Words that come from Proto-Italic “fortis”

79 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Italic fortis — including fortune, unfortunate, fortunate, unfortunately, misfortune, fortunately, fortuitous, fortuitously.

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English (23)

Latin (17)

Spanish (8)

Italian (7)

French (3)

Dutch (3)

Middle French (2)

Aromanian (2)

Ligurian (2)

Romanian (2)

Corsican (1)

Friulian (1)

Albanian (1)

Istriot (1)

Russian (1)

Catalan (1)

Portuguese (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Middle English (1)

Old French (1)