Proto-Indo-European
*bʰer-
‘to bear, carry’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
200 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, most familiar first.
- different ← differēns ← differō ← ferō ← *ferō
- offer ← offrian ← offerō ← ferō ← *ferō
- difference ← differentia ← differēns ← differō ← ferō
- bar ← barre ← barre ← *barra ← *barros
- birth ← birthe ← burðr ← *burþiz ← *bʰértis
- reference ← referentia ← referō ← ferō ← *ferō
- transfer ← trānsferō ← ferō ← *ferō ← *bʰéreti
- bear ← beren ← beran ← *beran ← *beraną
- prefer ← preferren ← preferer ← praeferō ← *praiferō
- broad ← brood ← brād ← *braid ← *braidaz
- suffering ← suffer ← suffren ← suffrir ← *sufferīre
- bread ← brede ← brǣdu ← *braidį̄ ← *braidaz
More words from *bʰer-
- relative
- suffer
- translation
- extraordinary
- relation
- fortune
- relate
- burden
- differently
- bearing
- barrel
- preference
- differ
- barn
- referendum
- frustration
- bore
- translate
- fury
- baron
- breeze
- referee
- bark
- fertility
- borne
- fertile
- differentiation
- berth
- indifferent
- broom
- phosphate
- extravagant
- barrow
- embargo
- fret
- phosphorus
- euphoria
- defer
- confer
- infertility
- infer
- fertilization
- ferret
- frustrate
- elated
- deference
- infra
- infertile
- extraneous
- insufferable
- ablation
- elation
- collation
- fertilize
- dysphoria
- semaphore
- differentially
- furtive
- bier
- dilate
- collate
- deferential
- differentiable
- ablative
- bahar
- proffer
- furtively
- efferent
- oblate
- differentiator
- estrange
- indifferently
- birr
- barrette
- bairn
- burnish
- phosphine
- oblation
- offertory
- ambar
- sufferance
- dilatory
- barm
- deferent
- prolate
- brehon
- elate
- phoria
- sufferable
- relazione
- elative
- illative
- indifferentism
- translative
- delate
- abear
- ablatio
- adiaphoron
- afference
- amphoreus
- amphoreis
- antidifference
- arseniferous
- bairnish
- bairnless
- bidifferential
- brisling
- cephalophore
- circumfer
- collative
- collatitious
- codifferential
- codifferentiate
- cryophorus
- cytodifferentiate
- cytodifferential
- delative
- dedifferentiate
- delator
- differentness
- différance
- differentiatory
- differentialize
- dysphoriant
- elaiophore
- embarge
- equidifferent
- equidifference
- feretory
- feretrum
- forthbear
- fretum
- fringillaceous
- fringilliform
- furuncle
- furacity
- furacious
- homophora
- idoneous
- idoneity
- illation
- infortunate
- indifferentist
- indifferentness
- inferrible
- indifferentistic
- indifferentiate
- leucophore
- misdifferentiate
- multidifferential
- neurodifferentiate
- nondifferential
- nondifferent
- nondifference
- obley
- onomatophore
- parapherna
- paradifferential
- phoresy
- phorophyte
- photodifference
- phoresis
- phosphorical
- prolation
- profer
- profert
- psychophor
- redifferentiate
- referrible
- retinophora
- retrodifferentiate
- serodifferent
- sublate
- subdifferential
- symphoric
- symphoria
- telpher
- thermodifferential
- theyfab
- theymab
- transdifferentiate
- transdifferential
- ultradifferential
- underbear
- unindifferent
- undifferential
- urbarium
- waybread
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-