Proto-Italic

*proβos

‘favourable’

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

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

• improve ← improbō ← probō ← *proβāō
• approve ← aproven ← aprover ← approbāre ← probō
• probability ← probabilité ← probābilitās ← probābilis ← probō
• probe ← probare ← probus
• probity ← probité ← probitās ← probus
• approbation ← approbacioun ← approbacion ← approbātiō ← approbō
• approbative ← approbātīvus ← approbō ← probō ← *proβāō
• approbator ← approbō ← probō ← *proβāō
• comprobate ← comprobātus ← comprobō ← probō ← *proβāō
• improbate ← improbātus ← improbō ← probō ← *proβāō
• improbation ← improbatio ← improbō ← probō ← *proβāō
• probableness ← probabilis ← probō ← *proβāō

More words from *proβos

• probator
• probabiliorist

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *proβos