Words that come from Proto-Italic “fortis”

164 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Italic fortis — including fortune, unfortunate, fortunate, unfortunately, misfortune, fortunately, forte, fortuitous.

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English (34)

Latin (21)

Italian (16)

Spanish (14)

Catalan (10)

Romanian (8)

French (5)

Portuguese (5)

Polish (5)

Middle French (3)

Dutch (3)

Scottish Gaelic (3)

Finnish (3)

Turkish (2)

Aromanian (2)

Albanian (2)

Russian (2)

Ligurian (2)

Ottoman Turkish (2)

Crimean Tatar (2)

Maltese (2)

Corsican (1)

Greek (1)

Friulian (1)

Istriot (1)

Azerbaijani (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Old Latin (1)

Middle English (1)

Old French (1)

Byzantine Greek (1)

Venetian (1)

German (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Tagalog (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Occitan (1)

Emilian (1)

Abkhaz (1)