Words that come from Latin praefero

118 words across 30 languages descend from Latin praefero — including prefer, preferable, preferably, preferential, prelate, preferentially, prelatical, preferability.

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English (40)

Spanish (9)

Italian (8)

French (6)

Serbo-Croatian (6)

Latin (5)

Catalan (4)

Romanian (4)

Portuguese (4)

Dutch (4)

Norman (3)

Polish (3)

Russian (2)

Old French (2)

German (2)

Maltese (2)

Middle French (1)

Hungarian (1)

Finnish (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Middle English (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Slovak (1)

Yiddish (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Indonesian (1)

Tagalog (1)