san
healthy, sound
Latin · sanus
San comes from Latin sanus, healthy. Sane means sound in mind, sanitary means helping health through cleanliness, and insane or unsanitary add a prefix that reverses the idea.
Memory trick
San = sound: a sane mind and a sanitary home are both healthy.
Words from this root
- sane (san + e) — sound in mindस्वस्थ दिमाग़ वाला, विवेकी
- sanely (san + e + ly) — in a sound, sensible wayसमझदारी से
- saneness (san + e + ness) — state of being saneमानसिक स्वस्थता
- sanity (san + ity) — soundness of mindविवेक, मानसिक संतुलन
- insane (in + san + e) — not sound in mindविक्षिप्त, पागल
- insanely (in + san + e + ly) — in a wildly extreme wayबेहद, हद से ज़्यादा
- insanity (in + san + ity) — serious mental unsoundness; madnessपागलपन
- sanitary (san + it + ary) — clean and healthyस्वच्छ और स्वास्थ्यकर
- insanitary (in + san + it + ary) — dirty and unhealthyगंदा और अस्वास्थ्यकर
- unsanitary (un + san + it + ary) — not clean, a health riskअस्वच्छ, स्वास्थ्य के लिए ख़तरा
- sanative (san + ative) — healing, curingरोगहर, उपचारी