Proto-Indo-European

*preh₂-

‘before, in front’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-.

35 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-, most familiar first.

• for ← *furi ← *furi ← *pr̥h₂-i
• first ← fyrest ← *furist ← *furistaz ← *furai
• premier ← prīmārius ← prīmus ← *prīzmos ← *pri
• prestigious ← praestigiosus ← praestringō ← *prai- ← *prai
• prairie ← praerie ← *prataria ← prātum
• forbid ← forbeden ← forbēodan ← *furibeudaną ← *furi
• primer ← prīmārius ← prīmus ← *prīzmos ← *pri
• preface ← prefātia ← praefātiō ← praefor ← *prai-
• prefix ← praefīxum ← praefīxus ← *prai- ← *prai
• primate ← prīmās ← prīmus ← *prīzmos ← *pri
• primacy ← primacie ← primatia ← primas ← prīmus
• precede ← précéder ← praecēdō ← *prai- ← *prai

More words from *preh₂-

• preeminent
• prescient
• parasol
• parley
• portobello
• impregnate
• primero
• forenoon
• precocity
• pregnane
• precocial
• aprimorate
• aprimoration
• deprehension
• parasynthetic
• parabariomicrolite
• parophthalmoncus
• preterition
• primosome
• precoce
• praeputiophobia
• prairillon
• pratal

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-