Proto-Italic

*proβāō

‘to approve’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *proβāō.

19 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *proβāō, most familiar first.

• improve ← improbō ← probō
• proof ← prove ← proba ← probō
• approve ← aproven ← aprover ← approbāre ← probō
• probability ← probabilité ← probābilitās ← probābilis ← probō
• probable ← probābilis ← probō
• probation ← probacioun ← probacion ← probatio ← probō
• probate ← probatus ← probō
• approbation ← approbacioun ← approbacion ← approbātiō ← approbō
• probative ← probatiffe ← probatif ← probātīvus ← probō
• reprove ← repreven ← reprover ← reprobō ← probō
• approbative ← approbātīvus ← approbō ← probō
• approbator ← approbō ← probō

More words from *proβāō

• comprobate
• improbate
• improbation
• probableness
• probator
• probabiliorist
• unprobably

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *proβāō