Proto-Indo-European

*(s)mer-

‘to care for’

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

26 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-, most familiar first.

• memory ← memorie ← memoria ← memor
• merit ← meritum ← meritus ← mereō
• memorable ← memorābilis ← memorō ← memor
• memoir ← mémoire ← memoire ← memoire ← memoria
• memorandum ← memorandus
• martyr ← martir ← μάρτυρ ← μάρτυς
• mourn ← mornen ← murnan ← *murnaną
• memorabilia ← memorābilis ← memoror
• mer ← polymer ← μέρος ← *(h)méros ← *(s)méros
• emeritus ← ēmereō ← mereō
• martyrdom ← martyrdome ← martyr ← martyr ← μάρτυρ
• mora ← μόρᾱ ← μείρομαι ← *(h)méřřomai

More words from *(s)mer-

• moratorium
• memoria
• emerita
• avourneen
• bemourn
• emeritum
• martyrium
• martyrion
• memorate
• memorat
• memoriter
• mimmering
• moratory
• podomere
• remember

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-