Proto-Indo-European

*pet-

‘to spread out’

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

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

• passion ← passioun ← passiō ← patior
• compatibility ← compatibilitās ← compatibilis ← patibilis ← patior
• compassionate ← compassionné ← compassionner ← compassion ← compassiō
• fathom ← fathome ← fæþm ← *faþm ← *faþmaz
• petal ← πέταλον ← πέταλος ← *pétalos
• passible ← passibilis ← patior
• passionary ← passyonarye ← passiōnārium ← passiō ← patior
• tepal ← tépale ← tēpalum ← pétale ← πέταλον

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pet-