Proto-Indo-European

*dʰwer-

‘door’

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

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

• door ← dore ← duru ← *dur ← *durz
• foreign ← foreyn ← forain ← *forānus ← forās
• thyroid ← thyreoīdēs ← θῠρεοειδής ← θῠρεός ← θῠ́ρᾱ
• afuera ← fuera ← fueras ← forās ← *fora
• farouche ← faroche ← forāsticus ← forās ← *fora
• biforine ← biforis ← foris ← *foris ← *fworis
• extraforaneous ← foris ← *foris ← *fworis ← *θworis
• forane ← forāneus ← forās ← *fora ← *forā
• hyperthyrion ← ὑπερθύριον ← θύρα ← *tʰurā

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-