Latin

plaga

‘tract, region, quarter, zone’

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

7 English words in this record descend from Latin plaga, most familiar first.

• plague ← plage ← plage
• playa ← plagia
• plage ← piaggia ← plagia
• plagal ← plagalis
• praya ← praia ← praia
• plagiary ← plagiārius ← plagium
• plagate

Etymograph / Latin plaga