Latin

fateor

‘acknowledge, own (up to)’

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

11 English words in this record descend from Latin fateor, most familiar first.

• professor ← proffessur ← profiteor
• profession ← professioun ← professioun ← professiōnem ← profiteor
• confession ← confessioun ← cōnfessiō ← cōnfiteor
• confess ← confessen ← confesser ← confesser ← confessus
• confessional ← confessionnal ← confession ← confession ← cōnfessiō
• profess ← professer ← profitērī
• confessor ← confessour ← cōnfiteor
• confessio ← cōnfiteor
• confiteor
• confitent ← confitens ← cōnfiteor
• inficiate ← inficiare ← īnficior ← īnfitior

Etymograph / Latin fateor