Words that come from Latin “metus”

36 words across 15 languages descend from Latin metus — including meticulous, meticulously, meticulousness, unmeticulous, méticuleux, metum, miedo, medo.

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Latin (8)

Portuguese (5)

English (4)

Spanish (4)

Italian (3)

French (2)

Catalan (2)

Old Spanish (1)

Galician (1)

Dutch (1)

Asturian (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Romanian (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Guinea-Bissau Creole (1)