Proto-Indo-European

*(s)poH(y)-

‘foam’

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

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

• foam ← fom ← fām ← *faim ← *faimaz
• pounce ← ponce ← pūmex ← *poimeks
• pumice ← pomis ← pūmex ← *poimeks
• spume ← espume ← spūma ← *(s)poHy-mos
• poncif ← poncer ← ponce ← pōmex ← pūmex
• spumid ← spūmidus ← spūma ← *(s)póHy-mos
• spumiferous ← spūmifer ← spūma ← *(s)póHy-mos
• spumous ← spūmōsus ← spūma ← *(s)póHy-mos

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)poH(y)-