Proto-Indo-European

*préh₂i

‘before, across’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i.

18 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i, most familiar first.

• pre ← prae ← *prai
• prestigious ← praestigiosus ← praestringō ← *prai- ← *prai
• preface ← prefātia ← praefātiō ← praefor ← *prai-
• prefix ← praefīxum ← praefīxus ← *prai- ← *prai
• precede ← précéder ← praecēdō ← *prai- ← *prai
• preeminent ← praeēminēns ← praeēmineō ← *prai- ← *prai
• prescient ← praesciēns ← praesciō ← *prai- ← *prai
• premonition ← premunition ← praemonitiōnem ← praemonitus ← prae
• impregnate ← impraegnātus ← impraegnō ← praegnās ← *prai-
• preterite ← preterit ← preterit ← praeteritum ← praetereō
• precocity ← précocité ← précoce ← praecox ← praecoquō
• pregnane ← praegnās ← *prai- ← *prai

More words from *préh₂i

• precocial
• precipitant
• deprehension
• preterition
• precoce
• praeputiophobia

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i