Latin

vīs

‘strength’

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

8 English words in this record descend from Latin vīs, most familiar first.

• violent ← violentus
• violation ← violātiō ← violō
• violate ← violaten ← violat ← violātus ← violō
• vis
• vim
• violator ← violō
• inviolable ← inviolābilis ← violō
• virial

Etymograph / Latin vīs