Latin

cūra

‘care’

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

20 English words in this record descend from Latin cūra, most familiar first.

• sure ← sur ← sēcūrus
• security ← securite ← securité ← sēcūritās ← sēcūrus
• ensure ← ensuren ← enseurer ← seur ← sēcūrus
• secure ← sēcūrus
• cure
• assure ← asseurer ← securus
• proxy ← procucie ← procuracie ← procuratia ← prōcūrātiō
• procurement ← procurer ← prōcūrō ← cūrō
• curator ← cūrāre
• insure ← ensuren ← enseurer ← seür ← sēcūrus
• incurable ← incurabilis ← cūrō
• manicure ← manucure

More words from cūra

• sicker
• procurator
• curation
• sinecure
• procurer
• procuration
• assecure
• assecuration

Etymograph / Latin cūra