Latin

fidēs

‘faith, trust’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin fidēs.

10 English words in this record descend from Latin fidēs, most familiar first.

• fidelity ← fidelite ← fidélité ← fidēlitās ← fidēlis
• infidelity ← infidelite ← infidelité ← īnfidēlitās ← infidēlis
• infidel ← infidèle ← īnfidēlis ← fidēlis
• fealty ← feaute ← fëauté ← fidēlitās ← fidēlis
• perfidy ← perfidie ← perfidia ← perfidus
• feal ← fidelis
• fideism ← fidéisme
• fideist ← fidéisme
• fidicinal ← fidicen
• nullifidian

Etymograph / Latin fidēs