Latin
fraus
‘cheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin fraus.
5 English words in this record descend from Latin fraus, most familiar first.
- fraud ← fraude ← fraude
- fraudulent ← fraudulentus
- fraudulently ← fraudulent ← fraudulent ← fraudulentus
- fraudulence ← fraudulentia ← fraudulentus
- defraudation ← defraudatio ← defraudo ← fraudō
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Etymograph / Latin fraus