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Where does “bit(t)r” come from?

bit(t)r (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic bitraz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidrós — biting, splitting.

bit(t)r (Proto-West Germanic): bitter

Definitions

  1. bitter

Ancestry of “bit(t)r”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbitrazbitter
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰidrósbiting, splitting

Words derived from “bit(t)r”

  • bitter
  • bitterness
  • bitters
  • embitter
  • embittering
  • embitterment
  • imbitter
  • bitterish
  • bitterroot
  • bittering
  • bitternut
  • bitterbrush
  • bitterling
  • bittercress
  • bitterweed
  • unbitter
  • bitterwort
  • bitterwood
  • imbitterment
  • bittermelon
  • embitterer
  • unbitterly
  • embittereth
  • debitter
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