Proto-Indo-European

*pro-bʰH-wó-s

‘being in front’

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

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰH-wó-s, most familiar first.

• proof ← prove ← proba ← probō ← *proβāō
• probe ← probare ← probus ← *proβos
• probable ← probābilis ← probō ← *proβāō
• probation ← probacioun ← probacion ← probatio ← probō
• probate ← probatus ← probō ← *proβāō
• probity ← probité ← probitās ← probus ← *proβos
• probative ← probatiffe ← probatif ← probātīvus ← probō
• reprove ← repreven ← reprover ← reprobō ← probō
• unprobably ← probabilis ← probō ← *proβāō

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰH-wó-s