Proto-Indo-European

*gʰreh₁-

‘to grow (of plants?)’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-.

29 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-, most familiar first.

• green ← grene ← grēne ← *grōnī ← *grōniz
• grow ← growen ← grōwan ← *grōan ← *grōaną
• grown ← growen ← grōwan ← *grōan ← *grōaną
• grass ← gras ← græs ← *gras ← *grasą
• herb ← herbe ← erbe ← herba ← *gʰer-dʰ
• groom ← grom ← *grōma ← *grōmō ← *grōaną
• arbor ← arbour ← erbier ← erbe ← herba
• gourmet ← groumet ← grom ← *grōm ← *grōm
• graze ← grasen ← grasian ← *grasōn ← *grasōną
• greenish ← grenisch ← grene ← grēne ← *grōnī
• herbaceous ← herbāceus ← herba ← *gʰer-dʰ
• greedily ← gredyly ← grǣdiglīce ← grǣdiġ ← *grādag

More words from *gʰreh₁-

• herbivore
• yerba
• ambergris
• greenness
• grazier
• greediness
• herbage
• chrematistics
• chrematistic
• chrematophobia
• chreotechnics
• chrematonym
• forgrow
• graminivorous
• graminoid
• herbose
• herbid

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-