Proto-Indo-European

*bʰéh₂ti

‘to speak, to be talking’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti.

24 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti, most familiar first.

• fabulous ← fābulōsus ← fābula ← for ← *fāōr
• eff ← effor ← for ← *fāōr
• fab ← fabulous ← fabulous ← fābulōsus ← fābula
• prophetic ← prophétique ← prophēticus ← προφητικός ← προφήτης
• fable ← fābula ← for ← *fāōr
• affable ← affābilis ← affor ← for ← *fāōr
• prophesy ← prophecien ← prophecie ← prophetie ← prophētīa
• ineffable ← ineffābilis ← effābilis ← effor ← for
• confab ← confabulacion ← confābulātiōnem ← cōnfābulor ← fābulor
• prefatory ← praefor ← for ← *fāōr
• confabulation ← confabulacion ← confābulātiōnem ← cōnfābulor ← fābulor
• fabulist ← fabuliste ← fabuler ← fābulor ← fābula

More words from *bʰéh₂ti

• fabula
• favel
• phatic
• aphantic
• effable
• fabulosity
• fabulate
• fabular
• nefandous
• prophetize
• pseudoprophet
• speako

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti