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Summary: The Latin root word *verb* means "word." This Latin root is the word origin of a good number of English vocabulary words, including *verb*, ad[*verb*], and pro[*verb*]. The Latin root word *verb* is easily recalled through the English word *verb*, for a *verb* is simply a "word" which tells what's going on in a sentence, usually an action of some sort.