Latin
focus
‘hearth, fireplace’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin focus.
10 English words in this record descend from Latin focus, most familiar first.
- focus
- fuel ← fuayle ← fouaille
- foyer ← *focārium ← focārius
- fusilier ← fusil ← fuisil
- focaccia ← focācium
- fusillade ← fusiller ← fusil ← fuisil
- fusil
- foquism ← foquismo ← foco
- fusilly ← fusiller ← fusil ← fuisil
- locofoco
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Etymograph / Latin focus