Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “spéh₁s”
400 words across 17 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁s — including despair, desperate, desperately, prosperous, speculative, desperation, speculate, prosper.
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English (329)
- despair
- desperate
- desperately
- prosperous
- speculative
- desperation
- speculate
- prosper
- despairing
- speculator
- parasympathetic
- despairingly
- prospering
- speculatively
- desperado
- prosperously
- Patras
- paranasal
- Esperanto
- paraspinal
- paraplegic
- paravertebral
- paraventricular
- paramedian
- paracentesis
- parasternal
- Pará
- paraparesis
- dess
- unprosperous
- parainfluenza
- paratextual
- paratext
- parapharyngeal
- paraganglioma
- paraconsistent
- paraprotein
- desperateness
- paralimbic
- paraeducator
- paramesonephric
- paracentral
- parasellar
- parafollicular
- paraaortic
- paraphasia
- esperance
- paracervical
- paraesophageal
- prospereth
- paraphrenia
- parapatellar
- parasystole
- paravaginal
- paratuberculosis
- parafunction
- paraoxon
- paraelectric
- paracortical
- paragenesis
- parabasal
- paracentric
- paracolic
- parafunctional
- paramere
- parafoveal
- paraphimosis
- paracasein
- parasphenoid
- paracrystalline
- paraflocculus
- parametritis
- parahippocampus
- paraumbilical
- paraurethral
- paraliturgical
- nonspeculative
- paranodal
- speculatist
- pararectal
- Paracelsianism
- parafascicular
- unspeculative
- parascapular
- paraseptal
- parasequence
- paradata
- paracortex
- paralogical
- parautochthonous
- paramedial
- Paralympian
- despairful
- paracone
- paraverbal
- paraclinical
- paralumbar
- despairer
- paragenetic
- paracingulate
- paralinguistics
- paralogue
- parastomal
- paraproteinemia
- paronymy
- paravermal
- speculativeness
- paravesical
- paraconid
- paravalvular
- paracardiac
- sperate
- parasymphysis
- paraglobulin
- parasystolic
- paradichlorobenzene
- undespairing
- paracord
- parasympathetically
- parareligious
- paroral
- paracyanogen
- paramastoid
- paraphenylene
- parainfectious
- parapsychic
- paraphrenic
- paracaval
- parapapillary
- paramyosin
- pararhyme
- paraganglion
- parastyle
- paraconductivity
- parastate
- parabiosis
- paraphysis
- paracyclophane
- paraphysical
- paralbumin
- despaireth
- paramodulation
- paramutagenic
- unprosperously
- parakeratin
- paramacular
- parapelvic
- parabiotic
- paraconsistency
- parapeptone
- paraseismic
- paraliterature
- pararealgar
- parafiscal
- paravermis
- paratextuality
- pararetrovirus
- paracresol
- paralectotype
- paratonia
- parasyphilitic
- paramutable
- paratungstate
- paraganglionic
- speculatory
- paraglacial
- paranormality
- parafovea
- juxtaparanodal
- parapophysis
- paroophoron
- speculatrix
- paracardial
- paratrigeminal
- paramorph
- paroccipital
- parabronchial
- despairest
- paramylum
- parovarium
- antispeculative
- paratheatrical
- parascience
- parahuman
- parareligion
- speculateth
- parapedicular
- speculaas
- parastylar
- paragloboside
- parauterine
- prosperousness
- paratacamite
- prosperest
- parafacial
- parastriate
- paracristid
- subparaventricular
- paratendinous
- paraphysics
- paratellurite
- parascientific
- parabronchus
- paraflagellar
- paracanonical
- paraterminal
- paralalia
- paracrystal
- parapositronium
- paracompact
- parafoveally
- paragenital
- paranucleus
- undespairingly
- paramagnon
- paravertebrally
- paratrabecular
- nonparaplegic
- parajumper
- improsperous
- paranode
- parahormone
- paralogically
- paramolybdate
- paraxanthin
- paraconule
- paratympanic
- paraquadrate
- parainfluenzavirus
- parawing
- paracodeine
- parapectin
- paraspecies
- paraconsistently
- paraolivary
- parasynchronous
- paranthelion
- overspeculate
- unprosperousness
- paracelsian
- speculoos
- parakite
- speculativity
- semiprosperous
- parachlorophenylalanine
- paraverbally
- paracavernous
- parastatistics
- paraclimax
- paracarmine
- parolivary
- paracymene
- paranematic
- parumbilical
- paracompactness
- paraelectricity
- paranaphthalene
- parageosyncline
- paraoccipital
- paraquinone
- parastratotype
- parasphenoidal
- parapharmaceutical
- parabrake
- paraspecific
- paraphile
- parameric
- paratomy
- paracetaldehyde
- paracorolla
- paradoctor
- paragnath
- parasubstitution
- parahexyl
- nondesperate
- paragrammatical
- parainfluenzal
- paravaginally
- despairingness
- parablast
- parablastic
- parachromatism
- parachromatopsia
- paragenic
- paragnathous
- parahopeite
- paralaurionite
- paramitome
- paranthracene
- parapetalous
- paraproctitis
- paraschematic
- paratuberculous
- parepididymis
- parethmoid
- paristhmic
- parorchis
- parostosis
- Paralympic Games
- paraclade
- paraclone
- nonparacompact
- parafermionic
- parafermion
- paraboson
- biparavector
- paravector
- paraexciton
- paraphily
- paraparticle
- paruretic
- semidesperation
- paracoquimbite
- parasibirskite
- parabrandtite
- parabutlerite
- paradamite
- parafransoletite
- parakeldyshite
- paramontroseite
- paranatisite
- paranatrolite
- parapierrotite
- pararsenolamprite
- paraschoepite
- parascholzite
- paraumbite
- paravinogradovite
- paraconine