorous, piscivore, piscivory]

pīstrīnum, pīstrīnī N. = bakery

pius, pia, pium = pious, faithful [piety, pious, impious, impiety]

placeō, placēre, placuī, placitus/a/um + DATIVE + infinitive = to please usually impersonal: placet, placēre, placuit + DATIVE + infinitive = it pleases  to decide mihi placet = it pleases me or I decide [complacence, complacent, complaisant, implacable, placate, placebo, placid, placidity, placoid, plea, plead, pleasance, pleasurable, pleasure, quantum placet, q.p.]

placidus, placida, placidum = gentle, peaceful [complacence, complacent, complaisant, implacable, placate, placebo, placid, placidity, placoid, plea, plead, pleasance, pleasurable, pleasure, quantum placet, q.p.] placidē = gently, peacefully

plaustrum, plaustrī, N. = wagon, cart

plausus, plausūs M = applause [applaud, applaudable, applaudably, applauder, applauding, applause, applausive, applausively, biological plausibility, complose, displode, disploding, disploded, displosion, explode, explodent, exploder, exploding, explosible, explosion, explosive, explosiveness, implausible, implausibleness, implausibly, implode, imploding, implodent, implosion, implosive, implosively, inexplosive, plaudit, plaudits, plaudite, plauditory, plausibility, plausible, plausibleness, plausibleness, plausibly, plausive, supplode, unexploded, unplausible, unplausibly, unplausive]

plēnus, plēna, plēnum = full, full of (+ genitive or ablative) [accomplish, accomplishment, complement, complemental, complementary, complete, completeness, completion, compliment, comply, deplete, depletion, expletive, implement, implementation, plenary, plenipotentiary, plenitude, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, plenum, plethora, plethory, replenish, replenishment, replete, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, supplementation, supply]

plērīque, plēraeque, plēraque = several [accomplish, accomplishment, complement, complemental, complementary, complete, completeness, completion, compliment, comply, deplete, depletion, expletive, implement, implementation, plenary, plenipotentiary, plenitude, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, plenum, plethora, plethory, replenish, replenishment, replete, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, supplementation, supply]

plicō, plicāre, plicāvī, plicātus/a/um = to fold [accomplice, applicable, apply, complaint, complex, complexity, compliance, complicate, complicity, comply, deploy, duplex, duplicate, duplicity, explicable, explicate, explicit, exploit, implicate, implicit, imply, inexplicable, multiple, multiplex, multiplication, multiplicity, perplex, perplexity, pliable, pliancy, plicate, pliers, ply, quadruple, replica, replicate, reply, sextuple, simple, simplex, simplicity, supple, suppliant, supplication, triple, triplicate]

plūrimus/a/um = most, very many Adverb: plūrimum = most, very many, quite a lot [plural, pluralism, pluralist, plurality, pluralization, pluralize, plurannual, plurifarious, pluriflorous, plurifoliate, plurilocular, pluripara, pluriparous, pluripotent, pluriresistent, plurisegmental, plurivorous, plus, Plus! Ultra!, pluses, surplus, surplusage]

plūs, plūris = more Adverb: plūs = more [plural, pluralism, pluralist, plurality, pluralization, pluralize, plurannual, plurifarious, pluriflorous, plurifoliate, plurilocular, pluripara, pluriparous, pluripotent, pluriresistent, plurisegmental, plurivorous, plus, Plus! Ultra!, pluses, surplus, surplusage]

poculum, poculī N = cup, goblet [potable]

poena, poenae F. = punishment, penalty poenās dare = to pay the penalty, be punished [counterpunch, impunity, Nemo debet bis puniri pro uno delicto = “No one ought to be punished twice for one offense.” , pain, painful, painfully, painless, painlessly, painlessness, painstaking, penal, penalization, penalize, penally, penalty, penance, penitence, penitent, penitential, penitentiary, penologically, penologist, penology, poenology, pententially, pine (verb), punish, punishable, punishably, punisher, punishment, punitive, punitively, punitory, repent, repentance, repentant, repentantly, repentingly, repine, repiner, repiningly]

pollex, pollicis M = thumb [No obvious derivatives, but probably related to the Latin word for to promise – polliceor, pollicērī, pollicitus sum = to promise]

polliceor, pollicērī, pollicitus sum = to promise [No obvious derivatives, but probably related to the Latin word for thumb – pollex, pollicis M = thumb]

pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus/a/um = to put, place [appose, apposite, appositely, appositeness, apposition, appositive, apropos, compone, component, compose, composite, composition, compost, composure, compound, compounder, contraposition, counterpose, decompose, decomposite, decomposition, decompound, decompress, depone, deponent, depose, deposit, deposition, depository, depositary, depot, dextroposition, dispose, disposition, electrodeposit, exponent, exponential, exponentially, expose, exposition, expository, expound, expounder, impose, imposition, impost, impostor, imposter, imposture, impound, impounder, indispose, indisposition, interpose, interposition, juxtapose, juxtaposed, juxtaposit, juxtaposition, opponent, oppose, opposite, opposition, pose, posit, position, positive, positively, positiveness, positivism, positivist, post, postage, postal, poster, postilion, postmaster, postoffice, postpone, postponement, postponer, postposition, postpositive, posture, posturer, predispose, predisposition, prepose, preposition, prepositional, prepositionally, propone, proponent, proposal, propose, proposition, propound, propounder, provost, purpose, purposely, repose, reposition, repository, superimpose, superpose, superposition, suppose, supposition, suppositional, supposititious, suppository, transpose, transposition, transpositive]

popīna, popīnae F. = eating-house, bar

populus, populī M = people [ad populum = “To the people.”, argumentum ad populum = An argument appealing to the interests of the populace., aura popularis = “The popular breeze.”, depopulate, depopulating, depopulated, depopulation, depopulator, overpopulate, overpopulation, people, populace, populacy, popular, populares, popularism, popularist, popularity, popularization, popularisation, popularize, popularization, popularized, popularizer, popularly, populate, populated, populating, population, populations, population, populator, populism, populous, populously, populousness, repopulate, repopulation, S.P.Q.R.; Senatus Populusque Romanus = “The Roman Senate and People.”, subpopulation, underpopulated, unpopular, unpopularity, unpopulated, vox populi; vox pop.]

porcus, porcī M= pig [porcine, porcupine, pork, porker, porky, porpoise, porchetta]

porta, portae F = gate [importunate, importunately, importunateness, importune, importuner, importunity, inopportune, inopportunely, opportune, opportunely, opportunism, opportunist, opportunity, portcullis, porte-cochere, hall porter, opportune, opportunity, passport, porch, port, portal, porthole, portico, portside, Portugal, seaport]

portō, portāre, portāvī, portātus/a/um = to carry [apport, apportable, asport, asportation, colportage, colporteur, comport, comportable, comportment, deport, deportable, deportation, deportee, deportment, disport, disportive, disportively, export, exportation, exporter, import, importance, important, importantly, importation, importer, insupportable, insupportableness, insupportably, portability, portable, portableness, portage, portamento, porter, portfolio, portly, portmanteau, port-monnaie, purport, rapport, report, reporter, reportorial, reportorially, sport, sports, sportive, sportively, support, supportable, supportably, supporter, teleport, teleportation, transport, transportability, transportable, transportation, transporter]

portus, portūs M = port, harbor [porter, opportune, opportunity, passport, porch, port, portal, porthole, portico, portside, Portugal, seaport]

poscō, poscere, poposcī, ---------- = to demand, ask for [expostulate, expostulation, expostulator, expostulatory, postulate, postulation]

possideō, possidēre, possēdī, possessus/a/um = to possess [armipotent, astripotence, auripotence, bellipotent, biopotency, compossible, cunctipotent, deipotent, divinipotence, equi-omnipotent, equipotent, funipotent, granulopotent, idempotent, ignipotent, immunopotence, impossible, impotence, linguipotence, magnipotent, multipotential, nilpotency, noctipotence, omnipotence, omnipotent, parvipotent, pennipotent, plenipotence, plenipotentiary, pluripotent, Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, possess, possession, possible, possibility, potency, potent, potential, potentate, potestate, prepossess, prepossession, prepotent, salsipotent, sapientipotence, solipotent, subpotent, superpotent, totipotence, unipotence, ventripotent, viripotency]

possum, posse, potuī, --- = to be able, can (+ complementary infinitive) [armipotent, astripotence, auripotence, bellipotent, biopotency, compossible, cunctipotent, deipotent, divinipotence, equi-omnipotent, equipotent, funipotent, granulopotent, idempotent, ignipotent, immunopotence, impossible, impotence, linguipotence, magnipotent, multipotential, nilpotency, noctipotence, omnipotence, omnipotent, parvipotent, pennipotent, plenipotence, plenipotentiary, pluripotent, Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, possess, possession, possible, possibility, potency, potent, potential, potentate, potestate, prepossess, prepossession, prepotent, salsipotent, sapientipotence, solipotent, subpotent, superpotent, totipotence, unipotence, ventripotent, viripotency]

post = after (preposition + accusative) [anything with post: anteroposterior, dorsoposterior, postbellum, postcibal, postclassical, postconnubial, postscript (post scriptum); P.S. postdate, post diem, postdiluvian, postdoctoral, posterior, posterity, postfebrile, postfix, postglacial, postgraduate, Post hoc, posthumous, posthypnosis, postilion, postlude, postmeridian (P.M.), postmeridiem, postmillennial, post mortem, postnatal, postnuptial, postobit, post obitum, postorbital, post partum, postparturitional, postpneumonia, postpone, postponement, postpositive, post postscriptum; PPS, postprandial, post scriptum; PS, preposterous]

posteā = afterward [anything with post: anteroposterior, dorsoposterior, postbellum, postcibal, postclassical, postconnubial, postscript (post scriptum); P.S. postdate, post diem, postdiluvian, postdoctoral, posterior, posterity, postfebrile, postfix, postglacial, postgraduate, Post hoc, posthumous, posthypnosis, postilion, postlude, postmeridian (P.M.), postmeridiem, postmillennial, post mortem, postnatal, postnuptial, postobit, post obitum, postorbital, post partum, postparturitional, postpneumonia, postpone, postponement, postpositive, post postscriptum; PPS, postprandial, post scriptum; PS, preposterous]

posthāc = after this, hereafter [anything with post: anteroposterior, dorsoposterior, postbellum, postcibal, postclassical, postconnubial, postscript (post scriptum); P.S. postdate, post diem, postdiluvian, postdoctoral, posterior, posterity, postfebrile, postfix, postglacial, postgraduate, Post hoc, posthumous, posthypnosis, postilion, postlude, postmeridian (P.M.), postmeridiem, postmillennial, post mortem, postnatal, postnuptial, postobit, post obitum, postorbital, post partum, postparturitional, postpneumonia, postpone, postponement, postpositive, post postscriptum; PPS, postprandial, post scriptum; PS, preposterous]

posthāc = after this, hereafter [anything with post: anteroposterior, dorsoposterior, postbellum, postcibal, postclassical, postconnubial, postscript (post scriptum); P.S. postdate, post diem, postdiluvian, postdoctoral, posterior, posterity, postfebrile, postfix, postglacial, postgraduate, Post hoc, posthumous, posthypnosis, postilion, postlude, postmeridian (P.M.), postmeridiem, postmillennial, post mortem, postnatal, postnuptial, postobit, post obitum, postorbital, post partum, postparturitional, postpneumonia, postpone, postponement, postpositive, post postscriptum; PPS, postprandial, post scriptum; PS, preposterous]

postrīdiē = the next day, on the following day [a combination of post and dies] [anything with post: anteroposterior, dorsoposterior, postbellum, postcibal, postclassical, postconnubial, postscript (post scriptum); P.S. postdate, post diem, postdiluvian, postdoctoral, posterior, posterity, postfebrile, postfix, postglacial, postgraduate, Post hoc, posthumous, posthypnosis, postilion, postlude, postmeridian (P.M.), postmeridiem, postmillennial, post mortem, postnatal, postnuptial, postobit, post obitum, postorbital, post partum, postparturitional, postpneumonia, postpone, postponement, postpositive, post postscriptum; PPS, postprandial, post scriptum; PS, preposterous] …+…[antemeridian (A.M.), antemeridiem, carpe diem, circadian, dial, diary, dies non, dismal (dies + malus), diurnal, diurnally, diurnation, journal, meridian, meridional, per diem, postmeridian, quodian, quotidian, semidiurnal, sine die, sojourn (French), terdiurnal]

postulō, postulāre, postulāvī, postulātus/a/um = to demand [expostulate, expostulation, expostulator, expostulatory, postulate, postulation]

potestās, potestātis F = power [armipotent, astripotence, auripotence, bellipotent, biopotency, compossible, cunctipotent, deipotent, divinipotence, equi-omnipotent, equipotent, funipotent, granulopotent, idempotent, ignipotent, immunopotence, impossible, impotence, linguipotence, magnipotent, multipotential, nilpotency, noctipotence, omnipotence, omnipotent, parvipotent, pennipotent, plenipotence, plenipotentiary, pluripotent, Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, possess, possession, possible, possibility, potency, potent, potential, potentate, potestate, prepossess, prepossession, prepotent, salsipotent, sapientipotence, solipotent, subpotent, superpotent, totipotence, unipotence, ventripotent, viripotency]

pōtō, pōtāre, pōtāvī, pōtātus/a/um = to drink [aqua potabile, Hydropotes = The Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis), impotable, narcotic poisoning, poison, poisonous, poisonously, poisonousness, potability, potable, potation (s), potations (pl), potatory, potion, potomania, potomaniac, ostscript, potometry, potophobia, Potus = (The goddess of drinking.), ptomaine poisoning, thermopoto-]

praebeō, praebēre, praebuī, praebitus/a/um = to offer, provide mē praebeō = I show myself

praeceptum, praeceptī N. = advice, precept; instruction [accept, acceptable, acceptance, accipe hoc, accipiter, anticipant, anticipate, anticipation, anticipatory, apperceive, apperception, apperceptive, cable, caitiff, capability, capable, capacious, capacitor, capacity, capstan, capsule, caption, captious, captivate, captivation, captive, captivity, captor, capture, case, casement, cash, cashier, catch, cater, caterer, chase, conceit, conceited, conceivable, conceivably, conceive, concept, conception, conceptive, deceit, deceitful, deceivable, deceive, deception, deceptive, emancipate, encapsulate, except, exception, exceptionable, exceptional, forceps, imperceptible, imperception, imperceptive, incapable, incapacitate, incapacitation, incapacity, inception, inceptive, incipiency, incipient, inconceivable, intercept, interception, interceptor, misconception, municipal, municipality, occupancy, occupant, occupation, occupy, participant, participation, participle, perceivable, perceive, percept, perceptible, perception, perceptive, photoperception, piscicapturist, preceptress, preconceive, preconception, preoccupation, preoccupied, prince, principle, purchasable, purchase, receipt, receivable, receive, receptacle, reception, receptionist, receptive, receptor, recipe, Rx, recipient, recover, recoverable, recovery, recuperate, recuperation, recuperative, susceptibility, susceptible, unacceptable, unexceptionable, unprincipled, viviperception]

praecipitō, praecipitāre, praecipitāvī, praecipitātus/a/um = to hurl sē praecipitāre = to hurl oneself, to rush [achieve, achievement, achiever, biceps, cadet, cape, capital, capitalism, capitalist, capitalize, capitate, capitation, capitol, capitulate, capitulation, capitulatory, captain, captaincy, cattle, chapter, chattel, chef, chief, chiefly, chieftain, decapitate, decapitated, decapitating, decapitation, decapitor, escape, handkerchief, kaput, kaputt, kerchief, medioccipital, midoccipital, mischief, mischievous, mischievously, occipital, over achiever, per capita, precipice, precipitable, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitant, precipitantly, precipitate, precipitation, precipitous, precipitously, precipitousness, quadriceps, recap, recapitulate, recapitulated, recapitulater, recapitulating, recapitulation, recapitulative, recapitulatory]

praeclārus, praeclāra, praeclārum = distinguished; famous, renowned (clarity, Clarence, clarify, clear, Clara]

praecurrō, praecurrere, praecucurrī, praecursūrus/a/um = to run ahead [concourse, concur, concurrent, corral, corridor, courier, course, currency, current, curricula (plural), curricular, curriculum (singular), curriculum vitae (c.v.), cursive, cursor, cursory, discourse, discursive, excursion, extracurricular, incur, incursion, intercourse, occur, occurrence, precursor, recourse, recur, recurrence, recurrent, telecourse, thermocurrent, xenocurrency]