Latin
cista
‘chest, box’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin cista.
7 English words in this record descend from Latin cista, most familiar first.
- chest ← cheste ← ċest ← *kistu
- cistern ← cisterne ← cisterne ← cisterna
- kist ← kista
- cist
- cisterna
- cistula
- cistella ← cistula
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Etymograph / Latin cista