Latin
vīs
‘strength’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin vīs.
8 English words in this record descend from Latin vīs, most familiar first.
- violent ← violentus
- violation ← violātiō ← violō
- violate ← violaten ← violat ← violātus ← violō
- vis
- vim
- violator ← violō
- inviolable ← inviolābilis ← violō
- virial
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Etymograph / Latin vīs