Proto-Italic

*fendō

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *fendō.

13 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *fendō, most familiar first.

• defense ← defens ← defens ← dēfēnsa ← dēfendō
• defence ← defens ← defens ← dēfēnsa ← dēfendō
• defend ← defenden ← defendre ← dēfendō ← *fendō
• offensive ← offensif ← offendre ← offendre ← offendō
• offense ← offence ← offensa ← offendō ← *fendō
• defendant ← defendaunt ← dēfendō ← *fendō
• offend ← offendre ← offendō ← *fendō
• fend ← fenden ← deffendre ← dēfendō ← *fendō
• defensor ← dēfendō ← *fendō
• defendable ← deffendable ← défendre ← dēfendō ← *fendō
• fencible ← defendō ← *fendō
• defendress ← defenderesse ← defenderesse ← defendour ← defendre

More words from *fendō

• defensative

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *fendō