Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*per-
34 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *per-, most common first.
- beforeEarlier than (in time).
- furtherTo help forward; to assist.
- sportAny activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
- primeFirst in importance, degree, or rank.
- separateTo divide (a thing) into separate parts.
- fearA strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
- experimentA test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
- fareA going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
- forthcomingApproaching or about to take place.
- paramountHighest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
- parseTo resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically.
- emporiumA city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.
- postpartumAfter giving birth (often defined as within 30 days after childbirth).
- parlayTo carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent wager or series of wagers.
- pareTo remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
- perihelionThe point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, etc., where it is nearest to the Sun.
- appriseTo make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify.
- portentousPortending or predicting that something will happen; foreshadowing; especially, portending an evil or unfortunate thing; ominous, threatening.
- paramourA person who is the object of one's love, especially in an affair or romance; a lover; also, a sexual partner.
- fraiseTo put in danger, in terror, or at risk.
- firnA type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.
- parlousAttended with peril; dangerous, risky.
- afearTo imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.
- disportTo amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or gambol.
- fore-Before: the root is happening earlier in time.
- forlorn hopeA small troop of soldiers picked to make an advance attack, or the first attack; a storming party.
- forneFormer.
- fraistTo try; test; prove; put to the proof; make trial (of).
- mi-partiVertically divided into distinctly-coloured or patterned halves; party per pale.
- misprisionCriminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this.
- porte cochèreA gateway through which horse carriages pass, often into a courtyard.
- primiparaA woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy.
- repertorA discoverer.
- vituperateTo criticize (someone or something) in an abusive or harsh manner.