Proto-Indo-European

*bʰh₂-tó-s

‘spoken’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-tó-s.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-tó-s, most familiar first.

• fate ← fāta ← fātus ← *fātos
• fatal ← fātālis ← fātum ← fātus ← *fātos
• fairy ← faierie ← faerie ← fāta ← fātus
• profess ← professer ← profitērī ← fateor ← *fatēōr
• inficiate ← inficiare ← īnficior ← īnfitior ← fateor

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-tó-s