Latin

radius

‘a spoke of a wheel’

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

15 English words in this record descend from Latin radius, most familiar first.

• ray ← rai
• radiation ← radiatio ← radiō
• laser ← radiation ← radiatio ← radiō
• radius
• radiant ← radyant ← radiāns ← radiō
• radial ← radiālis
• rayon ← rai
• radiate ← radiātus ← radiō
• irradiate ← irradiātus ← radiō
• radialis
• radionics
• diradiation ← dīradiō

More words from radius

• radiole
• radiolus
• rayadillo

Etymograph / Latin radius