Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “sper-”
400 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European sper- — including spare, spray, spiral, spur, sperm, diaspora, spurious, sporadic.
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English (280)
- spare
- spray
- spiral
- spur
- sperm
- diaspora
- spurious
- sporadic
- spraying
- diasporic
- sprint
- sporadically
- spore
- spermatozoa
- spurn
- electrospray
- sprinter
- spermatogenesis
- spirally
- spurning
- sprayer
- spermaceti
- spermatozoon
- sporulation
- larkspur
- diasporan
- spermatorrhoea
- sporophyte
- leptospirosis
- sparely
- spermicide
- spuriously
- spuriousness
- sporozoite
- spermine
- sporangium
- microspore
- endospore
- spermatocyte
- spermatogenic
- spareness
- overspray
- megaspore
- spermatophore
- Sprinter
- electrospraying
- sparer
- zygospore
- planispiral
- nanospray
- sparest
- zoospore
- sporophytic
- thermospray
- ascospore
- spuria
- sporulate
- sporocyst
- diaspore
- oospore
- nanoelectrospray
- circumsporozoite
- longspur
- sporicidal
- sporocarp
- spermatocele
- cyclosporiasis
- sportula
- hotspur
- sprayable
- sporogony
- sporophyll
- spermatogenetic
- Afrodiasporic
- auxospore
- heterosporous
- spurless
- microsporogenesis
- megasporangium
- sporophore
- parasporal
- spiralbound
- respray
- zoosporic
- tetrasporic
- forespore
- leptospira
- seaspray
- megasporogenesis
- sporule
- sprayskirt
- sporogenesis
- sporebearing
- spurneth
- bisporic
- macrospore
- basidiospore
- oligospermic
- sporangiophore
- planispirally
- chlamydospore
- sporiferous
- nonspurious
- spurfowl
- prespore
- spiralian
- microsporangium
- spurreth
- spermary
- spirality
- asthenospermia
- spurdog
- sporification
- sporoblast
- uredospore
- megasporocyte
- monospermic
- heterospermic
- microsporophyll
- outsprint
- spurner
- paucispiral
- Afrodiaspora
- polyspermia
- sportulae
- spraylike
- exospore
- blastospore
- zoosporogenesis
- multispiral
- nonspiral
- spurwinged
- microsporocyte
- epispore
- spermatophylax
- megasporophyll
- oosperm
- sporocyte
- sandspur
- spirifer
- arthrosporous
- spermatoblast
- spurlike
- zoosporangium
- sporelike
- sporeless
- spurnest
- leptospiremia
- sprayhood
- spermatocytogenesis
- spermatozoic
- androspore
- macrosporangium
- spiralize
- spermlike
- spirula
- zoosperm
- megasporangia
- sporogenic
- spermist
- sporicide
- sporadical
- sporidium
- spurrier
- spareable
- spary
- zygosporangium
- spermism
- sporal
- spurrer
- parmacety
- spermatophyte
- spiralization
- spiralwise
- antispermatogenic
- meiospore
- multispore
- subspiral
- nonsporadic
- spermospore
- arthrospore
- spermatogenous
- spiraliform
- sporadicity
- normozoospermic
- dinospore
- ballistospore
- sporosac
- spuriosity
- tetraspore
- spermatophobia
- spermless
- spermous
- spurion
- sporous
- spurningly
- intrasporal
- cryospray
- autospore
- spirallike
- asporogenic
- perispore
- spermaturia
- nonspare
- isosporous
- meiosporangium
- sporophorous
- aeciospore
- polysporic
- pseudospore
- sparterie
- spermatoid
- sporeprint
- minispiral
- spraydeck
- megasporangial
- sporozoid
- swarmspore
- spiralise
- spermic
- asthenospermic
- perisporium
- sportule
- isospore
- zygosporic
- cystospore
- oosporic
- allosperm
- tetrasporous
- acrospore
- aspermous
- aspermatous
- gymnospore
- isosporic
- macrosporic
- macrozoospore
- microsporic
- microzoospore
- octospermous
- oosporangium
- polyspermal
- polyspermatous
- polysporangium
- polyspore
- polysporous
- seirospore
- spareless
- spermatism
- spermatoblastic
- spermatogemma
- spermato-
- spermology
- spermophyte
- sphaerospore
- spiricle
- sporadicalness
- sporophoric
- sporo-
- sporuliferous
- sprayboard
- sprayproof
- spurgall
- spurnwater
- tetraspermous
- xanthospermous
- zoospermic
- homospore
- antispurion
- acetylspermine
- monosporulation
- homospermine
- spurionic
- nonsporogenic
- conspurcate
- polysperm
- forspare
- forespurrer
- spermule
- spareful
- aboospore