Proto-Hellenic

*pʰérō

‘to bear’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō.

26 English words in this record descend from Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō, most familiar first.

• phosphate ← phosphore ← phōsphorus ← φωσφόρος ← φῶς
• phosphorus ← φωσφόρος ← φῶς ← φέρω
• euphoria ← εὐφορίᾱ ← εὔφορος ← φέρω
• dysphoria ← δυσφορία ← δύσφορος ← φέρω
• semaphore ← σῆμα ← φέρω
• phosphine ← phosphorus ← phōsphorus ← φωσφόρος ← φῶς
• phoria ← φέρω
• adiaphoron ← ἀδιάφορος ← διάφορος ← διαφέρω ← φέρω
• amphoreus ← ᾰ̓μφορεύς ← φορεύς ← φέρω
• amphoreis ← ᾰ̓μφορεύς ← φορεύς ← φέρω
• cephalophore ← κεφαλή ← φέρω
• cryophorus ← φέρω

More words from *pʰérō

• dysphoriant
• elaiophore
• feretory
• feretrum
• homophora
• leucophore
• onomatophore
• parapherna
• phosphorical
• psychophor
• retinophora
• symphoric
• symphoria
• telpher

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō