Latin
ēlegāns
‘fine, elegant, handsome’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin ēlegāns.
5 English words in this record descend from Latin ēlegāns, most familiar first.
- elegant ← elegaunt
- elegance ← ēlegantia
- inelegant ← inēlegāns
- elegante ← élégant
- inelegance ← inēlegāns
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Etymograph / Latin ēlegāns