fortitude
courage and strength through difficulty
Roots
- -tude / -itude: abstract noun suffix: state, quality, or condition
- fort / fortis: strong, brave, firm, or fortified
Other words with the fort / fortis root
- fort: a small fortified place
Fortitude is strength that holds when difficulty keeps pressing.
She showed fortitude by returning to the problem every morning until it made sense.
Fortitude belongs with fortis: strong or brave. It is not the fortune family; luck may arrive or fail, but fortitude is the strength that stays.