Proto-Indo-European

*dóru

‘tree’

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

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

• tree ← trau ← trēo ← *treu ← *trewą
• trough ← trogh ← troh ← *trog ← *trugą
• dory ← δόρυ ← *dóru
• druid ← druide ← druide ← druidae ← *druwits
• dinghy ← ডিঙি ← द्रोण ← *dráwnam ← *dréw-no-m
• dendritic ← δενδρίτης ← δένδρον ← *der-drew-om
• larch ← Larche ← larche ← larihha ← *larikā
• dendrite ← δενδρίτης ← δένδρον ← *der-drew-om
• treen ← triewen ← *triwīnaz ← *trewą
• betroth ← bitrouthen ← trīewþ ← *triwwiþō
• doru ← δόρυ
• gonodendron ← δένδρον ← *der-drew-om

More words from *dóru

• ichthyodorulite

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dóru