Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

perfidious

 

faithless, treacherous

 

In a song from the 1950’s called “Perfidia,” the singer says good-bye to his perfidious lover.

 

Related English words: perfidiousness, perfidy

 

Latin root words: perfidiosus, perfidiosa, perfidiosum - faithless, treacherous; perfidia, perfidiae, f. - faithlessness

 

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