Latin

for

‘to speak, talk, say’

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

18 English words in this record descend from Latin for, most familiar first.

• fabulous ← fābulōsus ← fābula
• eff ← effor
• fab ← fabulous ← fabulous ← fābulōsus ← fābula
• fable ← fābula
• affable ← affābilis ← affor
• ineffable ← ineffābilis ← effābilis ← effor
• confab ← confabulacion ← confābulātiōnem ← cōnfābulor ← fābulor
• prefatory ← praefor
• confabulation ← confabulacion ← confābulātiōnem ← cōnfābulor ← fābulor
• fabulist ← fabuliste ← fabuler ← fābulor ← fābula
• fabula
• favel ← favele ← fabella ← fābula

More words from for

• effable
• fabulosity
• fabulate
• fabular
• nefandous
• speako

Etymograph / Latin for