Proto-Indo-European

*perh₂-

‘to exchange, sell’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *perh₂-.

15 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *perh₂-, most familiar first.

• pair ← paire ← paire ← paria ← par
• compare ← comparen ← comparer ← comparare ← compar
• par
• peer ← per ← peir ← pār
• pornography ← pornographie ← πορνογράφος ← πόρνη ← *pórnē
• disparity ← disparité ← disparitātem ← dispār ← pār
• parity ← parité ← paritās ← pār
• umpire ← nonper ← non ← par
• peerless ← perles ← per ← per ← pār
• parricide ← parricīda ← pār
• pareil ← pariculus ← pār
• imparipinnate ← impar ← pār

More words from *perh₂-

• imparisyllabic
• pornocracy
• pornograph

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *perh₂-