Latin

cernō

‘see, discern’

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

18 English words in this record descend from Latin cernō, most familiar first.

• secretary ← secrētus ← secernere
• discrimination ← discriminatio ← discrīminō ← discrīmen ← discernō
• discretion ← discrecioun ← discrētiō ← discerno
• discrete ← discret ← discrētus ← discernō
• discriminate ← discrīminātus ← discrīminō ← discrīmen ← discernō
• discern ← discernen ← discerner ← discernere
• secretion ← sēcrētiō ← sēcernō
• excrement ← excrēmentum ← excernō
• secrete ← sēcrētus ← sēcernō
• excretion ← excerno
• secretaire ← secrētārius ← secrētus ← sēcernō
• decretory ← dēcrētōrius ← dēcernō

More words from cernō

• discrimen
• discriminous
• excern
• excretum
• secern
• secernate

Etymograph / Latin cernō