Latin

asinus

‘donkey, ass’

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

4 English words in this record descend from Latin asinus, most familiar first.

• ass ← asse ← assa ← assen
• easel ← ezel ← esel ← *asil ← asellus
• asinine ← asinīnus
• assinico ← asnico ← asno ← asno

Etymograph / Latin asinus