Latin

altus

‘high’

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

21 English words in this record descend from Latin altus, most familiar first.

• altitude ← altitūdō
• alt
• altar ← auter ← altāre
• alto
• haughty ← hautein ← haute ← haut
• exalt ← exalten ← exalter ← exaltō
• haut
• altimeter
• altitudinal ← altitūdō
• haught ← haut ← haut
• hawser ← hauser ← haucer ← *altiāre
• altissimo ← alto

More words from altus

• altophobia
• altitudinous
• altimetre
• altiloquent
• altometer
• altiscope
• altitudinarian
• altisonous
• altaltissimo

Etymograph / Latin altus