Proto-Indo-European

*drem-

‘to run’

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

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

• syndrome ← συνδρομή ← σύνδρομος ← δρόμος
• dormant ← dormiēns ← dormiō ← *dormiō ← *dr̥m-yé-ti
• dormitory ← dormītōrium ← dormiō ← *dormiō ← *dr̥m-yé-ti
• dormer ← dormoir ← dormir ← dormir ← dormīre
• dromedary ← dromedari ← dromedaire ← dromedārius ← *dromadārius
• anadromous ← ἀνάδρομος ← ἀνατρέχω ← τρέχω ← *dʰregʰ-
• drome ← δρόμος
• dormition ← dormītiō ← dormiō ← *dormiō ← *dr̥m-yé-ti
• truckle ← trokel ← trocle ← trochlea ← τροχῐλείᾱ
• trochlea ← τροχῐλείᾱ ← τροχῐ́λος ← τρέχω ← *dʰregʰ-
• dromos ← δρόμος
• trochee ← τροχαῖος ← τρέχω ← *dʰregʰ-

More words from *drem-

• acrodrome
• antidromic
• dorter
• dormitive
• dormitorium
• dromion
• dromon
• dromus
• hemerodrome
• peridrome
• peridromophile
• peridromophily
• trochil
• trochilics
• trochilic
• trochilus
• trocheus
• trechometer

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *drem-