Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeh₂-
‘to speak’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-.
170 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-, most familiar first.
- phone ← telephone ← téléphone ← φωνή ← *pʰōnā́
- focus
- professor ← proffessur ← profiteor ← fateor ← *fatēōr
- famous ← fāmōsus ← fāma ← *fāmā ← *bʰéh₂meh₂
- fuel ← fuayle ← fouaille ← focus
- ben ← *bōni ← *bōniz
- phase ← phasis ← φάσις ← φᾰ(ν)- ← *pʰáňňō
- favor ← favour ← favour ← faveō ← *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti
- favourite ← favorit ← favorit ← favorire ← favore
- ban ← bannen ← bannan ← *bannan ← *bannaną
- fantasy ← fantasie ← fantasie ← phantasia ← φαντασία
- fate ← fāta ← fātus ← *fātos ← *bʰh₂-tó-s
More words from *bʰeh₂-
- fancy
- fame
- photographer
- emphasis
- phenomenon
- profession
- fatal
- bee
- fairy
- fabulous
- abandon
- infant
- confession
- confess
- phantom
- symphony
- infamous
- beacon
- beck
- boon
- abandonment
- eff
- fab
- fay
- bane
- prophetic
- epiphany
- fable
- saxophone
- foyer
- banish
- confessional
- phonetic
- buoy
- nefarious
- profess
- fantasia
- bene
- confessor
- banal
- infamy
- phenomenology
- gramophone
- affable
- prophesy
- phenol
- phenom
- cacophony
- phenomenally
- tryptophan
- defame
- phoneme
- beek
- ineffable
- beckon
- phantasm
- phonon
- euphonium
- fusilier
- prophetess
- sinfonia
- focaccia
- symphonia
- confab
- diaphanous
- phosgene
- photolithography
- fantastico
- prefatory
- fusillade
- hierophant
- phonation
- sinfonietta
- confabulation
- fabulist
- photometer
- phasma
- fabula
- phantasia
- euphonious
- euphony
- dysphonia
- fusil
- confessio
- allophonic
- telophase
- favel
- phasmid
- phane
- confiteor
- phatic
- infame
- apophasis
- aphantic
- aphemia
- apophony
- aphantasia
- aphananthous
- autophanous
- bawneen
- bainin
- cacophonic
- confabulate
- contrabandista
- confitent
- coprophenomenon
- diaphanotype
- diaphanometer
- diaphonical
- dysphemism
- ecphonema
- echophenomenon
- effable
- euphotide
- fabulosity
- fabulate
- fabular
- famacide
- foquism
- fusilly
- goniophotometer
- homophene
- hyperphantasia
- inficiate
- macrophanerophyte
- macrophenomenon
- mesophanerophyte
- metaphenomenon
- microphanerophyte
- microphenomenon
- myophan
- nanophanerophyte
- nanophenomenon
- nefandous
- photoautotroph
- phanerophyte
- photodocumentary
- phantasticum
- phonal
- phantasmatography
- phene
- phasm
- phasmophobia
- phenomenic
- phenomenical
- phaneron
- prophetize
- protophenomenon
- pseudoprophet
- pyrophane
- speako
- superphenomenon
- subphenomenon
- symphoniette
- symphenomenon
- tonophant
- unphenomenal
- zampogna
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-