Latin

pietas

‘piety’

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

4 English words in this record descend from Latin pietas, most familiar first.

• pity ← pitye ← pité ← pitet
• piety ← piete ← pieté
• pittance ← pitaunce ← pitance ← *pietāntia
• impiety ← impieté ← impietas

Etymograph / Latin pietas