Latin
caveō
‘to beware of’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin caveō.
3 English words in this record descend from Latin caveō, most familiar first.
- cave
- precaution ← praecautiō ← praecaveō
- caveat
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Etymograph / Latin caveō