pictorial, pictograph, picturesque, depict, depiction, picture

Latin pictus, past participle of pingere 'to paint, to color'


simplified language | contact language | rudimentary communication

English 'pidgin' (referring to a simplified form of speech)


pies | pied | piet | piets | cowpie | potpie


apiece | pieced | piecen | piecer | unpiece | apieces

From Old English 'pīes' (piece, part), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'pijs' and German 'Bissen'.


pe / pe, ped1 / ped, pod / pod, pus / pus


piedmont, impede, pedal, pedestrian, pedestal

Piedmontese | piedmontite | piedmontites


piers | pierage | pierhead | pierless | pierages | pierlike


to penetrate | to puncture | to perforate

pierced | pierces | piercee | piercer | piercees | piercers

Old French piercer, from Latin pertusare, frequentative of pertundere 'to pierce through'


petrification, petrology, petrify, petrochemical, petrograph


Latin pietas 'piety, devotion, loyalty' (from pius 'pious, devout')


pious, piously, impious, impiety, pietist

Latin pietas 'duty, faithfulness, devotion' (from pius 'pious, devout')


isopiestic | piezochromism | piezoelectric | piezometer

isopiestic, piezochromism, piezoelectric, piezometer

piezocone | piezophile | piezometer | piezotropy | piezooptic | piezometry

πιέζειν (piézein), πιεστός (piestós), πίεσις, πίεσμα, πίεσματος, πιεστήρ


pigs | piggy | piglet | pigsty | pigpen | pigout


pigeons | pigeony | pigeonry | pigeoneer | pigeonhole | pigeonhawk


pigments | pigmented | depigment | pigmental | pigmenting | pigmentary

Latin pigmentum 'coloring matter', from pingere 'to paint'


a long spear or lance | a pointed weapon

piked | piker | pikey | pikes | pikers | pikeys


supporting column | spherical object | pile

pile | pill | pillar | pillory | compile | pilaster | pile (heap)


piles | piled | piler | uppile | pilers | unpile


pilfers | pilferer | pilfered | pilferage | pilferers | pilfering

Middle French pilferer, from pilfer 'to steal', perhaps of imitative origin


pilgrims | pilgrimize | pilgrimess | nonpilgrim | pilgrimized | pilgrimizes

Latin peregrinus 'foreign, traveling', from peregrinus 'of foreign parts', from peregrinus 'traveler', from peregrinus 'foreign', from peregrinus 'foreign land', from peregrinus 'foreign', from peregrinus 'foreign', from peregrinus 'foreign'


pills | pilly | pillbox | pillbug | prepill | polypill

Latin 'pilula' (diminutive of 'pila' meaning 'ball, pellet')


pillaged | pillager | pillages | pillagers | pillageth | unpillaged


upright support | column | vertical structure

pillars | pillared | pillaret | pillarize | pillarets | pillarist

Latin 'pilus' meaning 'hair' or 'bristle', referring to the rough surface of early stone pillars or the bristle-like texture of certain materials


Origin uncertain, possibly from 'pillow' (one who rests their head) or dialectal 'pillicock' (penis), evolving into a mild insult for a foolish person.


pillows | pillowy | pillowed | pillowing | pillowtop | pilloweth


From Latin 'pilula', diminutive of 'pila' meaning ball or mass, referring to the small spherical shape of early medicinal doses.


piloid | pilomotor | piloerect | pilomyxoid | piloerection | pilosebaceous


pilots | copilot | piloted | piloter | pilotry | piloting


Spanish pimienta 'pepper', from Latin piper


To facilitate or arrange the prostitution of others | To engage in the act of pandering or procuring sexual services

pimps | pimpy | pimped | pimping | pimpish | pimpdom

From Dutch 'pimp', meaning 'to prostitute', via Proto-Germanic *pimpō.


small inflammatory swelling | skin lesion

From Middle English 'pymple', of unknown origin, possibly related to Old French 'pimple' or Germanic roots for swelling.


yearn | coniferous tree | seed-bearing structure

pineal gland | piña cloth | piña colada | pinaceous | pinaster | piñata | pine | pineal | pineapple | pinene | pinery | pinetum | pinitol | pinnace | piñon

unpin | repin | pinner | tenpin | pintle | pinned


to grasp with fingers | to apply pressure with thumb and finger


pincers | pincered | pincerlike | pincerwise


pinch, pincher, pinching, pinched, pinches

pinchy | apinch | bepinch | pinched | pincher | topinch

Middle English 'pinchen', related to 'pincers'


pine (to yearn) | repine Variant Spellings: pain | pain

pines | pined | Piney | repine | pinene | pinery

Old English pīnian 'to torment, afflict'


pinions | pinioned | unpinion | pinioning | unpinions | pinionists


deep-pink, gray-pink, grayish-pink, grey-pink, greyish-pink, lavender-pink, lilac-pink, magenta_pink, mauve-pink, reddish-pink, scarlet-pink, violet-pink, white-pink

pinky | pinks | pinked | pinkly | pinken | pinkeye

Middle English 'pink', possibly from 'pynke' (a small bird) or related to 'pinking' (perforating)


pennate | pinnacle | pinnate | pinnule | pinna | pinnatifid | pinnatisect | pinniped


Latin 'pinnaculum' (peak, spire), diminutive of 'pinna' (wing, battlement)


Diminutive suffix derived from the suffix '-y' or '-ie', often attached to nouns to convey smallness or endearment.


From German Pinscher 'terrier, dog', derived from Middle High German pinsen 'to pinch, bite', related to Old English pinian 'to pinch'.


Latin pictus, past participle of pingere 'to paint'


pioneers | pioneered | pioneering | pioneeringly | cyberpioneer | cyberpioneers

Latin 'pioneer' is actually a French borrowing (pionnier), from Old French 'pion' (foot soldier, one who goes on foot), derived from Latin 'ped-' (foot). The root 'pioneer' itself is not Latin; it is a later formation. However, the prompt lists 'language: Latin' which is factually incorrect for the word 'pioneer'. Given the constraint to fill missing fields based on linguistic knowledge and the provided 'language: Latin' which is likely an error in the record or refers to the ultimate root 'pes/ped-', I must address the etymology of the word 'pioneer'. 'Pioneer' comes from Middle French pionnier, from pion, from Latin pes, ped- 'foot'. The root 'ped' is Latin. But the morpheme is 'pioneer'. This is tricky. Let's look at the 'affix_type: root' and 'bound_free_or_root: free'. 'Pioneer' is a free morpheme. The etymology of the word 'pioneer' is French, from Latin 'ped-'. If the record insists on 'language: Latin', it might be conflating the root. However, the etymology field should describe the origin of the specific morpheme 'pioneer'. 'Pioneer' is not a Latin word. It is a French word. I will provide the etymology of the word 'pioneer' as French, noting the Latin root. But the prompt asks for 'etymology' for the record where 'language: Latin' is already set. This is a contradiction. If I assume the 'language' field is the source language of the *root* or the *word*, and the word is 'pioneer', the language is French. If the word is meant to be a Latin root, 'pioneer' is not a Latin root. Perhaps the user means the root 'ped'? No, the morpheme is 'pioneer'. I will assume the 'language: Latin' field is an error or refers to the ultimate origin. I will fill 'etymology' with the correct etymology of 'pioneer'.


pips | pippy | pipped | pipper | pipping | pipless

Old English 'pipa' meaning 'seed, grain'


pipettes | pipetted | autopipette | nanopipette | cytopipette | picopipette

French pipette, diminutive of pipe 'pipe'


Old English 'pippin' meaning apple seed or fruit, from Proto-Germanic *pippaz


French piquer 'to prick, sting', from Old French picquier, from pic 'point, spike'


antipiracy | apeirogon | apeirohedron | piracy | pirate | piratic | empirical | empiricism

Greek peirā 'trial, experience' (from peirāomai 'to attempt, try')


piracy | pirate activity | unauthorized copying


From Greek Πειραιεύς (Peiraiεύs), the proper name of the ancient port city of Athens.


pirated | pirater | piraters | unpirated | biopirate | piratelike

Greek peiratēs 'sea-rover, bandit', from peira 'attempt, venture'


πίσος (písos)


aquatic vertebrate | taxonomic category encompassing fish


crushing implement | to crush forcefully

Latin pestis 'plague, destruction' (root of pestle via association with pounding/crushing)


a humorous and unpredictable person | a source of entertainment through unexpected actions | a playful trickster

pistols | pistolled | pistolling | pistolgram | pistolcraft | pistolgraph


moving component | plunger | reciprocating part

pistons | pistoned | pistonlike | pistonless | multipiston | pistonphone

French piston 'piston' (a plunger or rod)


propitiate | propitious | pitiful | pittance | pity | impetuous | petulant

armpit | pitman | pitted | pittie | pitter | tarpit

Latin 'pius' meaning 'dutiful, devout, pious'


pitchy | pitcher | pitched | pitches | repitch | pitching

Latin 'pix' (genitive 'picis') meaning 'pitch, tar'


Old English pīth 'marrow, pith, essence'


australopithecine | Australopithecus | caenopithecine | Cercopithecidae | Cercopithecus | Dryopithecus | Gigantopithecus | Pithecanthropus | pithecoid | austrolapithecus


Greek 'pythōn' (the serpent at Delphi), from 'pythein' (to rot, referring to the decay of the earth where the serpent was born)


Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates

Named after General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham; originally 'Pittsborough'


bepity | unpity | pitying | pityings | unpitying | pityingly


faithful in responsibility | reverent toward the divine

From Latin pius 'dutiful, devout, pious', possibly from PIE *pey- 'to cook, prepare food' (implying ritual preparation) or related to pater 'father' (paternal duty).


pivots | pivotal | pivoted | repivot | pivoter | unpivot

From Latin 'pivotum' (hinge, pivot), derived from 'pivus' (hinge), possibly related to 'pivus' or 'pivare' (to turn).


smallest addressable element in a digital image


A small, attractive woman with short hair | A mythical female figure in folklore


pizzas | nonpizza | pizzalike | pizzaless | pizzahead | pizzamaker


Italian 'pizzicato', past participle of 'pizzicare' 'to pinch, pluck'


pacify | satisfy | comfort | gratify | be agreeable | flat

complacent | complaisant | displease | placebo | placid | plea | please | pleasure | implacable | placable | placate | supple | non placet | Placentia

placēre | placitus | placare | placatus | Greek plakous- : flat cake plax : flat plate | tablet


placates | placated | placater | placaters | unplacated


displace | emplace | irreplaceable | misplace | place | placement | placer | replace Variant Spellings: plaza | plaza

placer | places | placed | replace | emplace | noplace

Latin 'placēre' 'to please, be agreeable' > Late Latin 'placium' 'a place, spot'


placebo, placebo effect, placebo-controlled

placebos | placeboes | placebome | nonplacebo | placebomes | nonplacebos

From Latin 'placebo' (I shall please), first person singular future indicative of 'placere' (to please, to be pleasing).


placental, placentation, chorioallantoic placenta

placentas | placental | placentals | aplacental | placentary | implacental

Greek plākenta 'flat cake', from plassein 'to mold'


placidly | unplacid | placidity | placidness | placidities

Latin placidus "calm, gentle, mild", from placere "to please"


plagal, plage, plagiocephaly, plagioclase, plagiotropic unrelated: plague, plagiarism

MGreek plagios : plagal Greek plagos : side


to steal | to copy | to take for one's own

Latin plagium 'kidnapping' (from Greek plagaios 'lateral, oblique') + -ize


plagiocephaly | plagioclase | plagiotropic

plagioclase | plagiostomy | plagiotropic | plagioclases | plagioclimax | plagioclasic

πλάγος (plágos), πλάγιος (plágios), πλαγιότης


plague | pestilence | affliction | curse

plagued | plagues | plaguer | plaguers | nonplague | unplagued


pattern of checkered cloth | crisscrossed stripes

plaids | plaided | plaiding | unplaided | plaidings | plaidless

Scottish Gaelic plaid 'blanket, plaid', from Old Irish plaid 'blanket, plaid'


express sorrow | mourn | a mournful song

complain | complaint | plaint | plaintiff | plaintive Variant Spellings: plangent | plangent

plains | plainly | plained | plaining | plainish | plainful

Latin plān- 'to wail, lament', past participle stem of plangere


plaints | plaintive | plaintful | plaintless | plaintively | plaintiveness

Latin plangere 'to strike, beat, lament'


to bring together by bending | to interlace | to interweave

unplait | plaited | replait | plaiter | plaiting | unplaits

play / play, ple / ple, plex / plex, pli / pli, plic / plic, ploy / ploy, ply / ply

Middle French plait, from plier "to fold"


Abstract Noun Formation, State/Condition

Greek -ia / -akia suffix denoting state or condition


lacking slope | even in alignment | uniform in nature

applanate | applanation | aquaplane | complanar | complanate | coplanar | coplanarity | deplanate | deplane | emplane | esplanade | explain | explanation | explanatory | peneplain | pianissimo | piano | pianoforte | plain | plaintext | plan | planar | planarian | planary | planate | planation | plane | planification | planiform | planish | planula | planular | planulate | planoblast | planoconcave | planoconvex | planogamete | planographic | planospore | airplane | hydroplane | plane (all senses) | Plano | planimetric

replan | unplan | planner | planned | preplan | planful

plain2 / plain / : place / place, plat / plat, platy / platy

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planets | planetoid | planetary | exoplanet | planetdom | planetule


planked | planking | plankway | gangplank | plankless | plankwise

Middle English 'planke', from Old English 'planc' or related to Middle Dutch 'planke'


planktons | planktonic | euplankton | zooplankton | nonplankton | epiplankton


flat | concave | having both a flat and a hollowed surface

Latin planus 'flat' + concavus 'hollowed'


to put in soil for growth | to position something deliberately | to insert a seed or object | to cause an idea to take root | to establish a business

implant, plant, plantation, planter, transplant

plants | replant | planted | plantar | explant | planter

Latin 'plantare' meaning 'to set in the ground, fix firmly', derived from 'planta' (foot of the leg, later sprout)


plaques | plaqued | nonplaque | antiplaque | plaqueless | periplaque

Latin plaga 'stretch, net, region, plaque'


πλάσσειν (plássein), πλαστός (plastós), πλαστικός(plastikós), πλάσις (plásis), πλάσμα, πλάσματος(plásma, plásmatos), πλάθω (pláthō)


derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

creation | evolution | expansion | process tied to the initial component | molding of a prior element | to shape | to create

angioplasty, chondroplasia, fibroplasia, neoplasia, osteoplasia

euplasia | dysplasia | anaplasia | neoplasia | hypoplasia | amyoplasia

Greek -plasia, from plassein 'to mold, form'


cytoplasm, hyperplasia, neoplasia, metamorphosis

Greek plasis (πλάσις) from plassein (πλάσσειν) 'to form'


form, develop, mould, formative substance

protoplasm, cytoplasm, plasma, plasmatic

plasms | neoplasm | axoplasm | apoplasm | cytoplasm | ectoplasm

πλάσσειν (plássein), πλαστός (plastós), πλαστικός (plastikós), πλάσις (plásis), πλάσμα, πλάσματος (plásma, plásmatos), πλάθω (pláthō)


< ancient Greek πλάσμα anything formed or moulded, image, figure OED


create | evolve | shape | substance for forming | reshape | structure | changing form

plastic, plasticity, plastid, thermoplastic

ooplast | apoplast | bioplast | ooplasts | apoplasts | cytoplast

πλάσσειν (plássein) | πλαστός (plastós) | πλαστικός (plastikós) | πλάσις (plásis) | πλάσμα | πλάσματος (plásma | plásmatos) | πλάθω (pláthō)


a soft mixture of lime, sand, and water | a coating material

plasters | plastery | beplaster | plastered | plasterer | replaster

Latin 'plastrum' (a plaster, layer), from Greek 'plastos' (molded, formed)


malleable | capable of being molded | formative

plastics | plasticky | euplastic | unplastic | plasticity | neoplastic


plastosome | plastogamy | plastosomes | plastography | plastoglobule | plastoglobules


plastrons | hyoplastron | epiplastron | hypoplastron | hyoplastrons | entoplastron


surgical correction | rebuilding | plastic surgery targeting a specific process or anatomical part

zooplasty | otoplasty | neoplasty | anoplasty | myoplasty | isoplasty

πλαστός  OED

Greek πλαστός (plastós) | molded | formed | < ancient Greek πλαστός formed | moulded ... + -y suffix3. OED


platen | plates | plated | plater | platens | replate

Latin 'platta' or 'platea' meaning 'broad, flat surface, street, courtyard', from Greek 'plateia (hodos)' meaning 'broad (way)'


platforms | platformer | deplatform | platformers | platforming | platformism

Old French 'plate-forme' (flat formation)


containing tetravalent platinum | relating to platinum compounds | denoting a chemical compound with platinum

platinotype | platinocyanide | platinocyanides | platinochloride | platinochlorides

Derived from Spanish 'platino', meaning 'little silver', referring to platinum.


platoons | platooner | platooners | platoonmate | platoonmates

French plateau 'flat area' via military usage of a formation


platters | platterful | platterlike | platterfuls | platterless


flat. Used for creatures that are flat or have flat parts. | flat | broad

platyops | platypnea | platycone | platymeter | platycones | platykurtic

πλατύς (platús)


From Dutch 'platypus', a 19th-century coinage combining Greek 'platys' (flat) and 'ous' (foot), referring to the animal's distinctive flat feet.


implausible | unplausible | nonplausible | plausibleness | semiplausible | implausibleness

Latin plausibilis 'praiseworthy, worthy of applause', from plaudere 'to applaud, clap hands'


to engage in activity for enjoyment | to perform | to compete

plays | player | replay | played | byplay | outplay

Old English plegan 'to occupy oneself, busy oneself'


public square | marketplace | open space

Latin plāta 'open space, courtyard' (from Greek platē 'broad street')


cause to be filled | completely filled | numerous | fill completely

complement | complete | deplete | implement | replete | suppletion | supply | comply | compliant | plenty | replenish | plethora | double | doublet | treble

Capability | Attribute adder | Anomalous form

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complicate, duplicate, application, implicit


πλεῖν (pleîn), πλεῦσις (pleûsis), πλόος


complacent | complaisant | displease | placebo | placid | plea | please | pleasure | implacable | placable | placate

pleas | interplea | interpleas | counterplea | counterpleas


complacent, complaisant, displease, placebo, placid, plea, please, pleasure, implacable, placable, placate

pleased | pleases | pleaser | pleasest | pleasers | unpleased


pleated | repleat | unpleat | pleater | pleating | unpleats


plebeians | plebeianly | plebeianism | plebeianize | plebeianisms | plebeianized

Latin plebeius 'of the common people', from plebs 'the common people'


πλέκειν (plékein) | πλεκτός (plektós) | πλεκτικός (plektikós) | πλέξις (pléxis) | πλέγμα (plégma) | πλοκή (plokḗ) | πλόκος | πλεκτικός(plektikós) | πλοκή(plokḗ)


Greek plektos 'folded' from plekein 'to weave'


pick | tool for striking | small instrument

From Greek plēktron 'pick for a lyre', from plēssō 'to strike'


pledged | pledges | pledgee | pledger | pledgees | pledgers

Old French 'pledge' (pawn, guarantee), from Frankish *pleggjan or similar Germanic root meaning 'to provide security'


parapalegic | apoplectic | apoplexy | cataplectic | cataplexy | hemiplegia | monoplegia | paraplegia | plectrum | pleximeter | tetraplegia

πλήσσειν (plḗssein), πληκτός (plēktós), πλήκτης, πληγή (plēgḗ), πλῆξις (plêxis), πλῆγμα, πλήκτης, πλῆκτρον


paralysis | paralysis affecting the body part indicated by the preceding element | absence of full functional capacity

paraplegia | cardioplegia | cystoplegia | diplegia | hemiplegia | monoplegia | ophthalmoplegia | quadriplegia | tetraplegia | thermoplegia

cardioplegia | cystoplegia | diplegia | hemiplegia | monoplegia | ophthalmoplegia | paraplegia | quadriplegia | tetraplegia | thermoplegia

panplegia | logoplegia | monoplegia | vasoplegia | misoplegia | cycloplegia

-πληγία  OED

Greek -plēgia (paralysis) from plēssō (to strike)


characterized by | affected by | paralyzed by

paraplegic | hemiplegic | vasoplegic | paraplegics | hemiplegics | cardioplegic

Greek -plegia (paralysis) from plegein (to strike)


plenary | plenitude | plenty | replenish | supply


Old English 'plēne' meaning 'full, complete', derived from Proto-Germanic '*plēnaz', from PIE '*pleh₁-' meaning 'to fill'


pleopod | pleopods | pleophony | pleopodal | pleomorphy | pleomorphism


near. Used for species that bear similarities to other species. | near

Examples: Plesiosaurus ("near lizard") | Plesiorycteropus ("near aardvark") | Plesiobaena ("near Baena") | Plesiadapis ("near Adapis") | plesiosaur

Examples: Plesiosaurus ("near lizard"); Plesiorycteropus ("near aardvark"); Plesiobaena ("near Baena"); Plesiadapis ("near Adapis")

πλησίον (plēsíon)

πλησίος (plēsíos), πλησιότης (plēsiótēs)


act of filling | completely filled | numerous | to cause to fill

complement | complete | deplete | implement | replete | suppletion | supply | accomplish | compleat


metapleural | pleura | pleurisy | pleuritis | pleurodynia | pleuron | pleurocarp | pleurodont | pleuropneumonia


membranes enclosing the lungs | pertaining to the pleura


intertwine | interlace | braid | entangle | unite

diplex | Triplex | uniplex | sixplex | tenplex | quadplex


to fill completely | to fill to capacity


appliance | applicability | applicable | applicant | applicate | application | applicative | applicator | applicatory | appliqué | apply | centuplicate | centuplication | complicacy | complicant | complicate | complication | complice | complicity | conduplicate | conduplication | duplication | explicate | explicit | implicate | implicit | imply | plait | pleat | pliable | pliant | plight | ply | replica | replicate | replication | replicative | replicator | reply | splay | subduplicate | supplicant | supplicate | supplication | triplicate | triplicity | compliant | suppliant


distress | hardship | difficult situation

plights | plighted | plightly | plighter | unplight | plighting

Middle English plite 'to pledge, to fold'


Named after Samuel Plimsoll, who advocated for the Load Line to prevent overloading ships


plinths | plinthed | plinther | plinthers


plastic, plasticity, pliable, plait, pluck

πλέκειν (plékein), πλεκτός (plektós), πλεκτικός (plektikós), πλέξις (pléxis), πλέγμα (plégma), πλοκή (plokḗ), πλόκος


plods | plodded | plodder | outplod | plodding | plodders


euploid | triploid | euploids | ploidize | octoploid | polyploid


state of having a specific number of sets of chromosomes

euploidy | hypoploidy | interploidy | multiploidy

Greek plous 'fold' + -id (suffix indicating state/condition)


deplorable | deploration | deplore | exploration | exploratory | explore | imploration | imploratory | implore


plots | plotty | replot | applot | biplot | coplot

Old French 'plot' (a small piece of cloth, a scheme)


to turn over soil | to move through with force

ploughs | ploughed | replough | upplough | ploughman | ploughboy


plows | plowed | plower | replow | plowing | plowman

Old English plōwan, from Proto-Germanic *plōwōną, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁w- 'to plow'


plucky | plucks | uppluck | plucked | plucker | plucking


a stopper or obstruction | to block or obstruct

plugs | unplug | replug | earplug | plugged | unplugs


plumber | aplomb | plummet | plunge | plunger

plumbs | plumbed | replumb | plumbing | plumbite | plumbian


Latin plumbum 'lead' (from Greek plumbos)


plumes | plumed | plumery | unplume | replume | beplumed


plummets | plummeted | plummeting | plummetings | unplummetable

From Old French 'plumer' (to pluck, strip feathers), from Vulgar Latin 'pullare' (to pull), from Latin 'pullus' (young bird/chick). The sense evolved from 'stripping feathers' to 'falling heavily' (like a plucked bird dropping).


plunder, plundered, plundering, plunderer

plunders | plunderer | plundered | plunderage | plunderers | plundering


plunged | plunger | plunges | plungers | implunge | replunge

Old French plonger, from Latin plunge 'to dip, immerse'


past | completed | prior to another past action

had eaten, had run, had seen, had written, had spoken

pluperfects | pluperfectly | pluperfectness | preterpluperfect | preterpluperfects

Latin pluperfectum (short for plusquamperfectum) 'more than perfect', from plus 'more' + perfectum 'completed'


numerous | greater than one | additional | multiple

pluripresence | pluripara | double | plural | pluralist | plus | quadruple | surplus | plurilateral | plurimal | pluriovulate

pluriform | plurigenus | pluriverse | pluriaxial | plurimodal | plurialgal


additional | numerous | multiple | beyond

double | plural | pluralist | plus | quadruple | surplus | plurilateral | plurimal | pluriovulate | plurality | nonplus


plushy | plushly | plushie | plushes | plushies | plushness

Middle English 'plush', likely related to 'plush' (fabric) or imitative of soft texture


Latin plusquamperfectus, from plus 'more' + quam 'than' + perfectus 'completed'


Dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt | Roman deity of the underworld

plutos | plutoid | plutoids | plutocrat | Plutonian | plutonomy


ploutonion | plutarchy | plutocracy | plutocrat | plutolatry | plutomania | plutonomics | plutonic | plutodemocracy | Plutus (god of wealth)

πλουτο-  OED

πλοῦτος (ploûtos) | < ancient Greek πλουτο- | combining form ... of πλοῦτος  wealth | riches OED

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named after Pluto, the Greek god of the underworld


pluviophile | pluvioscope | pluvioscopes | pluviothermal


appliance, applicability, applicable, applicant, applicate, application, applicative, applicator, applicatory, appliqué, apply, centuplicate, centuplication, complicacy, complicant, complicate, complication, complice, complicity, conduplicate, conduplication, duplication, explicate, explicit, implicate, implicit, imply, plait, pleat, pliable, pliant, plight, ply, replica, replicate, replication, replicative, replicator, reply, splay, subduplicate, supplicant, supplicate, supplication, triplicate, triplicity, compliant, suppliant, pliable

plying | plywood | overply | plycount | plywoods | plyboard


Plymouth, Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Argyle

From Old English 'plym' (wide) + 'mouth' (river mouth), referring to the River Plym.


anapnograph | anapnoic | apnea | apnoea | dyspnoea | pleuropneumonia | pneumatic | pneumatology | pneumonia | pneumonic | pneumotaxic | dyspnea

apnea | eupnea | apneas | dyspnea | anapnea | polypnea

πνεῖν (pneîn), πνεῦμα (pneûma), πνεύμων (pneúmōn)


pneumatosis | pneumatocele | apneumatosis | pneumatocyst | pneumatogram | pneumatolysis

πνευματο-  OED

πνεῖν (pneîn) | πνεῦμα (pneûma) | πνεύμων (pneúmōn) | < ancient Greek πνευματο- | combining form ...of πνευματ- | πνεῦμα  air | breath | spirit OED


respiratory organ | pertaining to respiration


pneumonias | pneumonialike | metapneumonia | pleuropneumonia | bronchopneumonia | bronchopneumonial


pneumonocyte | pneumonocytes | pneumonolysis

Greek pneuma 'breath, air' + neuter plural suffix


πίνειν (pínein), πόσις, πῶμα


to take illegally | to steal | to plunder

poachy | poached | poacher | poaching | poachers | poachings

Middle French pocher "to pouch, to plunder"


Adpocalypse | airpocalypse | beepocalypse | snowpocalypse | robopocalypse | airpocalypses

Greek apokalypsis 'unveiling, revelation' via apocalypse


pocky | pocks | pocked | pocking | cowpock | pockpit

From Old English 'pocc' meaning pustule or pimple, related to Middle Dutch 'pocke' and Old Norse 'pukka'.


small pouch | compartment | contained within

pocket, pocketbook, pocketknife, pocketwatch, pickpocket

pockets | pocketed | repocket | pocketer | impocket | pocketful

Middle English 'poket', diminutive of 'pok' (pouch)


a foot | relating to the foot | suffix indicating having a foot

podiatrist | amphipod | antipode | decapod | podiatry | podium | podomancy | podomere | podopaediatric | polyp | polyposis | sympodium | tetrapod | tripod | pedal | pedestrian | expedition

apod | iPod | poddy | bipod | apods | dipod

πούς | ποδός (podós) | ποδικός (podikós) | ποδία (podía) | πόδιον (pódion) | πέδον (pédon) | πεδίον | πέζα | ποδία(podía) | Greek πούς | ποδ- (poús | pod-) | foot

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podites | propodite | meropodite | propodites | meropodites


allopoiesis, autopoiesis, onomatopoeia, piyyut, poem, poesy, poet, poetaster, poetic, poiesis

ποιϝέω, ποιεῖν (poieîn), ποιητός (poiētós) ~made~, ποιητικός (poiētikós), ποίησις (poíēsis), ποίημα (poíēma), ποιητής (poiētḗs) ~maker~


mythopoeia | chrysopoeia | glossopoeia | mythopoeias | chrysopoeian


literary composition | verse | rhythmic writing

poems | poemet | poemets | ecopoem | antipoem | poemlike


From Latin poena 'penalty, punishment', likely from Greek poine 'price paid for blood guilt, ransom'


poets | poetic | poetess | poetics | nonpoet | ecopoet


pogonology | pogonotomy | pogonophore | pogonophile | pogonotrophy | pogonophores


From Russian погром (pogrom), from по- (po-) + громить (gromit', 'to bombard, destroy'), from гром (grom, 'thunder').


allopoiesis | autopoiesis | onomatopoeia | piyyut | poem | poesy | poet | poetaster | poetic | poiesis

ποιϝέω | ποιεῖν (poieîn) | ποιητός (poiētós) ~made~ | ποιητικός (poiētikós) | ποίησις (poíēsis) | ποίημα (poíēma) | ποιητής (poiētḗs) ~maker~ | ποιητός (poiētós) "made" | ποίημα(poíēma) | ποιητής (poiētḗs) "maker"


copoiesis | uropoiesis | ecopoiesis | pyopoiesis | allopoiesis | monopoiesis

Greek ποίησις (poíēsis), poetry, poem, creation


Latin pugnare 'to fight', from pugnus 'fist'


poikilocyte | poikilotherm | poikilocytes | poikiloderma | poikiloblast | poikilotherms

Greek poikilos 'variegated, motley, irregular'


points | pointy | pointer | pointed | pointee | repoint

Latin punctum 'prick, point', past participle of pungere 'to prick'


poiser | poised | poises | apoise | poisers | poiseth

Old French 'poise' (balance, equilibrium)


poisons | poisoned | poisoner | empoison | unpoison | impoison

From Latin 'pōisō' (to poison) or 'pōison', derived from 'pōnere' (to put/place) or 'pōisō' (to give a potion), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (to cleanse, wash) or *pō- (to drink).


to prod | to jab | to prod with a finger or object

poker | pokes | poked | pokers | cowpoke | unpoked


urban center | group of people | political entity

metropolis | police | politics | Indianapolis | megalopolis | acropolis | pollster


pole | community | society | generalized people grouping

dipole | polar | politics | acropolis | pollster | polity

πόλος (pólos)


Polish, Polish人, Greater Poland, Lesser Poland

From Old Polish 'Polska', derived from 'Polanie' (people of the fields), from Proto-Slavic '*polje' meaning 'field'


circumpolar, dipolar, nonpolar, north-polar, south-polar, transpolar, unipolar

Latin 'polus' 'pole, end of the axis of the earth' < Greek 'polos' 'pivot, axis'


Latin 'polaris' (feminine singular of 'polaris', meaning 'of the pole'), from 'polus' (pole), from Greek 'polos' (axis, pivot)


polaroid camera, polaroid photo, polaroid film, polaroid picture

Proper noun (brand name) used as a common noun


duopoly, monopolist, monopolize, monopoly, oligopolist, oligopoly

poler | poles | poled | dipole | polers | bipole

πωλεῖν (pōleîn), πώλησις, πώλης ~seller~


πολεμεῖν (polemeîn) | πόλεμος (pólemos) | πολεμικός (polemikós) | πολεμικός(polemikós)


polemics | polemicist | polemicize | nonpolemic | polemician | polemicism


metropolis | police | politics | Indianapolis | megalopolis | acropolis | biopolitics | cosmopolis | cosmopolitan | Decapolis | ecumenopolis | eperopolis | geopolitics | heptapolis | hexapolis | isopolity | megapolis | pentapolis | policy | polis | politeia | politic | politicize | politologist | politology | politonym | polity | propolis | tetrapolis | Tripoli

πόλις, πόλιος (pólis, pólios), πολίτης (polítēs), πολιτικός (politikós)


πολιός (poliós) | πολιότης


law enforcement | authority | to monitor

police, policing, policeman, police officer

policed | polices | policer | policers | policeman | policemen

French police, from Latin policia 'civil administration', from Greek polis 'city'


plan | course of action | principle of governance

nonpolicy | mispolicy | policyless | policywise | metapolicy | antipolicy

Greek politike (technē) 'art of politics', from polis 'city'


metropolis | police | politics | Indianapolis | megalopolis | acropolis | Constantinople


polished | depolish | polisher | polishes | repolish | unpolish

Latin 'polire' meaning 'to polish, smooth, refine'


politely | unpolite | nonpolite | politeness | overpolite | politesome

Latin politus 'polished, refined', past participle of polire 'to polish, refine'


affairs of state | government | administration

Greek politika 'affairs of state', from polis 'city'


aristocracy, oligarchy, autocracy, plutocracy

Greek politia 'civil administration, citizenship'


polkas | polkaing | polkabilly | polkamania

Czech 'polka' (referring to a female dancer)


polls | poller | polled | pollee | repoll | bypoll

πολλός (pollós)


fine powder | dust | reproductive spores

pollens | pollenin | nonpollen | pollenized | pollenizes | pollenizer


to make dirty | to contaminate | to corrupt

polluted | polluter | pollutes | polluters | depollute | pollutest

from Latin pollutus, past participle of polluere 'to soil, defile'


unrealistic optimism | positive outlook | cheerful disposition

Proper noun derived from the character Pollyanna from Eleanor H. Porter's 1913 novel


French 'polonaise' (feminine form of polonais)


coward | cowardly person | spineless individual

poltroons | poltroonish | poltroonery | poltrooneries | poltroonishly

From Italian 'poltroone' (coward), possibly from 'poltrone' (lazy person), derived from 'poltrire' (to lie down, be idle).


polymyositis | polychromatic | polyglot | polygamy | polygon | polyandry | polyethylene | polygyny | polyunsaturated | polyhedron | hoi polloi | pollakanth | polyadic | polyphase | polysaccharide | polytheistic | polygon (many-sided shape) | polygamy (many wives)

polyol | polyad | polyhex | polyion | polyols | polyene

Greek πολῠ́ς (polús) | many | a lot of | large | great | < ancient Greek πολυ- | combining form ...of πολύς | πολύ  much OED | πολύς (polús) | πολλός (pollós) | πολλότης (pollótēs) | πολλάκις (pollákis) ~many times~ | πολλαπλάσιος/πολυπλάσιος | πλείων (pleíōn) ~more~ | πλεῖστος (pleîstos) ~most~ | πολλοστός (pollostós) | Greek

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polyps | polypous | polypoid | polypine | polypite | polyposis


A British person | a person of British descent | a Briton


pomegranate juice, pomegranate molasses, pomegranate seeds

From Persian anar (anār), via Arabic rummān, ultimately from Old Persian *pāda-māra- 'fruit that kills snakes'.


From Old Polish/Pomeranian 'Pomorze', derived from 'po-' (along) + 'more' (sea), meaning 'land along the sea'


the rounded knob at the end of a sword hilt | the top of a saddle

pommels | bepommel | pommeled | pommeler | bepommels | pommeling


pomps | pompous | pompously | unpompous | pompousness | unpompously


a hairstyle with a large volume of hair brushed upward from the face

French pompadour, named after Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV, who popularized the hairstyle


Proper Noun, Place Name, Historical Event

From Latin Pompeii, the name of the ancient city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.


Proper noun, Historical figure, Roman history

From Pompeius, the Roman cognomen of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great)


imitative of the sound or appearance of a soft, tufted object


suspend | assess weight | compensate | evaluate | mass

ponds | pondy | pondlet | fishpond | pondhawk | pondweed


suspend | assess | compensate | reflect | mass | evaluate

ponder | preponderance | ponderous | pound (unit of weight or currency)

ponders | pondered | ponderer | beponder | pondering | ponderers


compose, expose, impose, postpone, propose

Latin 'ponere' (past participle stem 'posit-') meaning 'to place, put'


Shortened form of 'table tennis' or 'ping-pong', originating in the late 19th century.


a structure spanning a gap | a linking passage between two points


Latin pontifex 'high priest', from pons 'bridge' + facere 'to make'


Proper Name, Historical Figure, Latin Origin

From the Roman nomen 'Pontius', possibly derived from 'pons' (bridge) or the region Pontus.


pontoons | pontooner | pontooning | pontooners


pony, ponytail, pony express, shetland pony

ponyboy | ponytail | ponygirl | ponyboys | ponylike | ponyless

Middle English pony, likely from Old French poni or related to Spanish poni


poochy | pooched | pooches | poochie | pooching | poochies

Middle English 'puch', likely a diminutive or variation of 'pug'


small body of liquid | collection | reservoir

spool | pools | spools | pooled | pooler | unspool

Middle English pol, meaning a small body of water


to pass stool | to have a bowel movement | to defecate

poops | pooper | poopie | poopers | poopies | batpoop

From Old English 'pōpian', meaning to defecate.


poorly | impoor | nonpoor | poorish | poorism | impoors


popular, population, populace, populus, poppy

pops | poppy | popsy | poped | popper | popped

From Latin 'populus' meaning 'people' or 'the populace'.


pope | pontiff | supreme head of the Catholic Church

popes | popery | unpope | popess | popedom | unpoped

Latin 'papa' 'father', from Greek 'pappas'


From Old English popul, from Latin populus 'poplar tree'


poppyseed | poppylike | poppyhead | poppyseeds | poppyheads


population | popular | populous | pueblo


aporetic | aporia | emporium | gonopore | ozopore | polypore | pore | porism | porismatic

πόρος (póros) | πορεύω | πορίζειν (porízein) | πόρισμα (pórisma) | πόρισμα(pórisma)


a covered shelter projecting from the entrance of a building

porches | porched | porchway | sunporch | porchlike | porchways

From Old English 'porc' (enclosure, yard), related to Old Norse 'þrǫsk' (threshing floor).


porcupines | wereporcupine | porcupinefish | wereporcupines | porcupinefishes

Middle English porcupine, from Old French porc-épine 'hedgehog' (porc 'pig' + épine 'spine')


Middle English porgi, from Old French porge, from Latin porcus 'pig' (referring to the pig-like appearance of the fish)


porky | porks | Porki | porker | porkers | nonpork


purple | deep purple | reddish-purple stone


Middle English 'porridge', likely related to 'pottage'


comport | comportment | deport | export | import | opportune | port | portable | portage | portal | porter | portfolio | portico | portmanteau | purport | rapport | report | support | transport

ports | aport | porty | portly | ported | gunport

portare ~to carry~ | porta ~gate~ | portare "to carry" | porta "gate"


portas | portajohn | portacrib | portacots


portal, portico, portcullis, portage, deport

portals | nonportal | geoportal | periportal | megaportal | geoportals


export, import, transport, portage, portal

Latin portus 'harbor, port' (past participle stem of ferre 'to carry')


portents | portentous | portentive | portentously | unportentous | portentousness

Latin portenta 'monsters, prodigies', from portendere 'to portend, show beforehand', from por- (variant of pro- 'before') + tendere 'to stretch'


named after the Porterhouse Bank in New York


Latin 'perna' (ham, thigh) or 'perna' (leg), via Greek 'peronē' (ankle bone), referring to the shape of the shell


porticos | porticoes | porticoed | porticolike | anteportico

Latin porticus 'colonnade, covered walkway'


portions | portioner | portioned | coportion | reportion | portioners


portrays | portrayed | portrayal | portrayer | portrayals | portraying

Latin 'portrayare' (to portray), from 'por-' (variant of pro-, forward) + 'trayer' (to draw, from trahere)


From Portuguese 'português', derived from 'Portugal' + '-ês' (suffix denoting origin/language)


position, positive, compose, deposit, impose, oppose, repose, transpose, expose, propose

Latin positus, past participle of ponere 'to place'


posho | poshly | unposh | poshtel | poshdom | poshens

Abbreviation of 'imposing' or 'imposing/posh' (slang origin uncertain)


position, positive, posit, deposit, impose, expose, compose, repose, supposition

posits | posited | positer | positing | positers | unposited


possessive | posse | dispossess | possibility

Latin posse 'to be able, have power', from potis 'able' + esse 'to be'


possesst | possessed | possesses | possessor | repossess | possessee

Latin possidere 'to have, hold, occupy', from potis 'able' + sedere 'to sit'


possession, possessive, possess, dispossess, possessory

Latin 'possessus', past participle of 'possidere' meaning 'to have, hold, occupy'


possibles | unpossible | compossible | possibleness | incompossible | counterpossible

From Latin possibilis, from posse 'to be able'


possums | possumhaw | possumlike | possumwood

From Virginia Algonquian 'possewack' meaning 'white animal'


subsequent to | at the rear of | succeeding

postwar, postseason, postscript, postmodern

posts | postie | posted | poster | repost | postman

spatial | positional | Position indicator | position in time

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Latin posterior, comparative of posterus 'coming after, following', from post 'after'


Latin posteritas, from posterus 'coming after, later'


Latin posternus 'at the back', from post 'behind'


posteroloph | posteromesal | posterolophs | posteromedial | posterodorsal | posteromesial

Latin posterus 'coming after, later' (superlative of poster 'behind'), from post 'after'


Latin postulāre 'to demand, ask for', from postulare


postulate, postulation, postulational, postulator


postures | postured | posturer | posturers | malposture | malpostured

From Latin 'postura' meaning 'a setting, position, or attitude', derived from the past participle stem of 'ponere' (to place, put).


amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetry, apathy

Greek prefix a- (before a vowel) or an- (before a consonant) meaning 'not, without'


pots | potes | repot | unpot | poted | teapot


potables | impotable | unpotable | nonpotable | potableness


potamology | potamophobia | potamologist | potamophilous | potamologists | potamoplankton


potassium, potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide

Latin potassa (potash) + -ium (elemental suffix)


Latin potentia 'power, might', from potens 'powerful', present participle of posse 'to be able'


potent | potential | potentate | impotent | omnipotent | despot

potents | potently | potential | prepotent | nilpotent | unipotent

Latin potens, present participle of posse 'to be able'


potent, potential, potentate, impotent, omnipotent

Latin 'potens' (present participle of 'posse' meaning 'to be able'), from PIE '*peh₂-' (to protect, feed)


From Latin 'potio' (a drink, draught), derived from 'potare' meaning 'to drink'.


Potsdam, Potsdam Conference, New Potsdam

From the city name Potsdam, derived from the Slavic word 'pust' meaning 'desert' or 'wasteland'.


pouchy | pouches | pouched | pouchful | pouchlike | pouchless


a puff of smoke or air | a sudden release of gas

French 'pouf' (puff, blast of air), from Old French 'pouffer' (to puff).


one who deals in poultry | poultry dealer

From Old French pouletereie, from poule (poultry) + -ereie (suffix denoting a trade or place)


soft mass | medicated pad | topical application

Middle French 'poultice' from 'poulte' (porridge/pultis)


domesticated birds kept for meat or eggs

Latin 'pullus' meaning 'young bird, chick'


to jump or leap suddenly | to descend swiftly upon prey

pounces | pounced | pouncer | pouncers | pouncehug | pouncehugs

Middle English pouncen, related to 'pound'


pounds | impound | pounded | poundal | pounder | pounding

Latin root 'pound-' from 'ponere' meaning 'to place, put, set'


English verb 'pound' + agentive suffix '-er'


to give | to transfer ownership | to provide

donate, donation, donor, donatee, donative

pours | poured | repour | pourer | inpour | pouring

Latin 'donare' meaning 'to give, bestow'


pourri, pourriture, pourrir, pourrissement

French 'pourri', past participle of 'pourrir' 'to rot'


power, powerful, empower, impotent, potent

Latin 'potens' (present participle of 'posse' meaning 'to be able')


fine particles | pulverized substance | to crush into dust

powdery | powders | bepowder | powdered | powderer | gunpowder

Latin pulverem (accusative of pulver) 'dust, fine earth'


powers | empower | powered | unpower | bepower | depower

From Latin 'potere' meaning 'to be able, have power'


poxy | poxes | cowpox | parapox | poxlike | Tanapox

Middle English 'pox' (pock), from 'pock' (pustule)


apraxia | dyspraxia | parapraxis | practic | practice | pragma | pragmatic | pragmatism | pragmatist | praxis

πράσσειν (prássein), πράττειν (práttein), πρασσόμενον, πρακτός (praktós), πρακτικός (praktikós), (prāktikḗ), πρᾶξις (prâxis), πρᾶγμα (prâgma)


praenomen | praetor | praetorial | praetorian | praetorium | praetorship

praenomen, praetor, praetorial, praetorian, praetorium, praetorship

praecava | praecoxa | praenomen | praenomens


πράσσειν (prássein) | πράττειν (práttein) | πρασσόμενον | πρακτός (praktós) | πρακτικός (praktikós) | (prāktikḗ) | πρᾶξις (prâxis) | πρᾶγμα (prâgma)


Greek pragma "deed, act" from prassein "to do"


prairie dog, prairie grass, prairie wind

prairies | prairied | prairieland | prairielands


praised | praises | praiser | bepraise | praisers | praiseth

Latin 'laudare' (to praise) via Old French 'praisier'


a sweet confection made from sugar, chocolate, or syrup, often with nuts

French praline, from Italian pralina, possibly from the name of a 17th-century Italian diplomat, the Marquis de Plessis-Pralin.


Shortened form of 'perambulator', from Latin perambulare 'to walk through'


From Latin 'prama' (a type of plant or herb) + '-ine' (chemical suffix), though in modern pharmacology it is a productive suffix for amine-based drugs.


to move with high springy steps | to leap | to skip

From Old French 'prancer' meaning 'to prance, leap, or dance', possibly of imitative origin or from a Germanic source related to 'prank'.


prandially | preprandial | postprandial | anteprandial | preprandials | periprandial


pranks | pranky | pranked | pranker | prankee | prankish

From Dutch 'prank' meaning 'trick' or 'exploit', possibly related to Middle Dutch 'pranc' or 'prang'.


prats | pratty | pratfall | prattery | prattish | pratfalls


prawny | prawned | prawner | prawning | prawners | mudprawn


prays | prayer | prayed | unpray | prayee | outpray

Latin precārī 'to pray, entreat' (deponent verb from precā- 'prayer')


prayerful | preprayer | prayerish | prayerlike | prayerfulness

From Latin 'prex' (genitive 'precis') meaning 'prayer, request, entreaty'


earlier in time | positioned ahead | earlier in sequence

precedent | precept | preposition | precaution | pre-exist | prerequisite | predict | prepare | preview | preschool | prewrite | prefix | previous | prepare (before get ready) | prefix (fixed/attached before) | preposition (before the noun)

pres | pred | preon | preds | prepay | preset

Middle English pre- | from Medieval Latin pre- < (Classical) Latin prae- | before | in front of | < classical Latin prae-... before OED | prae | Latin


to deliver a sermon | to proclaim | to advocate

preacher, preaching, preachment, preceptive

preachy | preacht | preacher | preached | unpreach | preachee

Latin praedicare 'to proclaim publicly', from prae- 'before' + dicare 'to dedicate, proclaim'


Latin prec- 'to value, prize' (past participle stem of precor 'to pray, ask favorably')


Latin precarius 'obtained by entreaty, granted as a favor', from precari 'to beg'


precedence, precede, precedent, antecedent

Latin praecedentia, from praecedere 'to go before' (prae- 'before' + cedere 'to go')


precedented | precedently | unprecedent | precedential | unprecedented | unprecedently

Latin praecedere 'to go before', from prae- 'before' + cedere 'to go'


Latin praecentor, from praecanere 'to sing before, lead in song'


precious, preciosity, depreciation, appreciation

appreciation | precious | depreciate | price | prize (reward | winnings | to value)


valuable | highly esteemed | of great worth

preciously | unprecious | nonprecious | preciousness | overprecious | preciousnesses

From Latin pretiosus, from pretium 'price, value'


Latin praecipit- 'headlong, rushing', from praecipere 'to seize beforehand, take in advance'


precisely | imprecise | unprecise | nonprecise | imprecisely | overprecise

Latin praecisus, past participle of praecidere 'to cut off, cut short'


Latin praecisio (genitive praecisionis) 'a cutting off', from past participle stem of praecidere 'to cut off, cut short'


depredate | predation | predator | predatory | prey

depredate, predation, predator, predatory, prey


Latin praedecessor, from praedecess- 'one who goes before', from praecedere 'to go before'


predicates | nonpredicate | subpredicate | subpredicates | superpredicate | superpredicates

Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare 'to proclaim, assert', from prae- 'before' + dicare 'to dedicate, proclaim'


Latin praediligere 'to prefer', from prae- 'before' + diligere 'to esteem, love'


preens | preened | preener | preening | preeners | outpreen


From Latin praefatorius, from praefari 'to speak before'


prefers | prefered | preferred | prefering | disprefer | preferist

Latin praeferre 'to set before, prefer', from prae- 'before' + ferre 'to carry, bear'


From Latin 'pregnans' (pregnant), from 'prae-' (before) + 'gerere' (to bear, carry)


apprehend | comprehend | comprehensive | enterprise | prehensility | prehension | prey | prison | prize | reprehend | surprise


apprehend | comprehend | comprehensive | enterprise | prehensility | prehension | prey | prison | prize | reprehend | surprise | reprehensible


From Latin 'praelatia' (office of a prelate), from 'praelatus' (prefixed, placed before), past participle of 'praeferre' (to carry before).


office of a prelate | high-ranking religious office

Latin praelatus 'one placed before', past participle of praeferre 'to place before'


prelates | prelated | prelatess | unprelated | prelateship | archprelate

Latin praelatus 'one set over others', past participle of praeferre 'to set before'


introduction | preceding event | preparatory action

preludes | preluded | preluder | preluders

From Latin praeludium, from prae- 'before' + ludere 'to play'


compress | compression | compressor | depress | depression | depressive | espresso | express | expression | expressive | impress | impression | impressive | imprimatur | imprint | oppress | oppression | oppressive | oppressor | press | pressure | print | repress | repression | repressive | reprimand | suppress | suppression | suppressor


precede, previous, prior, beforehand, prelude

premises | premised | counterpremise | counterpremises

From Latin 'prae-' meaning 'before, in front of'


entrepreneur | person who engages in a particular enterprise

webpreneur | mompreneur | mumpreneur | ecopreneur | dadpreneur | biopreneur

French entrepreneur, from entreprendre 'to undertake'


prepare, preview, precedent, previous, prelude

preps | preppy | prepper | prepster | preppily | preppers


prepared, preparation, preparatory, unprepared

prepared | preparer | prepares | prepareth | preparers | reprepare


Latin praeponderare 'to weigh more', from prae- 'before' + ponderare 'to weigh', from pondus 'weight'


Latin prae- 'before' + posterus 'following, coming after'


presager | presaged | presages | presageth | presagers | presagest

Latin praesagire 'foretell', from prae- 'before' + sagire 'perceive keenly'


archpriest | presbyter | Presbyterianism | presbyterium | presbytery | priest | protopresbyter | presbyopia | presbycusis[10] | archpresbyter | Prester John


Greek presbyteros 'elder' + -ia (suffix)


presences | presenced | copresence | compresence | nonpresence | copresences

From Latin praesentia, from praesens 'being before, present', present participle of praeesse 'to be before'


presents | represent | presently | presented | presenter | copresent

From Latin 'praesens', present participle of 'praeesse' meaning 'to be before, be at hand', composed of 'prae-' (before) + 'esse' (to be).


preside, presidency, president, presidential

presides | presided | presider | presiders

Latin praesidēre 'to guard, protect, preside', from prae 'before' + sedēre 'to sit'


repress | pressed | presses | pressie | presser | pressly


Latin praestīti- 'stood forth, excelled', past participle stem of praestāre 'to stand before, excel'


prestiges | nonprestige | prestigeful | prestigeless | prestigelessness

Latin 'pretium' meaning 'price, value, reward'


act of pretending | feigning | simulation

pretend, pretense, pretentious, pretension

Latin praetextus, past participle of praetendere 'to stretch before, allege'


pretend, pretension, pretentious, pretext

pretenses | pretensed | pretenseful | pretenseless

Latin praetextus, past participle of praetendere 'to stretch before, feign'


pretermit | preternatural | preterite | pretermission

preterist | preterists | preterhuman | preterlegal | preternature | pretercanine


pretexts | pretextual | pretextually | pretextuality

Latin prae- 'before' + textum 'spoken, stated' (past participle of texere 'to weave, construct')


Latin praevocare 'to call before, call away'


prevents | prevented | preventer | preventing | prevention | preventive

Latin praevenire 'to come before, anticipate', from prae- 'before' + veni- 'come'


Latin praevius 'going before', from prae- 'before' + via 'way'


Latin 'pri-' (variant of 'prae-') meaning 'before, in front'


πρίειν (príein) | πρῖσις (prîsis) | πρίων | πρίονος (príōn | príonos)


priapus (a Greek fertility god with an exaggerated phallus) | phallus


prices | priced | pricey | pricer | reprice | pricers


To experience a sharp, sudden pain or tingling sensation | A small, sharp projection on a surface | To cause something to have such a sensation

prickles | prickled | prickler | pricklers | prickleback | pricklefish

Derived from Old English 'pricclian' meaning to prick or stab


self-respect | arrogance | group of lions

prided | prides | prider | unpride | priders | prideful

Emotion, Social status, Animal collective noun


priests | priestly | unpriest | priestess | unpriests | priestdom

Latin sacerdot- 'priest', from sacer 'sacred' + -dot- (root of donum 'gift')


prigs | prigged | priggery | priggish | priggism | prigging

Middle English prigg, perhaps of imitative origin or from Middle Dutch prikken 'to prick'


Chemical nomenclature, Pharmacology, Suffix

From Latin -pril, a variant of the suffix -pril found in chemical nomenclature (e.g., captopril, enalapril), likely derived from the chemical group 'thiol' or 'sulfhydryl' combined with a phonetic adaptation for drug naming conventions.


initial | main | primitive | fundamental

primary | primitive | primogenitor | coprime | nonprime | prima facie | primacy | primal | primality | primate | prime | primer | primeval | primine | primogeniture | primordial | primrose | Primula | semiprime | subprimal | subprime | first-rate | first-string | first-year | firstborn | firsthand | prime (first) | primal (first) | primate (first upright walking mammals)

prims | primly | primmed | primness | primming | iclaprim

Latin prīmus | first | most important | primus

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compress, compression, compressor, depress, depression, depressive, espresso, express, expression, expressive, impress, impression, impressive, imprimatur, imprint, oppress, oppression, oppressive, oppressor, press, pressure, print, repress, repression, repressive, reprimand, suppress, suppression, suppressor


primates | nonprimate | euprimates | nonprimates | primateship | archprimate


primps | primpy | primped | primper | primping | primpers

From Dutch 'primp' (neat, trim) or 'prammen' (to trim, to dress up), possibly related to German 'prangen' (to shine, to display proudly).


princes | princess | princely | coprince | Princeton | princessy

Latin princeps 'first, chief, leader', from primus 'first' + capere 'to take'


principal | principal_axis | principal_investigator | principality | principally | principalship | principle | principle_of_equivalence | principle_of_liquid_displacement | principle_of_relativity | principle_of_superposition | principled | prince | princess


Latin princip- 'first, chief', from princeps 'first, foremost'


fundamental truth | rule | law | doctrine

principle, principal, prince, princess, princeps

principles | principled | unprinciple | unprincipled | subprinciple | principledly

Latin principium 'beginning, origin', from princeps 'first, chief'


prints | printer | printed | reprint | offprint | printout

Latin 'prīntere' (to press, stamp), of uncertain origin, possibly related to 'premere' (to press).


prior, priority, priory, pristine, repristinate, subprior

priors | priorly | priority | prioress | subprior | priorate


take hold of | clutch | retain | act | work | exertion

prison | enterprise | reprisal | surprise | comprise | reprise | impresario | prize (captured ship) | pry

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prisms | prismy | biprism | prismal | prismed | prismane

πρίσμα, πρίσματος (prísma, prísmatos), πρισμάτιον (prismátion)


aprismatic | diprismatic | subprismatic | triprismatic | antiprismatic | interprismatic

Greek prisma 'thing sawed', from prissein 'to saw'


prisons | prisoner | unprison | emprison | enprison | prisoners

From Latin 'prison' (modern French) or directly from Latin 'prisonem' (nominative 'prison'), a variant of 'praesio' meaning 'a keeping, confinement', derived from 'praehendere' (to seize, hold before).


Latin prīstinus 'of the first time, original', from prīstus 'former', from prīmus 'first'


belonging to oneself | distinct or apart | remove or take away | individual or not shared | disconnected or distinct | unique or distinctive

deprivation | deprive | privacy | private | privateer | privation | privative | privilege | privity | privy | semiprivate

privs | privacy | private | privates | privateer | privately


state of being private | seclusion | solitude

private, privatization, privatize, unprivileged, disprivilege

From Latin 'privatus', past participle of 'privare' meaning 'to deprive, separate, or make private', derived from 'privus' meaning 'single, solitary'.


belonging to oneself | not public | secluded

From Latin privatus, past participle of privare 'to deprive, separate', from privus 'single, alone'


Latin privatio 'a losing, loss, deprivation', from privare 'to deprive'


Old English prǣtte, from Proto-Germanic *praitō-


privileges | deprivilege | privilegees | disprivilege | deprivileged | deprivileges

Latin privus 'separate, apart' + -ile 'capable of'


From Latin 'privus' meaning 'single, separate, private'


prejudice, appreciate, estimate, prize, price


prizer | prized | prizes | prizers | prizest | prizeth


prior to | ahead of | toward the front | advocating for | representing

prologue, proceed, promote, pronoun, proactive

Examples:Proterosuchus ("before crocodile") | Procompsognathus ("before elegant jaw") | Prosaurolophus ("before lizard crest") | proconsul | pro-american | propulsion | prologue | propel | proactive | proliferate | provide | pronoun | procrastination | pro-Chancellor | pro-liberal | pro-Whitehall | procambium | procrastinate | project (forward throw (verb)) | protest (forward witness (verb)) | provoke (forward voice (verb)) | prognosis (forward knowledge) | prognosticator (forward knowledge person) | Gnostic (knowledgeable one) | gnosticism (knowledgeable movement)

pros | proleg | proact | nonpro | protip | prowar

Medical and Scientific | Direction designator | preposition-like

πρό | πρότερος (pró | próteros) | pro | prō-  OED

Greek πρό- (pró-) | before | in front of | < classical Latin prō-... adv and prep | prefix1 | definition 1(a-b) and 'pro-' | prefix2 | meanings not covered by senses 2 and 3 OED | pro- | definition 2(a) OED | definition 2(b) OED | pro | Latin | Greek

Ancient Greek | Greek | Latin  OED | Latin

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deserving of value | positive in nature | examination to assess | discover something valuable | demonstrate validity

approbation | approve | disapprobation | opprobrium | probable | probation | probe | probity | proof | prove | reprobate | reprove | problem

probare ~prove to be worthy~ | probus | probare "prove to be worthy"


probable, probation, probity, probate, prove

Latin probare 'to test, prove, approve', from probus 'good, worthy'


challenge | hindrance | issue requiring resolution

problems | problemo | problemed | problemos | subproblem | nonproblem

Greek 'problema' (something thrown forward, obstacle) from 'proballo' (to throw forward)


Latin proboscis 'trunk of an elephant, snout', from Greek probōskis 'trunk, snout', from probōs 'having a long snout', from pro- 'before' + bōs 'ox'


to move forward | to go ahead | to advance

proceeds | proceeded | proceeder | proceeding | proceedeth | proceeders

Latin prōcedere 'to advance, go forth', from prō- 'forward' + cēdere 'to go'


Latin procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare 'to delay', from pro- 'before' + cras 'tomorrow'


aproctous | proctology | proctotomy | proctocele | proctoscope | proctoscopy

πρωκτο-  OED


proctors | proctored | proctoring | proctorial | proctorage | proproctor

Latin 'procurare' meaning 'to take care of, manage'


procurers | unprocured | procurement | procurements

Latin procurus 'foreseen, provided for', from procurare 'to take care of, manage', from pro 'before, for' + curare 'to care for'


produce, production, productive, product

prods | proddy | prodded | prodder | prodding | prodders

Latin 'producere' (past participle 'productus'), from 'pro-' (forward) + 'ducere' (to lead)


prodigium ~prodigy~ | prodigium "prodigy"


prodigus "wasteful", from prodigere "drive away, waste"


Latin profundus 'deep, vast', from pro- 'forth' + fundus 'bottom, floor'


profanes | profaned | profaner | profanely | profaners | profaneth

Latin profanus 'before the temple, secular, unholy', from pro- 'before' + fanum 'temple'


From Latin 'profanum' (outside the temple) via Old French 'profain', originally meaning 'secular' or 'worldly', later adopted in pharmaceutical nomenclature to denote compounds derived from or related to propionic acid derivatives (propyl + benzoic acid structure, though the name is historically coincidental with the religious term).


professed | professes | profession | professing | disprofess | professeth

Latin profitēri 'to declare publicly', from pro- 'forth' + fārī 'to speak'


proffers | proffered | profferer | proffering | profferest | proffereth

Latin proferre 'to bring forth, present', from pro- 'forward' + ferre 'to carry'


From Latin proficient-, past participle stem of proficere 'to make progress', from pro- 'forward' + facere 'to make, do'.


profiles | profiled | profiler | profilee | profilers | reprofile

Greek prophilos 'beloved' (from pro- 'before' + philos 'loving')


profits | profiter | profited | unprofit | profiteer | nonprofit

Latin 'proficere' (to do forward, advance), from 'pro-' (forward) + 'facere' (to make, do)


Latin profligatus, past participle of profligare 'to ruin, destroy', from pro- 'forth' + flagrare 'to burn'


profounds | profoundly | profoundness | pseudoprofound | profoundnesses

Latin profundus, from pro- 'forth' + fundus 'bottom'


profused | profuses | profusely | profuseness

From Latin profusus, past participle of profundere 'to pour forth'


From Greek prognathos, from pro- 'before' + gnathos 'jaw'


programs | deprogram | reprogram | programed | programmer | programmed

Greek programma 'public notice, plan' from pragma 'deed'


to fall down | to protrude | to slip out

prolapse, rectal prolapse, uterine prolapse

Latin prolapsus, past participle of prolabi 'to slip forward, fall down', from pro- 'forward' + labi 'to glide, slip'


From Greek pro- (before, in front of) + leipein (to leave), literally 'leaving before' or 'anticipating'.


From Latin proletarius, derived from proles (offspring, progeny), originally referring to the lowest class of Roman citizens who contributed to the state only through their offspring.


proliferates | proliferated | reproliferate | reproliferates | reproliferated | unproliferated

Latin proliferatus, past participle of proliferare 'to bud, sprout, multiply', from proles 'offspring' + -ferre 'to bear'


unprolific | improlific | nonprolific | prolificity | prolificness | prolification

Latin 'prolificus' from 'proles' (offspring) + '-ficus' (making)


prolixly | prolixity | prolixness | prolixities

Latin prōlīxus 'extended, prolonged', from prōlīnāre 'to extend'


Latin prōlongāre 'to lengthen, prolong', from prō- 'forward' + longus 'long'


proms | prommer | promgoer | promlike | promwear | prommers

Latin prō- 'forward, forth, in front of'


promenades | promenaded | promenader | promenaders


to produce or cause to appear | to generate or emit

Latin prōmere 'to bring forth, produce', from prō- 'forth' + emere 'to take'


Prometheus (mythological figure) | forethought

From Greek Promētheus, from promētheia 'forethought', from pro 'before' + manthano 'learn'


Latin 'prominens', present participle of 'prominere' meaning 'to project forward'


from Latin promiscuus 'mixed, confused, common', from promiscere 'to see through, examine closely'


promised | promises | promisee | promiser | promiseth | promisest

From Latin promissus, past participle of promittere 'to send forth, give promise', from pro- 'forth' + mittere 'to send'.


Latin promittere 'to send forth, promise', from pro- 'forward' + mittere 'to send'


to urge | to incite | to cause to happen

prompts | promptly | prompter | prompted | imprompt | prompting

Latin prōmptus 'taken out, brought forth', past participle of prōmere 'to take out, bring forth'


to make known | to proclaim | to announce

Latin promulgatus, past participle of promulgare 'to make known', from pro- 'forth' +ulgare 'to proclaim', from ulgere 'to drive'


proned | prones | pronely | proneness | semiprone | pronenesses

Latin -pronus 'bending forward, inclined'


prongs | prongy | pronged | pronghorn | prongbuck | pronghorns

From Old Norse 'prongr' meaning a pointed projection or prong, related to Old English 'prangian' (to torment).


pronounced | pronounces | pronouncer | pronouncers | pronounceth | pronouncest

Latin pronuntiare 'to call out, proclaim', from pro- 'forth' + nuntiare 'to announce', from nuntius 'messenger'


Latin 'pronto' (ablative of 'pronus', meaning 'ready, forward'), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (forward)


proofread, waterproof, fireproof, bulletproof, childproof

proofs | reproof | proofer | proofed | unproof | proofing

From Latin 'probare' meaning 'to test, prove, or verify', derived from 'probus' (good, honest).


props | propyl | upprop | unprop | biprop | propane


Latin propagare 'to extend, spread out', from prop- (variant of pro- 'forward') + agere 'to drive'


propanol, propanoic acid, propyl, isopropane

French propane, from propan- (from propane + -e suffix for alkanes), derived from propionic acid (from Greek propion 'first fat' + -ic)


Latin 'prope' (adverb/preposition) meaning 'near, close by'


propel, propelled, propelling, propeller

propels | propeller | propelled | propellant | propellers | propelling

Latin propellere 'to push forward', from pro- 'forward' + pellere 'to drive'


Latin propensus 'leaning forward, inclined', past participle of propendere 'to hang over, incline'


belonging to a specific individual or group | distinctive or characteristic of a particular thing

propers | properly | unproper | nonproper | properness | unproperly


nonproperty | disproperty | bioproperty | subproperty | propertyless | metaproperty

From Latin 'proprietas', from 'proprius' meaning 'one's own, special, peculiar'


prophetic, prophet, prophesy, prophecy, propheticism

From Greek prophētia 'prophecy', from prophētēs 'one who speaks for another, interpreter', from pro- 'before' + phētēs 'speaker'


to foretell | to predict | to declare by divine inspiration

From Greek prophaiteuomai, from prophētēs 'interpreter, spokesman', derived from pro- 'before' + phētēs 'speaker'


prophets | prophetic | prophetess | prophetize | prophetized | prophetizes


prophylactics | nonprophylactic | zooprophylactic | metaprophylactic | chemoprophylactic | immunoprophylactic

Greek prophulaktikos 'a guarding, protection'


zooprophylaxis | monoprophylaxis | seroprophylaxis | metaprophylaxis | chemoprophylaxis | homeoprophylaxis

Greek prophylaxis 'prevention', from prophylaktikos 'foreseeing, preventing', from pro- 'before' + phylax 'guard'


Latin propinquus 'near, close' (from prope 'near') + -itas 'state, condition'


Latin propitius 'favorable, gracious', from propitio 'I appease', of uncertain origin, possibly related to Greek prostates 'one who stands before'


Latin propitiare 'to appease, placate', from propitius 'favorable, gracious'


Latin proponent-, present participle stem of proponere 'to set forth, propose'


property | one~s own | peculiar | select | one's own

appropriate | proprietary | proprietor | propriety | proper | property

proprietas ~appropriateness | property | ownership~ | from proprius ~ones own~ | proprietas "appropriateness | ownership" | from proprius "one's own"


From Latin proprius 'one's own, distinct, peculiar'


Latin proprietarius 'of property', from proprius 'one's own'


Latin proprietarius, from proprius 'one's own'


Latin proprietas 'ownership, property', from proprius 'one's own, special'


propylene, polypropylene, propylene glycol

Chemistry, Hydrocarbon, Organic compound

From propylene (the chemical compound), derived from propyl + -ene; the form '-propylene-' in the database likely represents a truncation or specific morphological handling of the root 'propyl-' or the compound itself in a constructed lexicon.


to divide | to distribute | to allocate proportionally

Latin prōrōtāre 'to apportion, distribute', from prō- 'forward, forth' + rōta 'wheel' (originally 'to set in motion')


prorogued | prorogues | proroguer | proroguers | unprorogued

Latin prorogare 'to prolong, extend', from pro- 'forward' + rogare 'to propose, ask'


plural of 'pro' | in favor of a proposition or opinion


Latin prosaicus, from prosa 'straightforward speech'


proscenium arch, proscenium stage, proscenial

Latin proscaenium, from Greek proskēnion 'before the stage', from pro- 'before' + skēnē 'stage, tent'


proser | proses | prosed | beprose | prosers | proseman

Latin 'prosa' (prosa oratio 'straightforward speech'), from prosus 'straightforward, direct'


Greek proselytos 'a convert', from proselthein 'to come to'


Greek prosōdikos 'adding to, supplemental' from prosōdon 'addition'


Greek prosōidia 'song sung to the lyre', from pro- 'before' + ōidē 'song'


prospers | prospered | prosperity | prosperous | prospering | prospereth

Latin prosperus 'forward, favorable, successful'


prosper, prosperity, prosperous, prosperously

Latin 'prosperus' (fortunate, successful) + '-are' (verb-forming suffix)


iloprost | enprostil | misoprostol | bimatoprost | lubiprostone


prostates | antiprostate | prostatectomy | prostatectomies | cryoprostatectomy | postprostatectomy

Greek prostates 'one who sits before, guardian', from pro 'before' + histēmi 'to stand'


prostrated | prostrates | prostrater | deprostrate | prostrately | prostrateth

Latin prostratus, past participle of prostrare 'to throw down, prostrate', from pro- 'before, down' + sternere 'to spread, stretch'


protects | protector | protected | unprotect | protectee | deprotect

Latin 'protegere' (to cover before, shield), from 'pro-' (before, in front of) + 'tegere' (to cover)


From Latin 'protegere' meaning 'to cover before, shield, protect', composed of 'pro-' (before) + 'tegere' (to cover).


proteinic | proteinase | nonprotein | apoprotein | proprotein | exoprotein


proteolytic | proteolysis | proteolipid | proteogenic | proteoplast | proteotypic


the breakdown of proteins | protein degradation

Greek proteios 'first' + lysis 'a loosening'


protein | breaking down | digestion of proteins

From Greek proteios 'primary' + -lytic 'loosening'


Proterozoic | proteroglyph | proterogynous | proteroglyphs | Neoproterozoic | proterokinetic


protest, protestation, protesting, protestor

protests | protester | protested | protestor | protestant | Protestant

Latin protestari 'to declare publicly, object', from pro- 'forth' + testari 'to testify'


protomer | protonym | protosun | protopod | prototype | protostar

Medical and Scientific | Attribute adder

< ancient Greek πρωτο- | combining form ... of πρῶτος  first OED | πρῶτος (prôtos) [note 1] | Greek

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protocol, prologue, protagonist, prototype, prognosis, prologue, proponent

protocols | protocolize | protocolist | protocolized | protocolizes | protocolists


Latin prōtuberāre 'to bulge out', from prō- 'forward' + tūberāre 'to swell', from tūber 'swelling'


proudly | unproud | misproud | proudful | proudish | proudness


to show to be true | to demonstrate | to establish

proved | proven | proves | prover | reprove | proveth

Latin probare 'to test, prove, approve', from probus 'good, honest'


Latin provenientia, from provenire 'to come forth, arise'


Provence | region of southeastern France

From Latin Provincia 'Roman province', specifically referring to the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis, later known as Provence.


administrative division | territory | region

provinces | subprovince | bioprovince | provinceful | provincehood | provincewide

From Latin provincia 'administrative district of the Roman Empire', derived from pro- 'before' + vincere 'to conquer'.


Latin provisus, past participle of providere 'to foresee, provide for'


to call forth | to incite | to stimulate

provoke, provocation, provocative, provoker

provoked | provokes | provoker | provokee | provokers | provoketh

Latin prōvōcāre 'to call forth, challenge', from prō- 'forth' + vōcāre 'to call'


provosts | provostal | provostry | provostship | provostships

Latin praevostus, from prae- 'before' + vovere 'to vow' (originally a military officer who took vows before battle)


prowls | aprowl | prowler | prowled | prowlers | prowlings

Middle English prowlen, related to prow (to move stealthily)


Latin proximus 'nearest', superlative of prope 'near'


prudent, prudence, imprudent, imprudence


prunes | pruner | pruned | pruney | pruners | reprune

from Old French 'proignier' (to cut, to trim)


Latin prurient- 'itching, desiring', present participle stem of prurire 'to itch, desire'


itching | itching for | desiring | yearning

from Latin pruriens, present participle of prurire 'to itch, itch for'


From the name of the Old Prussians (Prusai)


pryer | prying | pryers | prybar | pryeth | pryest

Middle English 'prie', related to 'prye'


ψᾶν (psân) | ψαφαρός | ψήχειν | (psēstós)


psalm | psalmodicon | psalmody | psalter | psaltery | psaltikon


psalmed | psalmic | psalmist | psalming | psalmists | psalmbook

Greek psalmos 'psalm' (song sung to a melody)


Greek psaltērion 'lyre, harp', from psallein 'to pluck, play a stringed instrument'


psammite | psammitic | psammoma | psammophile | Psammophis | psammophyte | psammosere | psammous


isopsephy | psephite | psephitic | psephocracy | psephology

psephology | psephocracy | psephologist | psephologists | psephological

ψάω | ψῆφος (psêphos) | ψηφίζειν (psēphízein)


unreal | deceptive | fictional | replica | forged | erroneous

pseudo-membrane | pseudo-scientific | pseudonym | pseudoscience

pseudos | pseudonym | pseudopod | pseudogap | pseudoPHP | pseudovum

< ancient Greek ψευδο- | combining form ... of ψευδής (adjective) false | ψεῦδος falsity | falsehood OED | ψεύδομαι | ψευδής (pseudḗs)

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epsilon | psilanthropism | psilanthropy | psilocybin | psilosis | psilotic | upsilon | psilomelane | psilophyte | psilophyton | psilopsida

ψιλοῦν (psiloûn) | ψιλός (psilós) | ψιλότης | ψίλωσις (psílōsis) | ψίλωσις(psílōsis)


parrot. "Psittaco-" is used for parrot-like creatures, while the suffix "psitta" is used for parrots.

Examples: Psittacosaurus ("parrot lizard"); Cyclopsitta ("Cyclops parrot"); Xenopsitta ("strange parrot").


From Greek psōra 'scabies, itch' (from psō 'to itch') + -iasis 'condition, process'


mental faculty | inner self | relating to cognitive processes | essential self

psychology, psychic, psychiatry, psychosis, psychopathy

psychs | outpsych | psychache | psychalgia | psychspeak | psychalgias

ψύχειν (psúkhein) | ψυχή (psukhḗ) | ψυχικός (psukhikós) | Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ) | breath | life | soul | Greek

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ψύχειν (psúkhein), ψυχή (psukhḗ), ψυχικός (psukhikós)


psychedelic, psychology, psyche, psychosomatic, psychopath

psychedelics | unpsychedelic | neopsychedelic | nonpsychedelic | prepsychedelic | psychedelicize

Greek psyche 'soul/mind' + Delphic 'psychedel' (manifesting/revealing)


psychroalgia | psychrometer | psychrophile | psychrophilic | psychrophily

psychroalgia, psychrometer, psychrophile, psychrophilic, psychrophily

psychrometry | psychrophile | psychrometer | psychrophyte | psychrometre | psychrotroph

ψύχω, ψυχρός (psukhrós), ψυχρότης


From Latin psyllium, from Greek psyllion 'seed of the plantain', diminutive of psylla 'flea' (due to the resemblance of the seeds to fleas).


micropteran | macropteran | tetrapteran | brachypteran


pteridology | pteridomania | pteridophytes | pteridologist | pteridophytic | pteridologists

πτερόν, πτεροῦ (pterón, pteroû), πτέρυξ, πτέρυγος (ptérux, ptérugos), (pterugōtós), πτερίσκος


aerial appendage | plumage element | pinnate plant | relating to flight structures | prefix form 'pterygo-' | aerodynamic contour

pteropod | pteropods | pterophyte | pterophore | dipterocarp | pterophytes

πτερόν | πτεροῦ (pterón | pteroû) | πτέρυξ | πτέρυγος (ptérux | ptérugos) | (pterugōtós) | πτερίσκος | Greek πτερόν (pterón) | wing | feather


wing | feather | fern | feathered | winged like {prev}

apterous | bipterous | tripterous | hexapterous | macropterous | micropterous


ptilolite | clinoptilolite | ptilochronology | clinoptilolites | ptilochronological


anaptotic | asymptomatic | apoptosis | peripeteia | peripety | polyptoton | proptosis | proptotic | ptomaine | ptosis | ptotic | symptom | symptomatic | symptosis

πίπτειν (píptein) | πτωτός (ptōtós) | πτωτικός (ptōtikós) | πτῶσις (ptôsis) | πτῶμα | πτῶματος (ptôma | ptômatos)


relating to the Ptolemaic dynasty or the Ptolemaic system of astronomy

Ptolemaic, Ptolemaic system, Ptolemaic dynasty

Greek Ptolemaios (descendant of Ptolemy)


Ptolemy | Ptolemaic | dynasty of Macedonian Greek origin

From Greek Ptolemaios, a personal name possibly derived from pleos 'full' and males 'warrior'


falling | drooping | downward placement | prolapse | sagging

apoptosis | nephroptosis | enteroptosis | gastroptosis | glossoptosis | metroptosis | proptosis | symptosis

pyroptosis | cladoptosis | ferroptosis | gastroptosis | glossoptosis | nephroptosis


πτύειν | πτύον (ptúon) | πτύσις (ptúsis) | πτύαλον


anaptyctic, anaptyxis, diptych, heptaptych, hexaptych, octaptych, pentaptych, polyptych, tetraptych, triptych

πτύσσειν (ptússein), πτύγμα (ptúgma), πτύξ (ptúx), πτυχός (ptukhós), πτυχή (ptukhḗ)


pubes | puberis | adult | mature | youth

pubs | pubby | pubbed | pubber | pubbing | brewpub


A single pubic hair | A hair in the pubic region | A single strand of pubic hair

Derived from Latin 'pubes', meaning pubic hair.


impuberty | prepuberty | postpuberty | peripuberty | minipuberty | pseudopuberty

Latin pubertas 'attainment of maturity', from puber 'reaching maturity'


Latin pubes 'youth, downy growth' (gen. pubis)


publication | publicity | republic | publicize

publics | publicly | unpublic | publicity | publicize | publicise


to make public | to issue | to distribute

publisher | published | republish | publishes | copublish | publishee

Latin 'publicare' meaning 'to make public', derived from 'publicus' meaning 'of the people'


pubis | pubic bone | relating to the pubis

puboanal | puborectal | pubofemoral | pubovaginal | pubovesical | pubocapsular


a small, flat, circular disk | a hockey puck

pucks | puckle | puckish | puckles | Puckian | puckster

From Dutch 'pucke' or 'puck', meaning a small disk or coin, possibly related to 'puck' (the fairy) via the notion of a small, mischievous object.


From Old English 'pucor' or 'pucian', meaning to pucker or wrinkle, of imitative origin.


pudding, rice pudding, black pudding, bread pudding

From Middle English pudde, possibly of imitative origin or from Old French pouding


small pool of liquid | shallow accumulation of water

puddles | puddled | puddley | puddler | puddlers | bepuddle

Middle English puddel, from Old English pudul 'pool, puddle'


shame | disgrace | something to be ashamed of

Latin pudendum, neuter gerundive of pudēre 'to be ashamed'


port, portable, export, import, depot, portico


a sudden burst of air | swelling | light and airy

puffy | puffs | puffed | puffin | puffer | bepuff

Middle English puffen, of imitative origin


pugs | puggy | puggle | pugger | pugged | pugmark


Latin pugil 'boxer, fighter', from pugnari 'to fight'


impugn | pugilism | pugnacious | repugnant | pugilist


Latin potentia 'power, strength', from potens 'powerful', present participle of posse 'to be able'


Latin 'potens' (present participle of 'posse' meaning 'to be able'), via Old French 'puissant'


To sell investments at a loss under pressure | To liquidate assets to meet margin requirements | To exit a declining market by selling securities

puker | pukes | puked | pukey | pukers | pukewad


authentic | genuine | excellent | proper

Hindi/Urdu 'pukka' (cooked, ripe, or firm)


compulsion, impulsive, pulse, compulsive, compulsory, repulsion, expulsion

pulsar | pulsate | pulsars | pulsated | pulsates | pulsating

Latin 'pulsare' (to beat, strike, urge) or 'pellere' (to drive, push)


visually appealing | aesthetically pleasing

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- 'to shine, glow'


to draw | to tug | to exert force to move toward oneself

pulls | pulled | puller | pulling | pullers | outpull

Old English pullian 'to pull, draw, or drag'


pulleys | pulleyless | pulleylike | micropulley | micropulleys


pulmonary, pulmonary artery, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension


pulpy | pulps | pulped | repulp | pulper | pulpal

Latin 'puls, pultis' (porridge, mush) -> Late Latin 'pulpam' (mashed food, pulp)


raised platform | podium | speaker's stand

pulpits | pulpiter | pulpitry | pulpited | pulpital | pulpiters


pulsed | pulser | pulsejet | prepulse | nonpulse | subpulse

Latin pulsus, past participle of pellere 'to push, strike'


to reduce to fine particles | to crush | to grind

pulverized | pulverizes | pulverizer | pulverizers | unpulverized | nonpulverized

Latin pulverizare 'to reduce to powder', from pulver- 'dust' (from pulvis)


porous volcanic rock | light-weight stone

pumice stone, pumice block, pumice powder

From Latin 'pumex' (genitive 'pumicis') meaning pumice stone, possibly of pre-Indo-European origin.


From Middle English pumelen, pumellen, of unknown origin, possibly related to Old French pomeler 'to strike with the fist'.


to move liquid with force | to increase | to inflate

pumps | pumped | pumper | repump | pumpers | pumping

imitative of the sound of a bellows or pump


pumpkins | pumpkiny | pumpking | pumpkings | pumpkineer | pumpkinlike


penalty | suffering | settle a debt | reimburse

puns | punny | punner | punned | punning | punster

Latin 'poena' meaning 'penalty, punishment'


punchy | punched | punches | puncher | punchee | keypunch

From Old English 'pūcian' meaning 'to poke, prod, or thrust', likely of Germanic origin.


acupuncture | expunge | poignant | point | punch | punctual | punctuation | puncture | pungent | compunction


Latin punctiliosus, from punctum 'point'


acupuncture, expunge, poignant, point, punch, punctual, punctuation, puncture, pungent


to mark with punctuation | to insert marks in text

punctuated | punctuates | unpunctuate | repunctuate | unpunctuates | repunctuated

Latin punctum 'a point, dot' (past participle stem of pungere 'to prick, pierce') + -ationem 'action of'


punctures | puncturer | puncturers | unpunctured | venipuncture | aquapuncture

Latin punctura 'a pricking', from pungere 'to prick'


pundits | punditry | punditic | punditeer | punditical | punditeers


to jab | to penetrate | to cause sharp pain

acupuncture | expunge | poignant | point | punch | punctual | punctuation | puncture | pungent


from Latin 'pungentia', from 'pungere' meaning 'to prick or sting'


Latin pungens, present participle of pungere 'to prick, sting'


impune, impunity, pain, penal, penalize, penalty, penance, penitence, penitent, penitentiary, pine, punish, punitive, repent, subpoena

punire ~punish~ (earlier poenire), from poena ~punishment~


From Latin 'Punicus', derived from 'Puniceus' (Tyrian purple), referring to the Phoenician/Punic people of Carthage.


Sanskrit pancha 'five' + āb (water/river)


punks | punky | punker | unpunk | biopunk | punkers


to propel | to strike with the foot | to dispatch

punts | punter | punted | punters | punting | puntabout

Old English 'pūtan' meaning 'to thrust, push, or kick'


Middle English puni, from Old French puiny, from Latin pusillus 'very small'


pups | pupped | pupper | pupping | pupfish | pangopup


pupils | pupilar | pupilage | pupiless | pupilled | pupildom

Latin pupilla 'little doll, miniature', diminutive of pupa 'doll, woman'


a doll moved by strings | a person controlled by another

puppets | puppetry | puppeteer | puppetman | puppetish | puppeteers

Middle English pupet, related to puppet-master


puppyish | puppydom | puppyism | mudpuppy | puppysit | puppyhood

From Old English 'poppa' (child, baby) + 'e' (diminutive suffix) + 'hund' (dog)


impurity | pure | puree | purge | purify | purity

impurity, pure, puree, purge, purify, purity

purare ~to purify~ | from purus ~pure~ | purare "to purify" | from purus "pure"


having impaired vision | partially sighted | unable to see clearly

Derived from Old English 'purblinde,' combining 'pur' (variant of 'blinde') with 'blinde.'


to acquire | to buy | to obtain by paying

purchased | purchaser | purchases | repurchase | purchasers | purchaseth


purey | pures | pured | purely | pureys | unpure


Latin purgāre 'to cleanse, free from blame'


purger | purges | purged | purgers | purgery | purgeth

Latin purgare 'to cleanse, free from blame', from purus 'clean'


Middle English 'puritan', likely from 'pure'


to make a bubbling or murmuring sound | to purr

purls | purled | purling | purlings | purlwise

From Old English 'purrian' meaning 'to purr', of imitative origin.


purloins | purloined | purloiner | purloining | purloiners | purloinment


purpurate, purpureal, blue-purple, bluish-purple, brown-purple, brownish-purple, crimson-purple, dull-purple, lilac-purple, maroon-purple, pink-purple, pinkish-purple, red-purple, reddisn-purple, rose-purple, rosy-purple

purples | purpled | empurple | bepurple | purplely | impurple


purports | purported | purporting | purportedly | purportless

Latin 'purportus', past participle of 'purportere' (to carry forth, intend), from 'pro-' (forth) + 'portare' (to carry)


to make a low, vibratory sound (as a cat) | to express contentment

purrs | purry | purred | purrer | purring | purrers

From Old English purran, of imitative origin.


purses | purser | pursed | pursers | unpurse | cutpurse


pursued | pursuer | pursues | pursuee | pursuers | pursueth

From Latin 'pursuivre' (Old French), derived from 'prosequi' meaning 'to follow, pursue', composed of 'pro-' (forward) + 'sequi' (to follow).


containing | full of | consisting of | pus

purulently | mucopurulent | seropurulent | necropurulent

From Latin 'purulentus', derived from 'purus' (clean) via the notion of 'pus' (purulence) or potentially from 'purgo' (to cleanse), though the semantic shift to 'pus-filled' is the primary driver in medical contexts.


purveys | purveyor | purveyed | purveyors | purveying | dispurvey

Old French pourveu, past participle of pourvoir 'to provide'


amphipod, antipode, decapod, podiatry, podium, podomancy, podomere, podopaediatric, polyp, polyposis, sympodium, tetrapod, tripod

pusy | pussy | pusbag | mucopus | pussify | puslike

πούς, ποδός (podós), ποδικός (podikós), ποδία (podía), πόδιον (pódion), πέδον (pédon), πεδίον, πέζα


to exert force on (something) so as to move it away | to urge forward

pushy | pushed | pusher | pushes | pushing | pushers

Old English 'pūgian' (to strive, struggle)


Latin pusillus 'very small' (diminutive of parvus 'small') + animus 'spirit, mind'


A mouth | an opening resembling a mouth | a cavernous or gaped opening.

Derived from Old English 'puss' meaning 'mouth'.


pustules | pustuled | pustulent | micropustule | micropustules


remove excess | calculate | purify | cut back | perform math | reflect | evaluate

amputate | amputation | compute | dispute | impute | putative | reputation | count | discount | computer

puts | input | reput | unput | putter | output


Latin putativus, from putare 'to suppose, reckon'


Latin 'pute' is not a standard independent morpheme; the record likely conflates the root 'put-' (from 'putare', to think/cleanse) with the prefix 'com-' (from 'cum', with/together). The etymology for the root 'put-' is Latin 'putare' meaning 'to think, consider, reckon'.


putrefaction, putrid, putrescent, putrescine

Latin putr- 'rotten, decayed', from putre- (neuter of putris)


Latin putridus, from putre- 'rotten' (past participle stem of putere 'to stink')


decayed | spoiled | decomposed | corrupted


violent attempt to overthrow a government | coup

putsches | putschist | putschism | putschists

From French coup d'état, literally 'stroke of state', from coup 'blow, strike' (from Old French cop, from Frankish *koppo) + d'état 'of state'. The German word Putsch is a borrowing from French, influenced by Swiss German dialectal usage where 'Putsch' meant a sudden strike or blow.


putts | putter | putted | putting | putters | outputt


Middle English putte, from Old French potée 'clay, mud'


empyema | pyemia | pyemesis | pyesis | pyocyst | pyogenesis | pyorrhea | pyorrhoea | pyosis | pyoureter | pyometra

empyema, pyemia, pyemesis, pyesis, pyocyst, pyogenesis, pyorrhea, pyorrhoea, pyosis, pyoureter

πύον (púon) | (pyeîn) | Greek πύον (púon


pelvic region | pelvic region or kidney's funnel-shaped part

pyelogram | pyelograms | pyeloscopy | pyelorenal | pyelography | pyeloplasty

< ancient Greek πύελος trough... taken in sense 'pelvis' OED

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callipygian, pygopagus, pygostyle, steatopygia


isopyknotic | postpyknotic | heteropyknotic


πύλη (púlē) | πυλών | πυλῶνος (pulṓn | pulōnos)


pylorotomy | pylorospasm | pyloroplasty | pylorospasms | pyloromyotomy


pyocyanase | pyocyanin | pyocyst | pyogenesis | pyoptysis | pyorrhea | pyorrhoea | pyosis | pyoureter | pyodermia

pyoid | pyosis | pyogenic | pyorrhea | pyoderma | pyodermic

< ancient Greek πυο-, combining form...of πύον  pus OED


antipyretic | Empyreuma | pyre | pyrite | pyroclastic | pyrolysis | pyromancy | pyromania | pyromaniac | pyrometric | pyrophobia | pyrophoric | pyrosis | pyrosome | pyrotechnic | pyrotechnics

pyrene | pyrite | pyritic | pyrites | pyrenic | pyritoid

πύρ | πυρός (púr | purós) | πυρά (purá) | πυρότης | πυρετός | πυρέττειν


four-sided structure | tapering monument

pyramids | pyramidic | bipyramid | dipyramid | pyramided | pyramidoid

πυραμίς, πυραμίδος


From Greek 'pyr' (fire) via 'pyrex' (glass), referring to the material's heat resistance.


Greek pyrites (lithos) 'stone that strikes fire', from pyr 'fire'


Pythagorean theorem | right triangle | hypotenuse

Pythagorean theorem, Pythagorean triple, Pythagorean identity

Proper name of the Greek mathematician Pythagoras


pythons | pythonic | pythoness | pythonlike | pythonesses


Latin interrogative pronoun 'quid' (what) and relative pronoun 'qui' (who/which)


qualify, quality, quantify, quantum, quanta

Latin prefix 'qua-' meaning 'in what way' or 'to what extent', from 'qua' (ablative of 'qui')


quads | quadlet | quadbit | quadpod | quadpot | quadplex


number four | characterized by four elements | ordinal position of four | multiplied by four | consisting of four parts

quadrilateral | quadruple | quadruped | quadriceps | quadrinomial | quadrangle | quadrennial | quadrifarious | quadrifid | quadrifolium | quadrifrons | quadrilingual | quadriliteral | quadrillion | quadrimester | quadrinational | quadrinodal | quadrinominal | quadripara | quadrireme | quadrisection | quadrivalent | quadrivium | quadruplet | quadruplex | quadruplicate | quatrain | quatre | quatrefoil | inquartation | interquartile | quadroon | quart | quartal | quartan | quartary | quarte | quarter | quartermaster | quartet | quartic | quartile | quartine | quarto | semiquartile | quadrisect

quadrimer | quadrilogy | quadriform | quadricorn | quadripole | quadrigamy

Latin quadrus 'square' (related to quattuor 'four')

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Latin quadrans, quadrantis 'a fourth part', from quadrus 'square, four'


quadrics | superquadric | multiquadric | hyperquadric | superquadrics | hyperquadrics

Latin quadri- 'four' (from quattuor) + -cus (adjective suffix)


quadrilles | quadriller | quadrilled | quadrillers

Latin quadrus 'square' + -ille diminutive suffix


Latin quadruplus 'fourfold', from quadru- 'four' + -plus 'fold'


quaffs | quaffed | quaffer | quaffing | quaffers | quaffeth

Middle English quaffen, of unknown origin, possibly from Old Norse kveffa 'to strike, beat' or a Germanic base meaning 'to gulp down'.


a small game bird of the pheasant family | to crouch or shrink back in fear

quails | quailed | quailer | quailing | quailers | quailest

From Old French 'caille', of Germanic origin; the verb meaning 'to shrink' is likely a back-formation or semantic shift from the bird name.


acquaint | quaint | acquaintance | reacquaint

quaints | quaintly | quaintish | quaintness

Latin cognoscere 'to get to know', from com- 'together' + gnoscere 'to know'


quakes | quaked | quakey | aquake | quakest | Quakery

Middle English 'quaken', from Old English 'cwacian'


a member of the Religious Society of Friends

From Quaker (verb) 'to quake, tremble', originally a derogatory term for followers of George Fox who were told to 'tremble at the word of the Lord'.


quality | qualify | disqualify | quale | qualifier | qualitative

Latin qualis 'of what kind, of what sort'


Latin qualificatus, past participle of qualificare 'to give a quality to', from qualis 'of what kind' + facere 'to make'


From Latin 'qualitas', derived from 'qualis' meaning 'of what kind'.


qualms | qualmy | qualmish | qualmless | qualmishly | qualminess

Middle English 'qualm' (faintness, shudder)


aliquant | quantify | quantitative | quantity | quantize | quantum


quarantiner | quarantined | quarantines | quarantinee | quarantiners | requarantine

Italian quarantena, from Venetian quarantina, from quaranta 'forty', referring to the 40-day isolation period for ships during the plague.


a fundamental constituent of matter | a subatomic particle

quark, up quark, down quark, strange quark, charm quark, top quark, bottom quark, quark-gluon plasma

squark | squarks | diquark | biquark | diquarks | triquark

Physics, Particle Physics, Matter, Science

From German 'Quark' meaning 'curd' or 'cottage cheese', coined by physicist Murray Gell-Mann in 1964 to sound like 'quart' (as in four quarks) or 'quirk', referencing the original term 'quarks' from James Joyce's 'Finnegans Wake'.


quarrel, quarreled, quarreling, quarrelish

quarrels | quarreler | quarreled | quarrelers | quarrelled | quarrelous

Middle English quarrel, possibly from Old French quarrel


a place from which stone or minerals are extracted | to extract stone

Old French 'carrier' (quarry-man) from 'carrier' (carrier/porter)


ordinal number four | cardinal number four | one of four equal divisions

Latin quartus 'fourth', from quattuor 'four'

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quarters | quarterly | quartered | quarterer | quarterage | quartering

Latin quadrus 'square' (via Old French quartier)


quartzy | quartzes | quartzite | quartzine | quartzing | quartzose

Latin 'quartzum' or German 'Quarz', from Slavic 'kvarc'


highly luminous galactic core | celestial object


quashed | quashes | toquash | quasher | quashing | quashers

Old French escaissier 'to crush, destroy', from escaissier 'to crush' (from Vulgar Latin *excausare 'to crush out'), from Latin ex- 'out' + causare 'to crush'.


like | apparently | similar to | nearly | partially similar | not genuinely | showing some similarity | very nearly | in part | seeming but not actual | seeming

quasi-commerical | quasi-government | quasi-sensuous | quasi-religious | quasar | quasiparticle | quasi-stellar | quasi-legal | quasi-judicial Variant Spellings: quasar

quasifree | quasihole | quasistar | quasirape | quasimode | quasithin

quasi- can be attached to a wide range of adjectives

Latin quasi (adv.) 'as if, almost', from quae 'which' + si 'if'

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Cantonese word for orange, derived from Middle Chinese *gjuwong


biquaternion, quatern, quaternary, quaternate, quaternion, quaternity, quire