(摘錄自許章真, 1988, 最重要的100個英文字首字根)
Act, Ag, Ig:行動、推動act
Anim:呼吸、敵意breath, mind
Cad, Cas, Cid:跌落fall
Cap, Ceiv, Cep, Cept, Cip, Cup:捉、拿receive, take
Cede, Ceed, Cess:行進、退讓 go, yield
Cid, Cis:切割、殺, cut, kill
Cit:激起、喚起, excite, call
Claim, Clam:呼叫, cry out
Clud, Clus:關閉, close
Cor, Cord, Core:心、勇氣, heart, courage
Corp, Corpor:身體、團體, body
Cours, Cur, Curs:跑動, run
Cred:信賴, believe
Cur:照料、治療、懸念,care, cure
Dic, Dict:說, say
Duc, Duct:導引, lead
Equ:均等, equal
Fac, Fact:作、造, do, make
Fer:攜帶、承負, carry, bear
Fin:界限、終結, end
Flect, Flex:彎曲, bend
Flu:流動, flow
Found, Fus:傾流、鎔鑄, pour, melt
Fract, Frag, Frang, Fring:破裂, break
Gen:產生、種類、種族, bear, kind, race
Grad, Gress:行進、層次, go, step
It:行走、行進, going, march
Jac, Ject, Jet:投擲、射出, throw, emit
Join, Joint, Junct:連接, join, connect
Lect, Leg, Lig:選擇、收集、閱讀, select, gather, read
Locu, Log, Loqu:說話, speak
Luc, Lumin, Lustr:光明, light, brightness
Magn, Maj, Max:大, great
Main, Man:手, hand
Mini, Minu:小, small
Miss, Mit:送出、投射, send, throw
Mob, Mom, Mot, Mov:移動、動力, move
Pass, Path:感覺、苦痛, feel, suffer
Ped:腳, foot
Pel, Puls:推動、衝撞, drive, push
Pend, Pens, Pond:懸掛、重量、償付、思量, hang, weigh, pay, considerPlic, Plex, Ply:摺疊、編結, fold, weave
Pon, Pos, Pound:安置、寄放, place, put
Port:攜帶、運載, carry
Press:擊、壓, pressQuest, Quir, Quis:詢問、尋求, ask, seek
Reg, Rig:君臨統治、硬直, rule, king, hard
Scrib, Scrip:書寫, write
Secu, Sequ, Sue:追隨, follow
Sed, Sess, Sid:坐、安置、居住, sit, set, live
Sens, Sent:感覺、意識, feel, sense
Sist, Sta, Stitut:站立、建樹、安置、固定, stand, place, set
Spec, Spect, Spic:觀望、瞻望, watch, look
Strain, Stress, Strict, String:緊縮、壓榨, draw, tight
Stru, Struct:建造, build
Tact, Tang:接觸、毗連, touch
Tain, Ten, Tin:保存、固守、堅持, hold, keep
Tend, Tens, Tent:伸展、向前, stretch
Tor, Tort:扭曲、擰絞, twist
Tract, Treat:抽拉、引出、劃線, draw
Trud, Trus:擠壓、強迫, thrust, push
Vac, Van, Void:空虛、缺乏、空閒, empty
Vail, Val:病癒康復、有力、實價, strong, worth
Ven, Vent:到來, come
Vers, Vert:轉動、轉變, turn
Vey, Via, Voy:道路, way
Vid, View, Vis:看見、審視, see
Vig, Vit, Viv: 生命、精力, life
Voc, Vok:聲音、召喚, voice, call
Volu, Volv:旋轉、捲繞、轉成, roll