Proto-Indo-European

*ster-

‘barren, infertile’

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

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

• still ← stilla ← stīria
• start ← stert ← stertendeverb. ← styrtan ← *sturtijan
• street ← strete ← strēt ← *strātu ← strāta
• strength ← strengthe ← strengþu ← *strangiþu ← *strang
• stronger ← strongere ← strongra ← *strangizô ← *strangaz
• strongly ← strongliche ← stranglīċe ← strang ← *strang
• strongest ← strongeste ← strongesta ← *strangistô ← *strangaz
• strengthen ← strengthenen ← strengthe ← strengþu ← *strangiþu
• straw ← straugh ← strēaw ← *strau ← *strawą
• stare ← staren ← starian ← *starēn ← *starjaną
• stern ← styrne ← *sturnijaz
• stereo ← στερεός

More words from *ster-

• cholesterol
• starve
• throttle
• torpedo
• sterile
• strenuous
• distillation
• instill
• sterility
• stere
• isosteric
• decistere
• halosteric
• holosteric
• stereometry
• strongness
• stilliform
• stirious
• stiriated
• strenuity
• stillatitious
• stiria
• sterication

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ster-