Latin
vallum
‘rampart’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin vallum.
6 English words in this record descend from Latin vallum, most familiar first.
- wall ← wal ← weall
- vallum
- circumvallate ← circumvallare
- forewall ← foreweall ← weall ← *wall
- vallar ← vallaris
- vallation ← vallatio ← vallare
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Etymograph / Latin vallum