Word Structure

WordHub has a local lexical record for “Verticillate” with pronunciation and root analysis.

• vert

  to turn, bend vertebr: vertebra, bone of the spine

  Forms: vert, vers

• -illa

  diminutive suffix

  Forms: illa, ille, illo

• -ate

  forms adjectives and nouns, denoting a state, office, function, or a quality, characteristic; also forms verbs from nouns and adjectives, to do, to make, to cause -ati: a group or class of people

  Forms: ate