Latin

petō

‘seek’

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

26 English words in this record descend from Latin petō, most familiar first.

• repeat ← repeten ← repeter ← repeter ← repetō
• compete ← competer ← competere
• petition ← peticiun ← petitio
• competent ← competens ← competō
• competitor ← compétiteur ← competō
• perpetual ← perpetuel ← perpetuel ← perpetuālis ← perpetuus
• repetition ← repetītiō ← repetō
• impetus ← impetō
• perpetuate ← perpetuātus ← perpetuō ← perpetuus
• perpetuity ← perpetuitee ← perpetüité ← perpetuitās ← perpetuus
• petulant ← petulāns
• impetuous ← impetueux ← impetuōsus ← impetus ← impetō

More words from petō

• petulance
• impetigo
• petechia
• appetence
• appetible
• appetition
• cerebripetal
• compital
• competitrix
• impetigines
• impetiginous
• petitor
• repetitio
• suppeditate
• competition

Etymograph / Latin petō