force
French
noun
Definitions
- force
- strength
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French force inherited from Old French force inherited from Latin *fortia, fortis (strong, mighty, brave).
Origin
Latin
fortis
Gloss
strong, mighty, brave
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
強
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fortis English
- *fortia Latin
- conforto Latin
- fortalitia Latin
- fortia Latin
- fortificare, fortifico Latin
- fortificationem, fortificatio Latin
- fortifico Latin
- fortificāre Latin
- fortificāre, fortificō, fortifico Latin
- fortificātiōnem, fortificātiō, fortificatio Latin
- fortis Latin
- fortiter Latin
- fortitudo Latin
- forza Italian
- forziere Italian
- forzoso Italian
- giocoforza Italian
- rafforzare Italian
- forcir French
- forzudo Spanish, Castilian
- fuerte Spanish, Castilian
- fuerza Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- força Portuguese
- forçar Portuguese
- forsa Polish
- fort Polish
- force Middle English
- force Old French
- fort Old French
- forta Esperanto
- forca Serbo-Croatian
- força Catalan, Valencian
- forçar Catalan, Valencian
- forță Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- puwersa Tagalog
- Force Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- fortë Albanian
- force Middle French
- força Old Portuguese
- fòrt Occitan
- fòrça Occitan
- fuercia Asturian
- fuerza Asturian
- fuarce Friulian
- forsa Old Occitan
- fuerça Old Spanish
- forsa Papiamentu
- foice Walloon
- forza Ladin
- forsa Istriot
- forctis Old Latin
- fuersa Hiligaynon
- fuorte Mirandese