Latin

miser

‘poor, wretched, pitiful’

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

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

• misery ← miserie ← miserie ← miseria
• measles ← mesel ← mesel ← mesel ← misellus
• miser ← misser
• miserere ← miseror
• measle ← mesel ← mesel ← misellus
• commiserable ← commiseror ← miseror
• mesel ← misellus
• mesele ← mesel ← mesel ← mesel ← misellus
• mesyl ← mesel ← mesel ← mesel ← misellus
• meazel ← mesel ← mesel ← mesel ← misellus
• mesell ← mesel ← mesel ← mesel ← misellus
• mesale ← mesel ← mesel ← mesel ← misellus

More words from miser

• mizeria
• miseration
• missel
• missell
• mysal
• mysell

Etymograph / Latin miser