Latin
asinus
‘donkey, ass’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin asinus.
4 English words in this record descend from Latin asinus, most familiar first.
- ass ← asse ← assa ← assen
- easel ← ezel ← esel ← *asil ← asellus
- asinine ← asinīnus
- assinico ← asnico ← asno ← asno
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Etymograph / Latin asinus