Proto-Indo-European

*smey-

‘to smile’

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

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

• smith ← smeth ← smiþ ← *smiþ ← *smiþaz
• smile ← smilen ← *smîlen ← smielen ← smielēn
• mirror ← mirour ← mireor ← mirer ← mīror
• admirable ← admyrable ← admirābilis ← admīror ← mīror
• comity ← comite ← cōmitās ← cōmis ← cosmis
• admirability ← admīrābilitās ← admīrābilis ← admīrārī ← mīror
• mirific ← mirificus ← mīrus ← *smeiros ← *sméyros
• smicker ← smiker ← smicer ← *smikr ← *smikraz

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *smey-