Latin
fleō
‘to weep, cry’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin fleō.
3 English words in this record descend from Latin fleō, most familiar first.
- feeble ← feble ← feble ← flēbilis
- feebless ← feblesce ← feble ← *fēbelis ← flēbilis
- feblesse ← feblesce ← feble ← *fēbelis ← flēbilis
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Etymograph / Latin fleō