Latin

perīculum

‘an attempt, risk’

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

8 English words in this record descend from Latin perīculum, most familiar first.

• peril
• meticulous ← meticulōsus ← metus ← perīculōsus
• perilously ← perilous ← perilleus ← perīculōsus
• parlous ← parles ← perilous ← perilleus ← perīculōsus
• periculum
• periculous ← periculosus
• periclitate ← periclitari
• periclitation ← periclitatio ← perīclitor

Etymograph / Latin perīculum