Proto-Indo-European

*srebʰ-

‘to sip, gulp, suck (in)’

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

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

• absorb ← absorber ← assorbir ← absorbeō ← sorbeō
• absorption ← absorptiō ← absorbeō ← sorbeō ← *sorβeō
• absorbent ← absorbēns ← absorbeō ← sorbeō ← *sorβeō
• slurp ← slurpen ← *slurpan ← *slurp-
• sorption ← sorbeō ← *sorβeō ← *srobʰéyeti
• malabsorption ← absorption ← absorptiō ← absorbeō ← sorbeō
• reabsorption ← absorption ← absorptiō ← absorbeō ← sorbeō
• absorptive ← absorb ← absorber ← assorbir ← absorbeō
• adsorb ← adsorber ← sorbeō ← *sorβeō ← *srobʰéyeti
• sorb ← sorbeō ← *sorβeō ← *srobʰéyeti
• resorb ← resorbere ← sorbeō ← *sorβeō ← *srobʰéyeti
• absorpt ← absorptus ← absorbeō ← sorbeō ← *sorβeō

More words from *srebʰ-

• absorptance
• absorptional
• absorptionist
• absorptionism
• bioabsorption
• chemosorb
• hyperabsorption
• interabsorption
• isoabsorption
• nonabsorption
• overabsorption
• photoabsorption
• phonoabsorption
• preabsorption
• sorbile
• sorbefacient

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-