Proto-Indo-European
*per-
‘to cross’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *per-.
197 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *per-, most familiar first.
- first ← fyrest ← *furist ← *furistaz ← *furai
- before ← before//bifore ← beforan ← foran ← *furai
- support ← supporten ← supporter ← supportō ← portō
- far ← ferre ← *ferrai ← *per-nóy
- per
- report ← reporten ← reporter ← reportāre ← porto
- further ← forþor ← *furþer
- price ← pris ← pretium ← *pretjom ← *pr-é-ti ~ *pr-ó-ti
- private ← privat ← prīvātus ← prīvō ← prīvus
- press ← presse ← pressa ← presser ← pressāre
- practice
- fear ← feer ← fǣr ← *fērō
More words from *per-
- opportunity
- pre
- primary
- prior
- prime
- appreciate
- port
- sport
- transport
- prize
- afford
- importance
- pregnant
- ford
- practical
- forth
- precious
- praise
- export
- interpretation
- privilege
- parade
- par
- import
- ferry
- portal
- porter
- portable
- pirate
- fare
- porch
- pardon
- primitive
- prix
- interpreter
- pragmatic
- privy
- prism
- proton
- peril
- depreciation
- afar
- primal
- pore
- petra
- privatization
- disparate
- deport
- firth
- rapport
- compress
- barter
- parse
- porta
- emporium
- praxis
- depress
- fjord
- opportunist
- rapporteur
- furlough
- prismatic
- opportune
- portico
- primus
- premonition
- appraise
- opportunism
- prion
- pragmatist
- depreciate
- inopportune
- paramour
- practicum
- privation
- comport
- prang
- piedra
- ferd
- wallah
- pratique
- interpretable
- preterite
- farrand
- apprise
- empiric
- parlous
- sportif
- aporia
- pragma
- prester
- paramo
- petrify
- parison
- importunate
- practic
- firn
- poha
- petrous
- portici
- importune
- importunity
- pedregal
- portamento
- feer
- fraise
- antepartum
- osteopetrosis
- disport
- fyrd
- precipitant
- fure
- porticus
- apport
- barratry
- praxeology
- pragmatical
- afear
- antiprism
- antiport
- apporter
- aporetic
- aporophobia
- asportation
- asport
- barrator
- colporteur
- colportage
- diprionidian
- duoprism
- eupraxy
- eupraxia
- farness
- firk
- fjard
- forne
- forthcome
- forthfare
- forthgo
- forthward
- fortochka
- fraist
- gonioprism
- importancy
- importuous
- interpretament
- isopor
- ispravnic
- isopract
- misfare
- naprapathy
- opportunate
- overfare
- perfervid
- petrary
- peirastic
- petrescent
- petrifact
- peirameter
- petrific
- pereion
- perikyma
- periegete
- petrosectomy
- portato
- portolan
- portate
- portation
- portance
- poriform
- porion
- portego
- primogenitor
- presbytera
- primipara
- prore
- pronubial
- proport
- primipilar
- primigravida
- prismatize
- reprive
- repertor
- supprime
- verdolaga
- experiment
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *per-