Proto-Indo-European

*sep-

‘to try, to research’

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

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

• savory ← savourie ← savouré ← savour ← sapōrem
• savour ← savouren ← savorer ← sapōrāre ← sapōrō
• sepulchre ← sepulcer ← sepulcrum ← sepeliō ← *sepel-ye-
• insipid ← insipide ← īnsipidus ← sapidus ← sapiō
• sapling ← saplyng ← sap ← sæp ← *sap
• sepulchral ← sepulcralis ← sepulcrum ← sepeliō ← *sepel-ye-
• hoplite ← ὁπλίτης ← ὅπλον ← *sop-lo-
• sapience ← sapientia ← sapiēns ← sapiō ← *sapjō
• sagesse ← sage ← sage ← sage ← *sapium
• insipidity ← īnsipiditās ← īnsipidus ← sapidus ← sapiō
• sapiential ← sapyencyall ← sapientiālis ← sapientia ← sapiēns
• sepulture ← sepultura ← sepeliō ← *sepel-ye-

More words from *sep-

• sapor
• sapid
• desipience
• hoplon
• resipiscence
• saporous
• sepult

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sep-