Words that come from Latin “miser”

55 words across 16 languages descend from Latin miser — including misery, miser, miserly, measly, misericordia, miserliness, misère, immiseration.

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English (15)

Latin (13)

Italian (4)

French (3)

Spanish (3)

Romanian (3)

Old French (3)

Portuguese (3)

Polish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Russian (1)

Norman (1)

Finnish (1)

German (1)

Middle English (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)