Latin

rēpō

‘to creep, crawl’

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

9 English words in this record descend from Latin rēpō, most familiar first.

• repent ← rēpēns
• reptile ← reptil ← reptilis
• surreptitious ← surrēptīcius ← surrēpō
• irreptitious ← irrēpō
• irreption ← irrēptiō ← irrēpō
• obreption ← obreptio ← obrepo
• reptation ← rēptātiō ← rēptō
• reptant ← rēptō
• repichnion

Etymograph / Latin rēpō