Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₃ep-(i)-”
400 words across 46 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-(i)- — including office, officer, official, copy, copyright, optimal, officially, optimistic.
See the etymology of h₃ep-(i)- itself →
English (168)
- office
- officer
- official
- copy
- copyright
- optimal
- officially
- optimistic
- optimism
- optimum
- copious
- unofficial
- opulent
- photocopy
- opulence
- optimally
- officiating
- suboptimal
- optimist
- optimality
- officious
- copiously
- officiate
- copyist
- unofficially
- officialdom
- optimistically
- cornucopia
- copier
- copyhold
- copycat
- copyrightable
- copiousness
- photocopier
- copywriter
- officiously
- officiousness
- officeholder
- copybook
- officialism
- interoffice
- nonofficial
- optime
- overoptimistic
- nonoptimal
- copyholder
- officeholding
- opulently
- suboptimally
- microcopy
- recopy
- multicopy
- phenocopy
- uncopyrightable
- copyrightability
- officership
- photocopiable
- officiality
- overoptimism
- cornucopian
- copyboy
- officialese
- suboptimality
- optimate
- suboptimum
- copyreader
- officiator
- copytext
- copyism
- suboffice
- telecopier
- optimalism
- officialization
- telecopy
- intraoffice
- Soroptimist
- officeseeker
- inofficious
- inofficial
- copiable
- overoptimistically
- unofficered
- officialize
- underofficer
- officialness
- officeseeking
- officelike
- unofficious
- noncopyrightable
- extraofficial
- nonoffice
- nonoptimality
- copytaker
- subofficer
- nonofficer
- copyline
- copyer
- copiest
- overofficious
- superoptimal
- miscopy
- officeless
- officerless
- anticopyright
- copyrighter
- antiofficial
- unoptimistic
- copiability
- uncopiable
- officewide
- recopier
- copygraph
- optimity
- officeward
- officialty
- copyread
- superoptimistic
- inofficially
- officeress
- officewear
- unopulent
- copygirl
- hyperoptimistic
- opiparous
- copyback
- xerocopy
- dyscopia
- recopyright
- unofficiality
- officerly
- copieth
- monocopy
- genocopy
- nonofficially
- optimalise
- inofficiously
- inopulent
- unofficialness
- office boy
- soft copy
- semi-official
- uncopyrightability
- copyfraud
- superoptimally
- retrocopy
- nonofficiating
- copycatter
- copyparty
- anti-copyright
- photocopylore
- unoptimistically
- copydom
- shopoffice
- copylore
- xeroxcopy
- officescape
- officeship
- officegoer
- office-goer
- copyrightably
- cyberoptimism
- usual offices
- house of office
- gingerbread office
- co-official
- cyberoptimist
- Officegate
- optima
Italian (57)
- copia
- ufficiale
- copioso
- xerocopia
- xerocopiare
- copiare
- ottimo
- ottimismo
- ottimizzare
- ottimizzazione
- fotocopia
- fotocopiare
- fotocopiatrice
- copiatrice
- fotocopiatura
- copiatura
- ufficializzare
- copione
- officio
- ufficio
- ufficioso
- sottufficiale
- capoufficio
- ufficialità
- ufficiosità
- riottimizzare
- fotocopiatore
- copiatore
- fotocopiabile
- copiabile
- semiufficiale
- copiosità
- telecopia
- telecopiatore
- telecopiatrice
- capufficio
- inofficioso
- inofficiosità
- copincolla
- ricopiatura
- ricopiare
- scopiazzare
- scopiazzatore
- scopiazzatura
- ufficialessa
- copiafatture
- copialettere
- opulento
- opulentemente
- opulentamente
- coufficiale
- ufficialetto
- officiare
- officiatore
- ottimare
- ottimazione
- ufficiali