Etymological root

*dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European

# *dʰeh₁-

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Proto-Indo-European
**Slug:** d-eh

## Words From This Root
- do - To carry out or perform an action or task.
- family - A group of people who are related, especially parents and their children.
- fact - A piece of information that is true and can be proven.
- fan - Someone who admires and strongly supports a person, team, or activity.
- familiar - Easy to recognize because you have seen, heard, or known it before.
- affair - A secret romantic or sexual relationship, usually involving someone who is married.
- effect - A change or result produced by an action or cause.
- wood - The hard material that trees are made of, used for building and making things.
- factory - A building where goods are made, usually using machines.
- theme - The main subject or idea of a book, film, talk, or piece of art.
- sacrifice - The act of giving up something valuable for the sake of something more important.
- fashion - The popular styles of clothing at a particular time, and the industry that creates them.
- festival - A series of special events celebrating something, such as music, film, or culture.
- benefit - A good or helpful effect that something has; an advantage.
- facility - A building or place provided for a particular purpose or service.
- effective - Working well and producing the result you want.
- feast - A large, special meal, often to celebrate something.
- significant - Large or important enough to have a noticeable effect.
- infection - An illness caused by harmful germs entering the body.
- affection - A gentle feeling of fondness, liking, or love for someone.
- deed - Something that is done; an action.
- factor - One of the things that influences or helps cause a result.
- custom - A traditional way of behaving or doing something that is common to a group or society.
- feature - An important or noticeable part or quality of something.
- divide - To separate something into two or more parts.
- efficient - Working well without wasting time, effort, or money.
- artificial - Made by people rather than occurring in nature.
- justify - To give a good reason for something so that it seems acceptable.
- sufficient - As much as is needed; enough.
- doom - A terrible fate, especially death or destruction, that seems impossible to avoid.
- thesis - A long piece of writing based on research, especially for a university degree.
- significance - The importance or value of something.
- synthetic - Made artificially by chemical processes rather than coming from nature.
- ethical - Morally right; following accepted principles of good behaviour.
- hypothesis - An idea put forward to explain something, which can then be tested.
- suffice - to be enough for a particular purpose
- forfeit - To lose or give up something as a penalty for a mistake or wrongdoing.
- artifact - An object made by people, especially an old or historically interesting one
- ethnic - Relating to a group of people who share the same race, culture, language, or national background.
- festive - Cheerful and full of fun, as at a holiday or celebration.
- prefect - An older school pupil given authority over other students.
- beneficial - Helpful and good for someone or something.
- faction - A small group within a larger organization whose opinions differ from the rest.
- deficit - The amount by which spending is greater than the money coming in.
- justification - A good reason or explanation that makes an action or belief seem acceptable.
- modify - To change something slightly, especially to improve it.
- ethic - A set of beliefs about what is right and wrong that guides a person or group.
- deem - To consider or judge something to be a certain way.
- simplify - To make something easier to do or understand.
- modification - A change made to something to improve it or make it more suitable.
- signify - To mean or be a sign of something.
- certify - To state officially that something has met a required standard.
- deficient - Not having enough of something that is needed.
- edifice - A building, especially a large and impressive one.
- ethos - The set of values, beliefs, and character that define a person, group, or culture.
- artifice - Clever but dishonest behaviour used to trick or deceive someone.
- condiment - a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment
- liquefy - make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
- antithesis - The exact opposite of something.
- edification - The act of improving someone morally, intellectually, or spiritually.
- confection - A sweet food such as a cake, candy, or pastry, often elaborately decorated.
- simplification - The act of making something easier to do or understand.
- edify - To improve someone morally or intellectually through teaching.
- doer - a person who acts rather than merely talks or thinks
- doings - activities or events, especially of a notable or social kind
- feminine - having qualities traditionally associated with women
- abscond - to depart secretly and hurriedly, especially to avoid arrest or with stolen funds
- discomfit - to make uneasy or embarrassed; to thwart or defeat
- doomsman - archaic term for a judge or one who pronounces sentence
- fordo - to destroy, undo, or exhaust utterly
- artefact - an object made by a human, especially one of historical interest
- deface - to spoil the surface or appearance of
- defeature - defeat or undoing; disfigurement (archaic)
- difficultness - the quality of being difficult or troublesome
- disaffect - to make discontented or disloyal
- doable - able to be done; feasible
- doomsday - the day of the Last Judgment; a time of catastrophe
- indeedy - indeed (a colloquial, emphatic, often jocular intensifier)
- manufactory - a factory; an archaic term for a place where goods are made

Words from this root(79)

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