Words that come from Latin “petra”
257 words across 55 languages descend from Latin petra — including petroleum, petrol, saltpetre, fusillade, petrochemical, petrous, limpet, lamprey.
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English (86)
- petroleum
- petrol
- saltpetre
- fusillade
- petrochemical
- petrous
- limpet
- lamprey
- fusee
- piedra
- petrify
- petrography
- petrology
- petrification
- petrodiesel
- petrological
- perron
- petrogenesis
- petrophysical
- fusilier
- petrodollar
- petroclival
- petrologic
- limpin
- nonpetroleum
- petrographer
- petrogenetic
- petrific
- petroliferous
- petrologist
- petrocalcic
- petrochemistry
- padrão
- pedregal
- petrogenic
- petrotympanic
- intrapetrous
- petrolic
- petrosilex
- petrostate
- lampern
- petrologically
- petropolitics
- petromastoid
- petrophysics
- petrochemically
- petrary
- postpetroleum
- lampricide
- limpetlike
- petrifier
- petrolhead
- petrichor
- petrogenetically
- petrolization
- petrohyoid
- petrophysicist
- petrescent
- petrograph
- unpetrify
- nonpetrochemical
- petrochemist
- micropetrography
- petrophilous
- petrifact
- epipetric
- petricolous
- petrifiable
- petro-
- petrolist
- petrosilicious
- petrosphere
- petroproduct
- petrogeologist
- petrogeological
- petrogeology
- petro-dictatorship
- lampricidal
- petroleomics
- petrolism
- petrorevenue
- petroholic
- biopetroleum
- petropolitical
- petrolize
- petra