Latin
elementum
‘a first principle, element, rudiment’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin elementum.
3 English words in this record descend from Latin elementum, most familiar first.
- element
- elementary ← elementare ← elementārius
- elvan ← elven ← *elβ̃en
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Etymograph / Latin elementum