Latin

nux

‘nut’

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

12 English words in this record descend from Latin nux, most familiar first.

• nuclear ← nū̆cleus
• nut ← note ← hnutu ← *hnut ← *hnuts
• nucleus
• nucleotide ← nucleus ← nucleus
• nougat ← nogat ← noga
• enucleation ← ēnucleātus ← ēnucleō ← nucleus
• enucleate ← ēnucleātus ← ēnucleō ← nucleus
• nucellus ← nucelle
• nucleiform ← nucleus
• nuciform
• nuciferous
• nucin

Etymograph / Latin nux