Latin

probō

‘test, examine’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin probō.

20 English words in this record descend from Latin probō, most familiar first.

• improve ← improbō
• prove ← proven ← prōfian ← *prōbōn
• proof ← prove ← proba
• approve ← aproven ← aprover ← approbāre
• probability ← probabilité ← probābilitās ← probābilis
• probable ← probābilis
• probation ← probacioun ← probacion ← probatio
• probate ← probatus
• approbation ← approbacioun ← approbacion ← approbātiō ← approbō
• probative ← probatiffe ← probatif ← probātīvus
• reprove ← repreven ← reprover ← reprobō
• approbative ← approbātīvus ← approbō

More words from probō

• approbator
• comprobate
• improbate
• improbation
• probableness
• probator
• probabiliorist
• unprobably

Etymograph / Latin probō