Words that come from Latin silens

41 words across 12 languages descend from Latin silens — including silence, silent, silently, silencer, silentness, resilence, nonsilent, unsilenceable.

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English (17)

Latin (4)

Italian (4)

French (3)

Portuguese (3)

Spanish (3)

Catalan (2)

Norman (1)

Old French (1)

Middle English (1)

Late Latin (1)

Old Portuguese (1)