Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*wréh₂ds
5 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds, most common first.
- raceA contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
- rashActing too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.
- wortNow chiefly as the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine.
- routA group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular (archaic), a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
- uprootTo tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.