Latin
tenax
‘tenacious’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin tenax.
5 English words in this record descend from Latin tenax, most familiar first.
- tenacity ← ténacité ← tenācitās
- tenacious
- pertinacious ← pertinace ← pertinax
- tenace ← tenaza
- pertinaciously ← pertināx
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Etymograph / Latin tenax