Proto-Indo-European

*mḗms

‘flesh’

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

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

member ← membre ← membre ← membrum ← *memzrom
membrane ← membrāna ← membrum ← *memzrom
granulosa ← membrana ← membrum ← *memzrom
membrana ← membrum ← *memzrom
membranaceous ← membrānāceus ← membrāna ← membrum ← *memzrom
membraneous ← membraneux ← membrāneus ← membrāna ← membrum
membral ← membrum ← *memzrom
membranule ← membrānula ← membrāna ← membrum ← *memzrom

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mḗms