Ancient Greek
πείρω
‘to pierce’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek πείρω.
17 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek πείρω, most familiar first.
- pore ← porus ← πόρος
- emporium ← ἐμπόριον ← ἔμπορος ← πόρος
- prismatic ← prismatique ← πρίσματος ← πρῑ́ω
- prion ← πρίων ← πρίω
- aporia ← ἀπορία ← ἄπορος ← πόρος
- peroneus ← περόνη
- perone ← περόνη
- antiprism ← prism ← prisma ← πρίσμᾰ ← πρῑ́ω
- aporetic ← aporétique ← ἀπορητικός ← ἄπορος ← πόρος
- aporophobia ← aporofobia ← ἄπορος ← πόρος
- diprionidian ← πρίων ← πρίω
- duoprism ← prism ← prisma ← πρίσμᾰ ← πρῑ́ω
More words from πείρω
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Etymograph / Ancient Greek πείρω