Latin
temptō
‘to try, attempt’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin temptō.
6 English words in this record descend from Latin temptō, most familiar first.
- attempt ← attempten ← atempter ← attemptō
- tent ← tente ← tente ← tentāre
- temptation ← temptacion ← temptatio
- taunt ← tanter ← tempter
- tempter
- temptator ← temptatour
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Etymograph / Latin temptō