Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “mréǵʰus”
400 words across 41 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus — including brief, briefly, embrace, brass, merry, embracing, mirth, brace.
See the etymology of mréǵʰus itself →
English (184)
- brief
- briefly
- embrace
- brass
- merry
- embracing
- mirth
- brace
- braced
- merriment
- brevity
- bracing
- briefcase
- braces
- bra
- bracelet
- abbreviation
- brachial
- debriefing
- abridge
- briefer
- brevet
- breviary
- Brumaire
- brassy
- breve
- abbreviate
- debrief
- abridgement
- merrymaking
- pretzel
- ket
- brassiere
- brachiocephalic
- brachialis
- brachioradialis
- bracero
- brachycephalic
- brachiopod
- briefless
- braccio
- brachium
- brasswork
- embracement
- braless
- parabrachial
- bracingly
- brassard
- brevier
- brume
- Wonderbra
- brassie
- merriness
- braceleted
- embraceth
- brassware
- brachydactyly
- brachycephaly
- cervicobrachial
- debriefer
- amphibrach
- intercostobrachial
- embraceable
- brassbound
- embracer
- abridger
- brassiness
- thoroughbrace
- abbreviatory
- antebrachium
- brumal
- merrythought
- brachypterous
- unbrace
- mainbrace
- embracingly
- breviate
- embracive
- reembrace
- counterbrace
- merrymaker
- brachyuran
- brachylogy
- brassworks
- brassfounder
- amphibrachic
- brachialgia
- brachycephalous
- brachiate
- brassily
- rerebrace
- brachiosaurus
- brumous
- brevium
- embracest
- brachydiagonal
- forebrace
- brachycatalectic
- crossbracing
- interbrachial
- unmerry
- brachypinacoid
- unembraceable
- mirthsome
- brachydome
- abbreviature
- abbreviative
- demibra
- brassen
- bralessness
- rebrace
- neckbrace
- brachiobasilic
- merrymeeting
- brassfounding
- braceless
- brachiolaria
- intrabrachial
- faciobrachial
- brasswind
- brachytherapist
- turribrachycephaly
- pretzelled
- bracingness
- overbrace
- brachyfacial
- brachygraphy
- breviloquence
- brachyology
- brachioproctic
- abridgable
- unabbreviate
- braceth
- rebrief
- brevipennate
- subbrachycephalic
- underbrace
- acrobrachycephaly
- brassworking
- postdebriefing
- ultrabrachycephalic
- abbreviately
- overbrief
- brachio-
- brachy-
- brachycranial
- brachygrapher
- brachygraphic
- brachytypous
- brachyural
- brasset
- brevetcy
- brevilingual
- brevipen
- brevirostral
- brevirostrate
- embraceor
- mirthsomeness
- abbreviater
- all-embracing
- brachysyllabic
- firebrass
- brachybasidiole
- brachiovaginal
- brumously
- nonbrass
- pretzelosity
- handbra
- minipretzel
- briefman
- brachiologia
- brachyonychia
- brachypteran
- embraceability
- brachiomanual
- bracest
- brachiopatagium
- brachytherapeutic
- briefish
- half-embrace
- armbrace
- predebriefing
- brass ceiling
- brachysm
Latin (56)
- abbreviatura
- abbrevio
- brachium
- brevis
- amphibrachys
- bracchia
- bracchium
- brachiatus
- brachiolum
- breviloquentia
- brevima
- bruma
- brachia
- breve
- brevem
- brevissima
- bracchialis
- brevi
- breviter
- brevio
- brachiale
- brevitas
- brumalis
- brevians
- adbreviatus
- abbreviatus
- adbrevians
- adbreviaturus
- adbreviandus
- breviarium
- perbrevis
- perbreviter
- brevipes
- brevicornis
- brevipennis
- brevirostris
- breviceps
- brevicaudus
- brevicollis
- brevithorax
- brevitarsis
- brevifolius
- breviaturus
- breviatus
- breviandus
- brevicaudatus
- brevipedicellatus
- breviloquens
- brachyrhynchos
- brevipalpus
- brevirictus
- brevitertius
- abbrevians
- abbreviaturus
- abbreviandus
- tribrevis