Latin

fingō

‘shape, fashion, form’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin fingō.

24 English words in this record descend from Latin fingō, most familiar first.

• fiction ← ficcioun ← ficcion ← fictiō
• nonfiction ← fiction ← ficcioun ← ficcion ← fictiō
• fictitious ← fictīcius ← fictus
• effigy ← effigie ← effigiēs ← effingō
• feign ← feynen ← feindre
• figment ← figmentum
• feint ← feinte ← feindre ← feindre ← fingere
• fictitiously ← fictitious ← fictīcius ← fictus
• microfiction ← fiction ← ficcioun ← ficcion ← fictiō
• effigiate ← effigiātus ← effigiō ← effigiēs ← effingō
• fictionary ← fiction ← ficcioun ← ficcion ← fictiō
• fictitiousness ← fictitious ← fictīcius ← fictus

More words from fingō

• fictionist
• fictioneer
• fictionize
• fictile
• fictor
• fictionization
• fictionish
• fictiony
• hyperfiction
• telefiction
• unfictitious
• unfiction
• figure

Etymograph / Latin fingō