Translation
sturdy, robust, solidly built
Word origin
From the Romance fortress words, Italian fortezza and French forteresse, all resting on Latin fortis ('strong'). It shares that Latin ancestor with forta but arrives in Esperanto as its own root fortik-, not as a derivation.
- Origin
- Latin, via Romance
- Root
- fortis
- English cognates
- fortify, fortress, fort
Examples
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The house stands on a sturdy wall.
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He wore sturdy shoes.
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We need a sturdier table.
The seam here is fake, and it is worth stopping on. is not with -ik- inserted: -ik- is not a productive suffix meaning "sturdy", and the word belongs to the independent root fortik- that also gives (a fortress) and i (to fortify). The distinction is real in use, too. is the strength a person or a wind has; is the strength a wall, a boot or a chair has, the kind that does not break under load.
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