Latin
dignitās
‘worth, worthiness, merit, desert’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin dignitās.
4 English words in this record descend from Latin dignitās, most familiar first.
- dignity ← dignyte ← dignité
- dainty ← deynte ← deintié
- dignitary ← dignitaire ← dignité ← dignité
- daintily ← deyntely ← deynte ← deintie
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Etymograph / Latin dignitās