Latin

latus

‘borne, carried, having been carried’

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

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

• le ← lez
• lateral ← laterālis
• collateral ← collaterālis
• latitude ← lātitūdō
• dilate ← dilaten ← dilater ← dīlātō
• dilatation ← dīlātātio ← dīlātō
• latitudinal ← lātitūdō
• latissimus
• latus
• lation ← lātiō
• ablate ← ablation ← albacioun ← ablātiō ← ablat
• latitudinarian ← lātitūdō

More words from latus

• acceptilation
• dilatator
• latisternal
• latitudinous
• laterigrade
• relative

Etymograph / Latin latus