Proto-Indo-European
*gerbʰ-
‘to carve’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-.
100 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-, most familiar first.
- photo ← photograph ← γράφω ← *grə́pʰō
- photography ← photographie ← γρᾰ́φω ← *grə́pʰō
- graphic ← graphicus ← γραφικός ← γραφή ← γράφω
- cinema ← cinématographe ← γράφω ← *grə́pʰō
- grammar ← gramere ← gramaire ← *grammāria ← grammatica
- crawl ← crawlen ← krafla
- crab ← crabbe ← crabba ← *krabbō ← *krabbô
- graffiti ← graffito ← graffire ← γρᾰ́φω ← *grə́pʰō
- graft ← graffe ← greffe ← graphium ← γραφείον
- carve ← kerven ← ċeorfan ← *kerban ← *kerbaną
- graphite ← Graphit ← γράφω ← *grə́pʰō
- graphene ← Graphit ← γράφω ← *grə́pʰō
More words from *gerbʰ-
- demography
- crawfish
- grimoire
- ultrasonography
- epigraph
- epigram
- astrophotography
- grammarian
- sonography
- grapheme
- epigraphic
- kerf
- graffito
- programma
- electrocardiographic
- sgraffito
- cardiogram
- electrocardiograph
- graptolite
- macrophotography
- microphotography
- cardiograph
- aerophotography
- agrammatism
- agraphon
- angiocardiography
- anagraph
- antiphotography
- astrophotograph
- becarve
- cardiography
- cardiographic
- chorography
- chronophotography
- chromophotography
- chromophotograph
- chronophotograph
- corbeille
- dextrocardiogram
- echocardiograph
- endocardiography
- forcarve
- goniophotograph
- graphane
- graphium
- grammatist
- grammatic
- graphism
- gramogram
- grammagram
- graptomancy
- karbovanets
- kinetocardiography
- laevocardiography
- laevocardiogram
- lithophotography
- macrophotograph
- metaphotography
- microphotograph
- multiphotography
- orthophotograph
- outphotograph
- photographable
- phonocardiogram
- phonocardiograph
- photographability
- phenomenography
- photographee
- phonocardiography
- phoneography
- photographize
- pyrophotography
- radiocardiogram
- radiophotograph
- radiocardiography
- radiophotography
- rephotograph
- rheocardiogram
- rheocardiography
- seismocardiography
- sonograph
- stereophotography
- syngraph
- telephotography
- telephotograph
- telecardiogram
- telecardiography
- ultrasonograph
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-