Latin
continens
‘connected, continuous, unbroken’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin continens.
5 English words in this record descend from Latin continens, most familiar first.
- continent
- incontinence ← incontinentia ← incontinēns
- incontinent ← incontinens
- continence ← contynence ← continentia
- incontinency ← incontinentia ← incontinēns
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Etymograph / Latin continens