Proto-Indo-European

*mḗms

‘flesh’

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

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

• member ← membre ← membre ← membrum ← *memzrom
• membrane ← membrāna ← membrum ← *memzrom
• granulosa ← membrana ← membrum ← *memzrom
• membrana ← membrum ← *memzrom
• membranaceous ← membrānāceus ← membrāna ← membrum ← *memzrom
• membraneous ← membraneux ← membrāneus ← membrāna ← membrum
• membral ← membrum ← *memzrom
• membranule ← membrānula ← membrāna ← membrum ← *memzrom

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mḗms