Proto-Indo-European

*peh₂-

‘to protect, to ward’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-.

94 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, most familiar first.

• company ← companye ← compaignie ← *compania ← compāniō
• food ← fode ← fōda ← *fōdō ← *fōdô
• father ← fader ← fæder ← *fader ← *fadēr
• pain ← payn ← panis
• feed ← feden ← fēdan ← *fōdijan ← *fōdijaną
• pattern ← patron ← patron ← patrōnus ← pater
• pope ← pāpa ← papa ← παπᾶς ← πάπας
• foster ← fōstor ← *fōstr ← *fōstrą
• apparent ← apparaunt ← aparent ← appārēns
• companion ← compaignon ← compāniōn- ← pānis
• pastor ← pastour ← pāscō ← *pāskō ← *péh₂sti
• fur ← furre ← forre ← *fōdar ← *fōdr

More words from *peh₂-

• papa
• accompany
• patron
• patriot
• penetration
• pastoral
• papal
• fodder
• pasture
• perpetrator
• fad
• paternal
• paternity
• accompaniment
• forage
• padre
• ayr
• panini
• patrician
• fatherly
• pater
• patrimony
• perpetrate
• pav
• patroness
• compere
• pantaloons
• pannier
• repast
• compadre
• empanada
• antipasto
• patricide
• pablum
• padrone
• pappardelle
• pantaloon
• pasteurize
• patroon
• pastille
• patristics
• pabulum
• patronal
• panino
• patriciate
• compeer
• pannage
• pasdaran
• accompagnato
• compaternity
• compascuity
• ctenopoma
• depascent
• empanadilla
• faeder
• fosterling
• forthfather
• goombah
• impetrate
• impetrable
• impetration
• pasteurise
• panatela
• panucho
• panary
• patronate
• panification
• paninaro
• patrao
• pascichnion
• patriology
• pastrix
• pastorela
• patroclinous
• pascuage
• panify
• perpetratrix
• pitris
• poimenics
• rhinopome
• silvopasture
• yfed
• appear

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-