Proto-Indo-European

*péh₂wr̥

‘fire’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

26 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥, most familiar first.

• fire ← fyr ← fȳr ← *fuir ← *fōr
• bureau ← burel ← *bure ← burra ← burrus
• poppy ← popiġ ← popeġ ← *papavum ← papāver
• fiery ← fyry ← fyr ← fȳr ← *fuir
• burrito ← burro ← burrico ← borrico ← burricus
• bertram ← bërhtram ← pyrethrum ← πύρεθρον ← πῦρ
• pyre ← pyra ← πυρά ← πῦρ ← *pāwər
• pyro ← πῦρ ← *pāwər
• pyrite ← pȳritēs ← πῠρῑ́της ← πῦρ ← *pāwər
• burro ← borrico ← burricus ← burrus ← πῠρρός
• pyroclastic ← πῦρ ← *pāwər
• pyrrole ← Pyrrol ← πῠρρός ← πῦρ ← *pāwər

More words from *péh₂wr̥

• papaver
• pyrexia
• papaverine
• pyretic
• borachio
• dipyre
• eupyrion
• papaverous
• pyrargyrite
• pyrophanous
• pyrosis
• pyree
• pyrone
• pyrrhous

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥