Proto-Indo-European
*pleh₃(w)-
‘to swim, flow’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)-.
3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)-, most familiar first.
- flood ← flod ← flōd ← *flōdu ← *flōduz
- deplorable ← dēplōrābilis
- implore ← implorer
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)-