Word Origin Summary

Forteresce is attested in French. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *bʰerǵʰ-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
2. *forktisProto-Italicinherited from
3. fortisLatinderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• forteresse

  French · inherited from

• fortaleza

  Galician · borrowed from

• forteresse

  Middle French · derived from

• fortăreață

  Romanian · borrowed from

• fortéresse

  Norman · derived from

• fortress

  English · derived from

What You Can Explore

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