OpenEtymologyWORD FAMILIES
One root. A family of words.
Connect words through shared components and learn them together.
178 word families · P
preci16 related words
value
appreciable · appreciably · appreciate
predat3 related words
to plunder
predator · predatory
predict4 related words
foretell
unpredictability · unpredictable
pregn4 related words
pregnant
impregnate · impregnated · impregnation
prehend3 related words
grasp
apprehend · comprehend · reprehend
premier2 related words
first
premiere · premiership
present7 related words
to show
presentable · presentational · presenter
press64 related words
press
bench-press · compress · compressed
pressure9 related words
force
acupressure · blood-pressure · high-pressure
preter2 related words
beyond
preternatural · preternaturally
price31 related words
cost
bride-price · full-price · half-price
priest3 related words
religious minister
priestess · priestly
prim19 related words
first
imprimatura · prima · primacy
prin3 related words
first
prince · principal
principal3 related words
chief
principal · principal-agent · principalship
priority3 related words
precedence
high-priority · highest-priority · priority
prison4 related words
place of confinement
imprison · imprisoned · imprisonment
prize3 related words
reward
prizefight · prizefighter
proach3 related words
near
approaching · reproachful · reproachfully
problem4 related words
difficulty
problem · problem-free · problematically
product6 related words
thing produced
by-product · byproduct · end-product
production3 related words
act of making
limited-production · overproduction · production
profession3 related words
vocation
professionalism · professionalization
profile3 related words
visibility
higher-profile · low-profile · lower-profile
profit14 related words
gain
profit-making · profit-sharing · profit-taking
proli6 related words
offspring
proliferate · proliferating · proliferation
promin2 related words
project
prominence · prominently
promised2 related words
pledged
long-promised · uncompromised
proof12 related words
resistant
bear-proof · bulletproof · child-proof
proper2 related words
correct
improper · improperly
proportion4 related words
balanced relation
disproportion · disproportionate · disproportionately
proselyt4 related words
convert
proselytization · proselytize · proselytizing
prostate2 related words
gland
prostate-cancer · prostate-specific
protect8 related words
to shield
protectant · protectionism · protectionist
proto9 related words
first
protoplanet · protoplanetary · protoplasm
provid4 related words
foresee
improvident · providential · providentially
proxim4 related words
near
approximately · proximal · proximate
prur3 related words
itch
prurience · pruritus
psych17 related words
mind; soul
neuropsychiatric · neuropsychiatry · nonpsychiatric
psyche2 related words
mind
psychedelia · psychedelic
psycho52 related words
mind
anti-psychotic · biopsychosocial · neuropsychological
ptero2 related words
wing
pterodactyl · pterosaur
ptych3 related words
fold
diptych · polyptych · triptych
publ4 related words
people
public · publish
pudi2 related words
to beat
repudiate · repudiation
puff3 related words
to swell
puff · puffiness · puffy
pulmon3 related words
lung
pulmonary · pulmonologist
puls15 related words
drive
compulsion · compulsory · expulsion
punct11 related words
point; prick
acupuncture · acupuncturist · compunction
punish2 related words
to inflict penalty
punisher · punishing
pupil3 related words
learner
per-pupil · pupil-teacher · teacher-pupil
purchas2 related words
to buy
purchaser · purchasing
pure6 related words
clean
pure-tone · pure-white · purebred
purpose7 related words
aim
cross-purpose · purpose · purpose-built
push12 related words
to exert force
push-up · pushback · pushcart
put15 related words
think
computing · deputy · disputant
pyr5 related words
fire
chlorpyrifos · pyramid · pyrite
pyro5 related words
fire
pyroclastic · pyrolysis · pyromania
Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.