Latin

vir

‘man’

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

11 English words in this record descend from Latin vir, most familiar first.

• virtual ← vertual ← vertüal ← virtuālis ← virtūs
• virtue ← vertu ← vertu ← virtus
• virtuous ← vertuous ← vertuous ← virtuōsus ← virtūs
• virtuoso ← virtuōsus ← virtūs
• virile ← viril ← virīlis
• virility ← virilité ← virīlitās ← virīlis
• virago
• evirate ← ēvirātus ← ēvirō
• evertuate ← évertuer ← vertu ← vertu ← vertu
• virtueless ← vertules ← vertu ← vertu ← virtūs
• viraginous ← virāgō

Etymograph / Latin vir