Proto-Indo-European

*bʰeydʰ-

‘to trust’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-.

46 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-, most familiar first.

• federal ← foedus ← *feiðos ← *bʰeydʰós
• confidence ← cōnfīdentia ← cōnfīdō ← fīdō ← *feiðō
• confident ← confidens ← cōnfīdō ← fīdō ← *feiðō
• federation ← foederatio ← foederō ← foedus ← *feiðos
• confederate ← confederat(e) ← cōnfoederō ← foederō ← foedus
• abide ← abyden ← ābīdan ← *uʀbīdan ← *uzbīdaną
• fidelity ← fidelite ← fidélité ← fidēlitās ← fidēlis
• defiance ← defiaunce ← desfiance ← desfier
• federally ← federal ← fédéral ← foedus ← *feiðos
• defy ← desfier ← *disfidare ← fidus ← *feiðos
• affidavit ← affido ← fīdō
• infidelity ← infidelite ← infidelité ← īnfidēlitās ← infidēlis

More words from *bʰeydʰ-

• fiduciary
• federalist
• bode
• federalism
• confidant
• confide
• infidel
• foi
• bide
• fealty
• confidante
• diffident
• perfidy
• federalization
• feal
• fiducial
• federalize
• nonfederal
• abidance
• affy
• confeder
• diffide
• fedifragous
• fedity
• federalness
• federalese
• fiador
• foederatus
• nullifidian
• overbide
• pithiatism
• postfederal
• prefederal
• unfederal
• faith

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-