Latin
mōmentum
‘movement, motion, impulse’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin mōmentum.
6 English words in this record descend from Latin mōmentum, most familiar first.
- moment
- momentum
- momentary ← momentare ← mōmentārius
- momentany ← momentané ← momentaneus
- momentane ← momentaneus
- momentaneous ← mōmentāneus
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Etymograph / Latin mōmentum