Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “stem-”
142 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European stem- — including steam, stem, steamer, steaming, stemming, steamboat, steamship, steamy.
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English (74)
- steam
- stem
- steamer
- steaming
- stemming
- steamboat
- steamship
- steamy
- mainstem
- steamroller
- bluestem
- steamboating
- stemless
- stemware
- stemflow
- steven
- pipestem
- steamroll
- stemmer
- pseudostem
- steamboatman
- stemplot
- steampipe
- stempost
- stemmy
- stemlike
- steampunk
- steamfitter
- stemwinder
- stemborer
- steamtight
- stembark
- steaminess
- stemhead
- steamfitting
- steamless
- steamily
- nonstem
- steamingly
- bestem
- multistem
- restem
- unstemmable
- steamlike
- steamway
- stemlet
- destem
- stemline
- redstem
- stemmery
- steamie
- steamliner
- steamboater
- steamable
- steamtable
- macrostem
- wirestem
- nonsteam
- steameth
- steamproof
- stemminess
- brittlestem
- substem
- even steven
- oversteam
- stemlessness
- unsteamy
- steamest
- steampunker
- steampunky
- tenderstem
- steampunkish
- steamsona
- stems