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)
*bʰā-
1
*bʰōw-
1
*bʰūgʰ-
1
*de
1
*deh₂-
2
*deh₂imō
1
*deh₂p-
3
*deh₂y-
1
*deh₃-
20
*deiwos
2
*dek-
7
*del-
3
*delh₁-
3
*dem-
6
*demh₂-
8
*dems-pótis
1
*den-
1
*dens-
1
*denḱ-
1
*der-
2
*derew-
1
*deru-
3
*derǵʰ-
1
*deuk-
1
*dewh₂-
4
*dewk-
28
*dews-
2
*deywós
2
*deyḱ-
30
*deḱ-
15
*deḱs-
2
*dheubh-
1
*dlongʰos
3
*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
3
*dol-
3
*doḱ-
1
*drebʰ-
1
*dreg-
2
*dreh₂-
1
*drem-
2
*drewh₂-
1
*drewo-
1
*drū-
1
*dwey-
1
*dwino-
1
*dwo-
3
*dwoh
3
*dwóh₁
4
*dwōg-
1
*dyew-
10
*déḱm̥
5
*dóru
2
*dʰail-
1
*dʰedʰórse
1
*dʰegʷʰ-
12
*dʰegʷʰris
1
*dʰeh₁(y)-
6
*dʰeh₁-
81
*dʰem-
1
*dʰengʰ-
1
*dʰer-
4
*dʰerg-
1
*dʰers-
2
*dʰerǵʰ-
2
*dʰew-
3
*dʰewbʰ-
6
*dʰewgʰ-
1
*dʰewh₂-
7
*dʰews-
1
*dʰewsóm
1
*dʰeygʷ-
6
*dʰeyh₂-
1
*dʰeyǵʰ-
11
*dʰeyǵʷ-
1
*dʰh₂ebʰ-
1
*dʰonu
1
*dʰreb-
1
*dʰrebʰ-
1
*dʰregʰ-
5
*dʰrenǵ-
1
*dʰrewb-
2
*dʰrewgʰ-
1
*dʰreybʰ-
2
*dʰreyd-
1
*dʰugh₂tḗr
1
*dʰuh₂mós
1
*dʰwel-
1
*dʰwen-
1
*dʰwer-
3
*dʰwes-
1
*dʰwṓr
1
*dʰédʰeh₁ti
1
*dʰéh₁s
1
*dʰéh₁tis
1
*dʰóh₁mos
1
*dʰówtus
1