Proto-Indo-European

*h₁epi

‘at; near; on’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi, most familiar first.

• oblige ← obligen ← obligier ← obligō ← ob
• beset ← besetten ← besettan ← *bisattjan ← *bisatjaną
• oblate ← oblātus ← ob ← *op
• ostinato ← obstinātus ← obstinō ← ob ← *op
• betimes ← betymes ← by ← bī ← *bī
• oblati ← oblatus ← ob ← *op
• oblea ← oublée ← oblātus ← ob ← *op
• opsigamy ← ὀψέ
• opsiblastic ← ὀψέ

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi