Latin

auferō

‘to take away, carry off, withdraw, remove’

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

14 English words in this record descend from Latin auferō, most familiar first.

• extraordinary ← extrāōrdinārius ← extrā ← ablātīvus
• frustration ← frūstrātiō ← frūstror ← frūstrā ← ablātīvus
• strangely ← straungely ← straunge ← estraunge ← extraneus
• extravagant ← extravagaunt ← extravagans ← extra ← ablātīvus
• frustrate ← frustraten ← frūstrātus ← frustror ← frūstrā
• infra ← ablātīvus
• extraneous ← extrāneus ← extrā ← ablātīvus
• ablation ← ablacioun ← ablātiō
• strangeness ← straungenesse ← straunge ← estraunge ← extraneus
• ablative ← ablatif ← ablātīvus ← ablātus
• estrange ← estranger ← extraneus ← extrā ← ablātīvus
• ablatio

More words from auferō

• idoneous
• idoneity

Etymograph / Latin auferō