| Root | Meaning in English | Origin language | Etymology (root origin) | English examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vac- | empty | Latin | vacare | evacuate, vacancy, vacant, vacate, vacation, vacuous, vacuum |
| vacc- | cow | Latin | vacca | vaccary, vaccination, vaccine |
| vacil- | waver | Latin | vacillare "sway, be untrustworthy" | vacillate, vacillation |
| vad-, vas- | go | Latin | vadere | evade, pervasive |
| vag- | wander | Latin | vagus, vagare | vagabond, vague |
| val- | strength, worth | Latin | valere | ambivalence, avail, equivalent, evaluate, prevail, valence, valiant, valid, valor, value |
| van- | empty, vain, idle | Latin | vanus "empty", also vanescere "vanish" | evanescent, vain, vanish, vanity |
| vap- | lack (of) | Latin | vapor | evaporation, vapid, vaporize |
| vari- | vary | Latin | variare | variable, variance, variant, variate, variation, variety, various, vary |
| varic- | straddle | Latin | varicare "to straddle", from varus "bowlegged" | prevaricate |
| veh-, vect- | carry | Latin | vehere "to carry", vectus | invective, inveigh, vector, vehement, vehicle |
| vel- | veil | Latin | velum | revelation, velate |
| vell-, vuls- | pull | Latin | vellere, vulsus | convulsion |
| veloc- | quick | Latin | velox, velocis | velocity |
| ven- | vein | Latin | vena | intravenous, venosity, venule |
| ven- | hunt | Latin | venari | venison |
| ven-, vent- | come | Latin | venire | advent, adventure, avenue, circumvent, contravene, convene, convenient, convention, event, intervene, intervention, invent, prevent, revenue, souvenir, supervene, venue, venture |
| vend- | sell | Latin | vendere | vendor, vending |
| vener- | respectful | Latin | venus, veneris | venerable, veneration, venereal |
| vent- | wind | Latin | ventus | ventilation, ventilator |
| ventr- | belly | Latin | venter, ventris | ventral |
| ver- | true | Latin | verus | aver, veracious, verdict, verify, verisimilar, verisimilitude, verity, very |
| verb- | word | Latin | verbum | verbal, verbatim, verbosity |
| verber- | whip | Latin | verber | reverberation |
| verm- | worm | Latin | vermis | vermiform, vermin |
| vern- | spring | Latin | ver, vernus | vernal |
| vers-, vert- | turn | Latin | versus, past participle of vertere | adverse, adversity, advertise, anniversary, avert, controversy, controvert, conversant, conversation, converse, convert, diversify, divert, extrovert, introvert, inverse, invert, perverse, pervert, reverse, revert, subvert, tergiversate, transverse, universe, versatile, verse, version, versus, vertex, vertical, vertigo |
| vesic- | bladder | Latin | vesica | vesical |
| vesper- | evening, western | Latin | vespera | vesperal |
| vest- | clothing, garment | Latin | vestire "to clothe", related to vestis "garment" | divest, invest, investiture, transvestite, travesty, vest, vestment |
| vestig- | track | Latin | vestigium | investigate, vestigial |
| vet- | forbid | Latin | vetare | veto |
| veter- | old | Latin | vetus, veteris | inveterate, veteran |
| vi- | way | Latin | via | deviate, obviate, obvious, via |
| vic- | change | Latin | vicis | vicar, vicarious, vice versa, vicissitude |
| vicen-, vigen- | twenty each | Latin | viceni | vicenary |
| vicesim-, vigesim- | twentieth | Latin | vicesimus | vicesimary, vicesimation, vigesimal |
| vid-, vis- | see | Latin | videre, visus | evident, provide, providence, provident, revise, supervise, video, visible, vision, visit, vista |
| vigil- | watchful | Latin | vigil, also vigilare | invigilate, reveille, surveillance, vigil, vigilance, vigilant, vigilante |
| vil- | cheap | Latin | vilis | revile, vile, vilify |
| vill- | country house | Latin | villa | villa, village, villain |
| vill- | shaggy hair | Latin | villus | velour, velvet, villiform |
| vin- | wine | Latin | vinum | vine, vinous |
| vinc-, vict- | conquer | Latin | vincere (past participle victus) | convict, convince, evict, evince, invincible, province, vanquish, victor, victory |
| vir- | man | Latin | vir | triumvirate, virility |
| vir- | green | Latin | virere | virid, viridian |
| visc- | thick | Latin | viscum | viscosity |
| viscer- | internal organ | Latin | viscus, visceris | eviscerate, visceral |
| vit- | life | Latin | vita | vital, vitamin |
| vitell- | yolk | Latin | vitellus | vitellogenesis |
| viti- | fault | Latin | vitium | vice, vitiate, vituperate |
| vitr- | glass | Latin | vitrum | vitreous, vitriol |
| viv- | live | Latin | vivere "to live", related to vita "life" | convivial, revive, survive, viable, victuals, vital, vitality, vitamin, vivacious, vivacity, vivid, vivisection |
| voc- | call, voice | Latin | vocare (to call), from vox "voice" (genitive vocis) | advocate, avocation, convocation, equivocal, equivocate, evoke, invocation, invoke, provocative, provoke, revoke, vocal, vocation, vociferous |
| vol- | fly | Latin | volare | volatility |
| vol- | will | Latin | voluntas "will" from velle "to wish" | benevolent, malevolent, velleity, volition, voluntary, Voluntaryism, volunteer, voluptuary, voluptuous |
| volv-, volut- | roll | Latin | volvere, volutus | convolution, devolve, evolve, involve, revolve, valve, vault, voluble, volume, voluminous, volvox, vulva |
| vom- | discharge | Latin | vomere | vomit |
| vor-, vorac- | swallow | Latin | vorare, vorax | carnivorous, devour, herbivorous, locavore, omnivorous, voracious |
| vov-, vot- | vow | Latin | vovere, votus | votive |
| vulg- | crowd | Latin | vulgus | divulge, vulgarity, vulgate |
| vulner- | wound | Latin | vulnus, vulneris | vulnerable |
| vulp- | fox | Latin | vulpēs, vulpis | vulpine |
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