Word Origin Summary

Fortis is attested in Latin. 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

Descendants and Related Terms

• Hwéeldi

  Navajo · borrowed from

• fort

  Norwegian Bokmål · derived from

• sforzare

  Italian · derived from

• fortificare

  Italian · derived from

• fuersa

  Hiligaynon · borrowed from

• fortification

  English · derived from

• fortifica

  Romanian · borrowed from

• fort

  Norwegian Nynorsk · derived from

What You Can Explore

• 🗺️Geographic migration map — see where this word traveled
• 🌳Language family tree — trace connections across related languages
• 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root