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Where does “pers-” come from?

pers- (Proto-Indo-European): to sprinkle, to spatter

Definitions

  1. to sprinkle, to spatter

Words derived from “pers-”

  • Force
  • Persephone
  • foss
  • Persephonean
  • Persephone
  • persillum
  • Perséfone
  • Persefone
  • прах
  • перхоть
  • порох
  • Персефона
  • Perséphone
  • Perséfone
  • Persefone
  • Persèfone
  • Persefone
  • Persefono
  • Persefone
  • Forsberg
  • fors
  • Persefona
  • proch
  • Perzefona