ENGLISH ROOT WORD: cre- from Latin creare, creatus

【cre-】 is word-forming element
usually meaning "make, create"
from Latin "creare, creatus,"
from PIE *ker- "⑴horn; head; ⑵to grow; ⑶heat, fire"

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[WORD ROOT]root cre
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] cre, crea, creat
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) creare, creatus,
[MEANING]root make, create

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 creare [related to Ceres, crescere] to make, bring forth, produce, procreate, beget, cause
• 【Latin】 creatus [past participle of Latin creare]

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

create, creation, creative, creativity, creator, creature, recreate, re-create, recreation

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

create [verb] from create
【DEFINITION】 To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 to bring into being
【CONJUGATIONs】 created, created, creating, creates
【DERIVATIVEs】 creatable, create, createdness, creation, creational, creationist, creative, creatively, creativeness, creativity, creatural, creature, creatureliness, creaturely
【Etymology】 [Latin] creatus [past participle of Latin creare]
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cre; to create ⑵ ate; verb suffix

 

creation [noun] from create
【DEFINITION】 In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, earth, and creatures by God.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 action of creating or causing to exist
【pl.】 creations
【DERIVATIVEs】 creatable, create, createdness, creation, creational, creationist, creative, creatively, creativeness, creativity, creature
【Etymology】 [Latin] creationem [noun of action from past-participle stem of creare] (nominative creatio) a creating, a producing
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cre; make, create ⑵ at(ate); suffix ⑶ ation(ion); noun suffix

creative [adjective] from create
【DEFINITION】 ① having or showing an ability to make new things or think of new ideas
② (always used before a noun ) using the ability to make or think of new things; involving the process by which new ideas, stories, etc., are created
③ (always used before a noun ) done in an unusual and often dishonest way
【DERIVATIVEs】 creatable, create, createdness, creation, creational, creationist, creative, creatively, creativeness, creativity, creature
【Etymology】 [Latin] creatus [past participle of Latin creare]
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cre; make, create ⑵ at(ate); suffix ⑶ ive; adjective suffix

creativity [noun] from create
【DEFINITION】 (creative + ity) the ability to make new things or think of new ideas
【DERIVATIVEs】 creative, creatively, creativeness, creativity, create, creation
【COMPOSITION】 creative + ity
【Etymology】 [Latin] creatus [past participle of Latin creare]
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cre; to create ⑵ at(ate); verb suffix ⑶ iv(ive); adjective suffix ⑷ ity; noun suffix

creator [noun] from create
【DEFINITION】 The creator of something is the person who made it or invented it.
【pl.】 Creators
【DERIVATIVEs】 creatorship, creator
【COMPOSITION】 create + or
【Etymology】 [Latin] creatus [past participle of Latin creare]
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cre; make ⑵ at(ate); verb suffix ⑶ or; noun suffix

creature [noun] from create
【DEFINITION】 You can refer to any living thing that is not a plant as a creature, especially when it is of an unknown or unfamiliar kind. People also refer to imaginary animals and beings as creatures.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 anything created
【pl.】 creatures
【DERIVATIVEs】 creatable, create, createdness, creation, creative, creatural, creature, creatureliness, creaturely
【Etymology】 [Latin] creatura [from creatus, ] a thing created; the creation; a creature
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cre; make, create ⑵ ure; noun suffix

recreate [verb] from recreation < create
【DEFINITION】 If you recreate something, you succeed in making it exist or seem to exist in a different time or place to its original time or place.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 to create anew
【CONJUGATIONs】 recreated recreated recreating recreates
【DERIVATIVEs】 recreate, recreational, recreative, recreatively, recreator, recreatory, recreation
【Etymology】 [Latin] recreare to refresh, restore, make anew, revive, invigorate
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind ⑵ cre; make, create ⑶ ate; suffix

re-create [verb] from re-create < create
【DEFINITION】 to make (something from the past) exist or seem to exist again; to create (something) again
【DERIVATIVEs】 re-creation, re-create
【COMPOSITION】 re + create
【Etymology】 [Latin] creatus [past participle of Latin creare]
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind ⑵ cre; make, create ⑶ ate; suffix

 

recreation [noun] from recreation < create
【DEFINITION】 Recreation consists of things that you do in your spare time to relax.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 refreshment or curing of a person, refreshment by eating
【pl.】 recreations
【DERIVATIVEs】 recreate, recreational, recreative, recreatively, recreator, recreatory, recreation
【SYNONYM】 hobby, pastime
【Etymology】 [Latin] creatus [past participle of Latin creare]
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind ⑵ cre; make, create ⑶ at(ate); verb suffix ⑷ ion; noun suffix

Other word list containing cre-; creole, procreation, re-creation

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

cracy-
come
cover
count
costa-, cost-
cosm-, cosmo-
cohort
corp-, corpor-
coron-, coroll-
cord-, cor-

ENGLISH ROOT WORD: cracy- from Greek kratein, kratos, kratia

 

 

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