Latin

alō

‘to nourish, sustain’

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

25 English words in this record descend from Latin alō, most familiar first.

• ambulance ← ambulant ← ambulāns ← ambulō
• alimony ← alimōnia
• ambulatory ← ambulatorius ← ambulātor ← ambulō
• ambler ← amblere ← amblen ← ambulō
• amble ← amblen ← ambler ← amblar ← ambulō
• aliment ← alimentum
• ambulant ← ambulans ← ambulō
• ambulation ← ambulātiō ← ambulō
• ambulate ← ambulātus ← ambulō
• perambulate ← perambulo ← ambulō
• altricial ← Altrices ← altor
• alible ← alibilis

More words from alō

• altrices
• ambulophobia
• ambulator
• ambulacrum
• ambulomancy
• ambulism
• deambulate
• deambulation
• deambulatory
• funambulism
• funambulus
• obambulation
• preambulate

Etymograph / Latin alō