Latin

pugnō

‘fight’

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

16 English words in this record descend from Latin pugnō, most familiar first.

• repugnant ← repugnaunt ← repugnans ← repugnare
• pugnacious ← pugnāx
• impugn ← impugner ← impugnō
• pugnacity ← pugnacitas ← pugnāx
• expugn ← expugnen ← expugner ← expugnō
• expugnable ← expugnabilis ← expūgnō
• expugnation ← expugnatio ← expugnō
• inexpugnable ← inexpugnābilis ← expugnābilis ← expūgnō
• oppugnancy ← oppugnāns ← oppugnō
• oppugnant ← oppugnans ← oppugnō
• oppugnation ← oppugnātiō ← oppugnō
• propugnator ← prōpugnō

More words from pugnō

• propugnation
• pugne
• repugn
• repugnancy

Etymograph / Latin pugnō