Words that come from Latin “fugere”

27 words across 16 languages descend from Latin fugere — including cerebrifugal, fuir, fuite, fuggire, fuiter, fuxir, fuyard, fuyr.

See the etymology of fugere itself →

French (5)

Spanish (4)

Romanian (3)

Portuguese (2)

Old Spanish (2)

English (1)

Italian (1)

Asturian (1)

Middle French (1)

Friulian (1)

Catalan (1)

Old French (1)

Galician (1)

Occitan (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)