2.6.1. Easy Cognates?
If you know English or another European language, you will already recognize many cognates in Neolatin due to the common prevalence of Greek and Latin words.
2.6.2. Main Rules
| Ending | Translation | Example | Translation |
|---|
| -tione | -tion | Creatione | Creation |
| -are | -ate | Creare | Create |
| -izzare | -ize | Organizzare | Organize |
| -ale | -al | Animale | Animal |
| -ico | -ic | Rústico | Rustic |
| -itate | -ity | Qualitate | Quality |
| -ismo | -ism | Optimismo | Optimism |
| -sione | -sion | Expansione | Expansion |
| -oso | -ous | Miraculoso | Miraculous |
| -ènte | -ent | Divergènte | Divergent |
| -mente | -lly | Finalmente | Finally |
| àrio / òrio | -ary / -oy | Secretario / Laboratòrio | Secretary / Laboratory |
| -àbile / -íbile | -able / -ible | Probàbile / Terríbile | Probable / Terrible |
| -ivo | -ive | Creativo | Creative |
2.6.3. Secondary Rules
| Ending | Translation | Example | Translation |
|---|
| -are | -ar | Circulare | Circular |
| -atore | -ator | Creatore | Creator |
| -àculo / -ículo / òculo | -acle / -icle / -ocle | Spectàculo / Artículo / Monòculo | Spectacle / Article / Monocle |
| -copía | -copy | Microscopía | Microscope |
| -ctore | -ctor | Actore | Actor |
| -ence | -èntia | Dependèntia | Dependence |
| -ígrafo / -ògrafo | -igraph / - ograph | Fonògrafo | Phonograph |
| -grafía | -graphy | Geografía | Geography |
| -ico | -ical | Lògico | Logical |
| -ificar | -ify | Verificare | Verify |
| -ina / -inare (verbs) | -ine | Gasolina / Declinare | Gasoline / To decline |
| -ista | -ist | Artista | Artist |
| -io | -ium | Sòdio | Sodium |
| -logía | -logy | Biología | Biology |
| -ímetro / -òmetro | -imetry / -ometry | Calorímetro / Kilòmetro | Calorimeter / Kilometer |
| -metría | -metry | Geometría | Geometry |
| -omía | -omy | Anatomía | Anatomy |
| -ore | -or | Colore | Color |
| -òse | -osis | Neuròse | Neurosis |
| -plasma | -plasm | Ectoplasma | Ectoplasm |
| -scòpio | -scope | Telescòpio | Telescope |
| -stía | -sty | Modestía | Modesty |
| -úmere | -ume | Consúmere | Consume |
| -ura | -ure | Cura | Cure |
| -uto | -ute | Astuto | Astute |