Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂esp-”

75 words across 18 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂esp- — including asperity, exasperate, asper, asperous, asperitas, asperate, exasperative, asperulate.

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Latin (19)

English (13)

Italian (6)

Spanish (5)

Greek (4)

French (4)

Portuguese (4)

Middle English (4)

Aromanian (2)

Galician (2)

Catalan (2)

Norman (2)

Old French (2)

Romanian (2)

Middle French (1)

German (1)

Koine Greek (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)