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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	p-
DEFINITION:	To protect, feed. Oldest form pe₂-, colored to pa₂-, contracted to p-. Derivatives include fodder, forage, fur, food, foster, pasture, pantry,* and company. 1. Suffixed form p-trom. a. fodder, from Old English fdor,* fodder; b. forage, foray, fourragère, from Old French feurre, fodder; c. fur, furrier, from Old French forre, fuerre, trimming made from animal skin, fur (< “sheath, case, lining”). a–c all from Germanic fdram. 2. Suffixed form p-dhlom (doublet of p-trom). pabulum, from Latin pbulum,* food, fodder. 3. Extended form pt-. a. food, from Old English fda,* food, from Germanic fd-, food; b. feed, from Old English fdan,* to feed, from Germanic denominative fdjan, to give food to; c. suffixed form pt-tro-. foster, from Old English fstor, food, nourishment, from Germanic fstra-. 4. Extended form ps-. a. Suffixed form ps-sko-. pasture; antipasto, repast, from Latin pscere,* to feed; b. suffixed form ps-tor-. pastern, pastor, pester, from Latin pstor,* shepherd; c. suffixed form ps-t-ni-. panada, panatela, panic grass, pannier, panocha, pantry, pastille, penuche; appanage, companion¹, company, from Latin pnis,* bread. 5. Suffixed form p-tor-. bezoar, from Persian pd,* protecting against, from Iranian ptar- (Avestan ptar-). 6. Suffixed form p-won-, protector. satrap, from Old Persian khshathra-pv, protector of the province. (Pokorny p- 787, 1. p(i)- 839.)


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