Etymology of root *bheue| by etymonline

*stā-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to stand, set down, make or be firm," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing.

Etymology of common by etymonline

c. 1300, "a fellowship or brotherhood; early 14c., "people of a community or town, freemen, citizenry;" late 15c., "land held in common," from ...

Etymology of university by etymonline

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "one, unique." It forms all or part ... Etymonline - Online Etymology DictionaryFull List of Sources ...

Etymology of disaster by etymonline

word-forming element of Latin origin meaning 1. "lack of, not" (as in dishonest); 2. "opposite of, do the opposite of" (as in disallow); 3. " ...

Etymology of dignity by etymonline

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to take, accept." It forms all or part of: condign; dainty; decent; decor; decorate; decorous; deign ...

Etymology of paradise by etymonline

Proto-Indo-European root forming prepositions, etc., meaning "forward," and, by extension, "in front of, before, first, chief, toward, near, ...

Etymology of ghost by etymonline

This is conjectured to be from a PIE root *gheis-, used in forming words involving the notions of excitement, amazement, or fear (source also of ...

Etymology of bear by etymonline

To bear up is from 1650s as "be firm, have fortitude." Origin and meaning of bear. bear (n.).

Etymology of now by etymonline

Perhaps originally "newly, recently," and related to the root of new. Since Old English it has been often merely emphatic, without any ...

Etymology of root *deu- by etymonline

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to do, perform; show favor, revere." It forms all or part of: beatific; beatify; beatitude; Beatrice; beau; beauty; Bella; ...

*bha- | Etymology of root *bha- by etymonline

*bhā-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to shine." ... It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit bhati ...

good | Etymology of good by etymonline

Old English bōt is from Proto-Germanic root *bat-, with comparative *batizon and superlative *batistaz. The superlative form is the source also ...

Etymology of year by etymonline

"year," from Proto-Germanic *jēr "year" (source also of Old Saxon, Old High German jar,… See origin and meaning of year.

*awi- | Etymology of root *awi- by etymonline

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "bird." It also might be the source of *woyo, *oyyo, Proto-Indo-European words for "egg."

Etymology of fruit by etymonline

fruit," from Latin fructus "fruit, crops; profit, enjoyment" (from PIE root *bhrug- "to enjoy," with derivatives referring... compote. 1690s, " ...

erg | Etymology of erg by etymonline

"work" (from PIE root *werg- "to do"). See origin and meaning of erg.

Etymology of honey by etymonline

The more common Indo-European word is represented in Germanic by the Gothic word for "honey," miliþ (from PIE root *melit- "honey"). A term ...

Etymology of universe by etymonline

This is, etymologically, "turned into one," from unus "one" (from PIE root *oi-no- "one, unique") + past participle of vertere "to turn, turn back, be ...

*per- | Etymology of root *per- by etymonline

Proto-Indo-European root forming prepositions, etc., meaning "forward," and, by extension, "in front of, before, first, chief, toward, near, ...

under | Etymology of under by etymonline

This was a noun use of an adverb meaning "together, in one," literally "under one," from hypo "under" (from PIE root *upo..."under") + hen, ...