| 【famili】 is a word-forming element usually meaning "close attendant, family" from Latin "familia, famulus, famula" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "famili"]
familiar ****[1290] If someone or something is familiar to you, you recognize them or know them well.
family ****[188] A family is a group of people who are related to each other, especially parents and their children.
unfamiliar ☆[4758] If something is unfamiliar to you, you know nothing or very little about it, because you have not seen or experienced it before.
[WORD ROOT]root famili
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] famili
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) familia, famulus, famula
[MEANING]root close attendant, family
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Latin】 famulus servant, slave
- 【Latin】 familia [abstract noun formed from famulus] household servants, family servants, domestics collectively, the servants in a household, (thus also) members of a household, the estate, property; the household, including relatives and servants
- 【Latin】 famula [derivatives of famulus] serving woman, maid
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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familiar ★★★★[1290] adjective from family
【DEFINITION】 If someone or something is familiar to you, you recognize them or know them well.
【ANTONYM】 unfamiliar
【ROOTs】 ⑴ famil(famili); close attendant ⑵ iar(ar); suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin familia》 [abstract noun formed from famulus] household servants, family servants, domestics collectively, the servants in a household, (thus also) members of a household, the estate, property; the household, including relatives and servants
【First Known Meaning】 intimate, very friendly, on a family footing
【DERIVATIVEs】 familiarity, familiarize, familiarly, familiarness, familiar
family ★★★★[188] noun from family
【DEFINITION】 A family is a group of people who are related to each other, especially parents and their children.
【pl.】 families
【ROOTs】 ⑴ famil(famili); close attendant ⑵ y; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin familia》 [abstract noun formed from famulus] household servants, family servants, domestics collectively, the servants in a household, (thus also) members of a household, the estate, property; the household, including relatives and servants
【First Known Meaning】 servants of a household
unfamiliar ☆[4758] adjective from family
【DEFINITION】 If something is unfamiliar to you, you know nothing or very little about it, because you have not seen or experienced it before.
【ANTONYM】 familiar
【COMPOSITION】 un + familiar
【ROOTs】 ⑴ un; not ⑵ famili; close attendant ⑶ ar; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin familia》 [abstract noun formed from famulus] household servants, family servants, domestics collectively, the servants in a household, (thus also) members of a household, the estate, property; the household, including relatives and servants
【DERIVATIVEs】 unfamiliarity, unfamiliarly, unfamiliar
Other words containing "famili"; familial, familiarity, familiarize, familiarly, familiarness, materfamilias, paterfamilias, unfamiliarity, unfamiliarly
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
fall-, false-
fair
fac, fact, -fect, fic
extra
exter, extrem
examin-
every
ever
estim
esse, ess-
