Latin

bellum

‘war’

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

15 English words in this record descend from Latin bellum, most familiar first.

• rebel ← rebelle ← rebellis ← rebellō ← bellō
• rebellion ← rebellioun ← rebelliō ← rebellō ← bellō
• rebellious ← rebellen ← rebeller ← rebellō ← bellō
• revel ← revelen ← rebello ← bellō
• belligerent ← belligerans ← belligerō ← belliger
• rebelling ← rebellyng ← rebellen ← rebeller ← rebellō
• parabellum ← parā bellum
• reveller ← revelour ← revelen ← reveler ← rebellō
• bellatrice ← bellatrix ← bellō
• debellate ← dēbellātus ← dēbellō ← bellō
• debellation ← dēbellātiō ← dēbellō ← bellō
• debellatio ← dēbellō ← bellō

More words from bellum

• extrabellum
• imbellic
• rebeller

Etymograph / Latin bellum