Proto-Indo-European

*speh₁-

‘to succeed, to prosper’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *speh₁-.

15 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁-, most familiar first.

• speed ← sped ← spēd ← *spōdi ← *spōan
• desperate ← desperat(e) ← dēspērātus ← desperare ← dēspērō
• spare ← spær ← *sparaz ← *sph₁rós
• despair ← dispeir ← despeir ← despero ← spērō
• spatial ← spatium ← *sph₁-to-
• desperation ← desperacion ← dēspērātiō ← despero ← spērō
• prosper ← prosperer ← prosperō ← prosperus ← *prosparos
• spat ← spatium ← *sph₁-to-
• esperanza ← esperança ← spērāns ← spērō ← *spēsō
• desperado ← desesperar ← disperare ← sperō ← spēs
• esperance ← esperer ← esperer ← spērō ← spēs
• expatiate ← expatior ← spatior ← spatiō ← spatium

More words from *speh₁-

• sperate
• speedful
• spatiate

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *speh₁-