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Proto-Indo-European
# *speh₁- **Type:** Etymological root **Language:** Proto-Indo-European **Slug:** speh ## Words From This Root - speed - How fast something moves or happens. - desperate - Needing or wanting something so much that you will do anything to get it. - despair - The feeling of having lost all hope. - prosper - To be successful and do well, especially financially.
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speed
A2
/spiːd/
How fast something moves or happens.
desperate
B1
/ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət/
Needing or wanting something so much that you will do anything to get it.
despair
B1
/dɪˈspɛɚ/
The feeling of having lost all hope.
prosper
B2
/ˈpɹɑspɚ/
To be successful and do well, especially financially.
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