Etymology

fortis

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Today it means: Relatively strongly articulated, hence voiceless and possibly aspirated; especially as compared to the others of a group of homorganic consonants. Full definition →

Latin fortis
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromfortis“strong”
  2. English todayfortis

Learned borrowing from Latin fortis (“strong”). Doublet of fort and forte.

Words from the same roots

Latinfortis all →

forcefortressfortefortificationfortifyforce majeure

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