Proto-Indo-European

*peh₁-

‘to hurt’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-.

23 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-, most familiar first.

• patient ← pacient ← pacient ← patiens ← patior
• patience ← pacience ← pacience ← patientia ← patiens
• passionate ← passionat ← passiōnātus
• passive ← passyf ← passif ← passivus ← passus
• compatible ← compatibilis ← compator ← patior ← *patos
• compassion ← compassioun ← compassio ← compati ← patior
• impatient ← impacient ← impatiēns ← patiēns ← patior
• repent ← repenten ← repentir ← *repaenitīre ← paenitīre
• fend ← fēond ← *fijand ← *fijandz
• repentance
• penitentiary ← pēnitentiārius ← paenitentia ← paenitēns ← paeniteō
• penance ← penaunce ← peneance ← paenitentia ← paenitēns

More words from *peh₁-

• fiend
• impatience
• penitent
• repentant
• penitence
• penitential
• impatiens
• pentimento
• passival
• penitente
• perpession
• passion

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-