Latin

dux

‘duke’

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

17 English words in this record descend from Latin dux, most familiar first.

• education ← ēducātiō ← ēducō
• duke ← duc
• educate ← educaten ← educat ← ēducātus ← ēducō
• educator ← ēducō
• duchy ← duche ← duché ← duc
• doge ← doxe ← ducem
• archduke ← archeduc ← archidux
• duce
• ducal ← ducālis
• dux
• dukedom ← dukdom ← duk ← duc
• ducat ← ducato ← ducātus

More words from dux

• educable
• archduchy
• dogate
• dossil
• educand

Etymograph / Latin dux