OpenEtymologyWORD FAMILIES
One root. A family of words.
Connect words through shared components and learn them together.
2004 word families
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
qual7 related words
of what kind
qualify · qualitative · qualitatively
quarter11 related words
one fourth
quarter-acre · quarter-century · quarter-hour
quasi8 related words
resembling
quasi-experimental · quasi-independent · quasi-judicial
queer2 related words
strange
queerly · queerness
question4 related words
ask
question · unquestionably · unquestioned
quick22 related words
fast
quick-and-dirty · quick-change · quick-draw
quiet5 related words
calm
quietism · quietist · quietness
quin3 related words
five
quin · quincentenary · quincentennial
quiver2 related words
shake
quivering · quivery
rabbin3 related words
rabbi
rabbinate · rabbinic · rabbinical
radi11 related words
ray
radial · radially · radian
radio9 related words
radiation
nonradioactive · radioactivity · radiography
rage2 related words
anger
enrage · rage
rail6 related words
bar
guardrail · handrail · rail
random4 related words
by chance
random · random-access · randomization
rapid4 related words
fast
rapid-fire · rapidly
rare4 related words
infrequent
rare · rare-book · rare-earth
rating2 related words
assessment
bond-rating · credit-rating
ratio2 related words
reason
ratiocination · rational
ration9 related words
reason
rationale · rationalism · rationalist
ravel3 related words
to tangle
unraveled · unraveling
ravish2 related words
to seize
ravishing · ravishingly
raw3 related words
uncooked
raw-milk · rawhide · rawness
razor6 related words
cutting tool
razor-sharp · razor-thin · razor-wire
ready11 related words
prepared
battle-ready · camera-ready · combat-ready
reagan3 related words
proper name
reagan-era · reaganesque · reaganite
real27 related words
actual
all-too-real · hyper-real · real-life
reason4 related words
to think
reason · reasonable · reasonableness
recept2 related words
take
receptiveness · receptivity
reck2 related words
care
reckless · recklessly
recognition3 related words
act of identifying
face-recognition · facial-recognition · speech-recognition
redeem6 related words
to buy back
irredeemable · irredeemably · unredeemable
Families include roots and modern derivations. These learning connections do not imply that every member has exactly the same historical origin.