Latin defendo

← Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (derived)

← Latin dē- (affix)

← Latin *fendō (affix)

← Latin offendō (mention)

→ French défense (derived)

→ Ladino defender (derived)

→ Maltese ddefenda (derived)

→ Norman d'fendre (derived)

→ Russian гонять (cognate)