Latin

mīrus

‘wonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, miraculous’

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

17 English words in this record descend from Latin mīrus, most familiar first.

• mirror ← mirour ← mireor ← mirer ← mīror
• marvel ← merveile ← merveille ← *miribilia ← mīrābilia
• miracle ← mīrāculum ← mīror
• admire ← admyren ← admirer ← admīror ← mīror
• admirable ← admyrable ← admirābilis ← admīror ← mīror
• mirage ← mirer ← mirer ← miror
• mirabilis ← mīror
• mirador ← mirar ← mirar ← miror
• marvelling ← merveilynge ← merveile ← merveille ← mīrābilis
• mirabilia ← mīrābilis ← mīror
• admirability ← admīrābilitās ← admīrābilis ← admīrārī ← mīror
• mirabilite ← mīrābilis ← mīror

More words from mīrus

• mirate
• mirable
• mirific
• mirorder
• mirusvirus

Etymograph / Latin mīrus