Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “pelH-”
400 words across 60 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European pelH- — including pale, fool, foolish, polite, Lloyd, politely, politeness, Floyd.
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English (102)
- pale
- fool
- foolish
- polite
- Lloyd
- politely
- politeness
- Floyd
- foolishly
- pallor
- pallid
- fooling
- polio
- extrapolation
- foal
- paleness
- extrapolate
- paling
- impolite
- foolproof
- poliomyelitis
- interpolate
- palest
- pallidum
- poliovirus
- impoliteness
- palely
- paleface
- politesse
- interpolator
- impolitely
- palefaced
- foolishest
- paly
- palish
- unpolite
- postpolio
- pallidly
- extrapolative
- tomfool
- fauvism
- palet
- pallidness
- damnfool
- interpolatory
- fooler
- unpoliteness
- postpoliomyelitis
- overpolite
- nonpolio
- palen
- foolest
- pallidity
- fauvette
- extrapolatory
- polissoir
- foolometer
- superpolite
- politure
- extrapolatable
- fooleth
- palewise
- unfool
- unfoolable
- overextrapolation
- paleth
- paleass
- foolable
- unfoolish
- Floydian
- foolhood
- tomfoolish
- foalish
- fooldom
- outfool
- nonpoliovirus
- foalfoot
- fool's cap
- beyond the pale
- pelidnoma
- over-polite
- foolify
- nonpolite
- impallid
- interpale
- superpoliteness
- unpaling
- fool-hearted
- superfool
- foolability
- paleaquult
- foolproofness
- foolproofly
- fooless
- foolsome
- foolship
- underextrapolation
- nonextrapolation
- politesome
- palesome
- unpale
- pales
Latin (54)
- pallidus
- pallor
- politus
- polire
- impolitus
- interpolare
- expolio
- polion
- interpolo
- palleo
- pelidnoma
- pallidulus
- politura
- pallens
- expolians
- expoliens
- expoliandus
- perpolio
- polio
- perpoliens
- perpoliturus
- perpolitus
- perpoliendus
- expoliaturus
- expoliatus
- expoliturus
- expolitus
- expoliendus
- pallipes
- pallidicornis
- pallidipennis
- pallidipes
- pallidiceps
- perpallidus
- vepallidus
- pallidicostus
- interpolans
- interpolaturus
- interpolatus
- interpolandus
- poliens
- politurus
- poliendus
- polimenta
- interpolate
- polito
- interpolator
- pallido
- impolite
- pallidum
- pallide
- pallet
- expoliare
- interpolatum
German (44)
- Haarausfall
- Ausfall
- fahlblau
- fahl
- Abfallstoff
- Abfall
- ebenfalls
- Präzedenzfall
- Fall
- jedenfalls
- Falls
- fallweise
- Kniefall
- Beugfall
- Fallrohr
- Schneefall
- Zweifelsfall
- Füllen
- Regelfall
- Regenfall
- Notfall
- Abfallprodukt
- Fallturm
- Wenfall
- aschfahl
- Sonderfall
- baufällig
- Baufall
- Fohlen
- Krankheitsfall
- Wasserfall
- Grenzfall
- Einzelfallbetrachtung
- Einzelfall
- Stromausfall
- Abfalleimer
- Wemfall
- Ausnahmefall
- Mauerfall
- Füllfederhalter
- Poliomyelitis
- Werfall
- Notfallmedizin
- Politur