Words that come from Latin “surdus”

117 words across 36 languages descend from Latin surdus — including absurd, absurdly, absurdum, absurdist, surd, absurdism, surdity, absurdness.

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English (13)

Latin (12)

Italian (11)

Spanish (10)

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