Proto-Indo-European Word Roots
The building blocks of English vocabulary. Every root below traces a word back to its Latin, Greek, or older origin — follow a root to see every word that grew from it.
Proto-Indo-European (1319)
*preus-
1
*prew-
2
*prews-
2
*preyH-
6
*preysk-
1
*preḱ-
2
*priHós
1
*pro-
3
*pro-bʰuH-
1
*pro-bʰuH-s
2
*promo-
2
*prāy-
1
*pr̥k-
1
*pug-
1
*puH-
6
*péh₂ur
1
*péh₂wr̥
2
*pénkʷe
1
*pértus
1
*péth₂r̥
2
*péḱu
1
*póntoh₁s
1
*pótis
1
*púḱsos
1
*pṓds
5
*rabh-
1
*reh₁-
1
*reh₁d-
1
*reh₁ís
2
*rem-
1
*rep-
1
*rewdʰ-
1
*rews-
1
*rey-
1
*reydʰ-
3
*reǵ-
1
*ros-
1
*roub-
1
*sab-
1
*saus-
1
*sed-
30
*seh1-
1
*seh₁-
4
*seh₁p-
1
*seh₂-
4
*seh₂g-
2
*seh₂k-
1
*seh₂w-
1
*seh₂yro
1
*sek-
14
*sekʷ-
33
*sel-
14
*selbʰ-
1
*selh₁-
3
*selh₂-
2
*selk-
1
*selp-
1
*selǵ-
1
*sem-
30
*semh₂-
1
*semptio-
1
*sen-
3
*sengʷ-
1
*sengʷʰ-
2
*senk-
1
*sent-
11
*sent- (go)
1
*septm̥
1
*septḿ̥
2
*ser-
5
*ser- (bind)
8
*ser- (guard)
10
*serp-
1
*seut-
1
*sewg-
2
*sewH-
1
*seyb-
1
*seykʷ-
2
*seyl-
1
*seǵʰ-
10
*sh₂ey-
1
*sh₂eyro-
1
*sh₂lk-
1
*skabʰ-
2
*skai-
*skand-
4
*skek-
3
*skel-
1
*sken-
1
*skend-
4
*skew-
1
*skewbʰ-
2
*skewH-
1
*skey-
9
*skeyb-
1
*skeyd-
1