Proto-Indo-European

*ph₂tḗr

‘father’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

36 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr, most familiar first.

• father ← fader ← fæder ← *fader ← *fadēr
• pattern ← patron ← patron ← patrōnus ← pater
• papa ← pater ← *patēr
• patron ← patroun ← patrōnus ← pater ← *patēr
• patriot ← patriote ← patriōta ← πατριώτης ← πατρίς
• perpetrator ← perpetrō ← patrō ← pater ← *patēr
• paternal ← paternālis ← paternus ← pater ← *patēr
• paternity ← paternité ← paternitās ← paternus ← pater
• padre ← pater ← *patēr
• ayr ← athair ← *ɸatīr
• fatherly ← faderly ← fæderlīċ ← *faderlīk ← *fadurlīkaz
• pater

More words from *ph₂tḗr

• patrimony
• perpetrate
• patroness
• compere
• compadre
• padrone
• patroon
• patristics
• patronal
• patriciate
• compeer
• compaternity
• faeder
• forthfather
• goombah
• impetrate
• impetrable
• impetration
• patronate
• patrao
• patriology
• patroclinous
• perpetratrix
• pitris

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr