Proto-Indo-European

*pelh₂-

‘to approach’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-.

19 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-, most familiar first.

• appeal ← apel ← apel ← apelerdeverb. ← appellāre
• polish ← polishen ← polīre
• propulsion ← propulsio ← propello ← pellō ← *pelnō
• appellate ← appellātus ← appellō ← pellō
• dispel ← dispelen ← dispello ← pellō ← *pelnō
• appel
• paspalum ← πάσπαλος ← πᾰσπᾰ́λη ← παιπάλη
• interpellation ← interpellātiō ← interpellō ← pellō
• propellent ← prōpellēnt- ← prōpellēns ← prōpellō ← pellō
• appellative ← appellātīvus ← appellō ← pellō
• propulsor ← prōpellō ← pellō ← *pelnō ← *pl̥-né-h₂-ti ~ *pl̥-n-h₂-énti
• compulsative ← compellō ← pellō

More words from *pelh₂-

• depulse
• depulsion
• flong
• pelopsia
• propulse
• propulsation
• symplesite

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-