Latin

tegō

‘to cover’

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

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

• detective ← dētegō
• detection ← detectio ← dētegō
• detect ← detectus ← detegere
• protégé ← protéger ← prōtegere
• toga
• integument ← integumentum ← integō
• tectum
• tegula
• tegument ← tegumentum
• tect ← tecte ← tēctus
• obtected ← obtectus ← obtegō
• tegestology ← teges

More words from tegō

• tectiform
• tegmen
• tectibranchiate
• protect

Etymograph / Latin tegō