Words that come from Latin focus

259 words across 53 languages descend from Latin focus — including focus, fuel, focusing, foyer, curfew, refocus, biofuel, fusillade.

See the etymology of focus itself →

English (60)

Spanish (24)

Italian (20)

French (19)

Portuguese (12)

Latin (10)

Catalan (9)

Old French (9)

German (7)

Romansch (6)

Romanian (5)

Vulgar Latin (5)

Middle French (4)

Hungarian (4)

Norman (4)

Late Latin (4)

Old Occitan (3)

Cebuano (3)

Old Spanish (2)

Aromanian (2)

Russian (2)

Galician (2)

Crimean Tatar (2)

Sicilian (2)

Irish (2)

Dutch (2)

Ido (2)

Venetian (2)

Asturian (2)

Friulian (2)

Ligurian (2)

Occitan (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Czech (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Aragonese (1)

Gallo (1)

Corsican (1)

Armenian (1)

Tarantino (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Mirandese (1)

Greek (1)

Japanese (1)

Esperanto (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Walloon (1)

Finnish (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Guinea-Bissau Creole (1)

Middle English (1)