Latin

continens

‘connected, continuous, unbroken’

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

5 English words in this record descend from Latin continens, most familiar first.

• continent
• incontinence ← incontinentia ← incontinēns
• incontinent ← incontinens
• continence ← contynence ← continentia
• incontinency ← incontinentia ← incontinēns

Etymograph / Latin continens