Proto-Indo-European

*dʰer-

‘to hold, support’

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

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

• dark ← derk ← deorc ← *derk ← *dʰerg-
• drug ← drogge ← drogue ← droge ← *drōgi
• firm ← firma ← firmare ← firmo ← firmus
• dry ← drye ← drȳġe ← *drūgī ← *drūgiz
• drama ← δρᾶμα ← δράω ← darýti ← *dʰor-éyeti
• confirm ← confirmen ← confermer ← cōnfirmāre ← firmāre
• dare ← durren ← durran ← *durʀan ← *durzaną
• throne ← trone ← trone ← thronus ← θρόνος
• confirmation ← confirmacioun ← confirmacion ← cōnfirmātiō ← cōnfirmātus
• drain ← *dreinen ← drēahnian ← *drauhnōn ← *drauhnōną
• drone ← drounen ← *drunnjan ← *drunjaną
• feasible ← fesable ← facere ← fere ← *feros

More words from *dʰer-

• formidable
• drastic
• refrain
• darn
• affirmative
• dharma
• affirmation
• affirming
• dazed
• melodrama
• dramatist
• dor
• firmament
• dern
• dramatize
• druggist
• dramaturgy
• frenulum
• formidably
• monodrama
• daruma
• fermata
• dramaturge
• adharma
• dharana
• dorama
• frenum
• teledrama
• affirmatio
• derne
• dramaturgist
• dramaless
• droguet
• dramatology
• dramatism
• effrenate
• firmity
• firmitude
• formidability
• fordry
• melodrame
• microdrama
• nondrama
• selictar
• subdrama
• tarafdar
• thranite
• theodrama

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-