Ancient Elements

peri περί Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "around, exceedingly".

pertho πέρθω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to destroy".

pesach פֶּסַח Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "Passover".

petra πέτρα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rock".

pfenning Old High German
Old High German word meaning "penny".

pfuol Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pool".

phaidros φαιδρός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "bright".

phanes φανής Ancient Greek
Greek suffix meaning "appearing".

pheme φήμη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rumour, fame, reputation".

phemi φημί Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to speak, to declare".

phero φέρω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to bring, to carry, to bear".

phifan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to peep, to pipe".

phileo φιλέω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to love".

philos φίλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lover, friend".

phone φωνή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "voice".

phonos φόνος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "murder, slaughter".

phos φῶς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "light". The genitive form is φωτός (photos).

phren φρήν Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mind, heart, emotions".

phylakteos φυλακτέος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to be watched".

phyllon φύλλον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "leaf, folliage".

phyton φυτόν Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "plant, tree".

pictus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "painted".

píli Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow".

pilli Aztec
Nahuatl word meaning "noble child, prince".

pinus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "pine tree, pinewood".

pīpaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to whistle, to peep".

pipian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to peep, to pipe".

pirum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "pear".

pita पीत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "yellow".

pitr पितृ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "father".

platea Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "street, courtyard" (of Greek origin).

platys πλατύς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "broad, wide, flat".

ploutos πλοῦτος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wealth".

podium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "balcony, platform".

pol Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon
Old English and Old Saxon word meaning "pool".

pōlaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "pool".

polemeios πολεμήϊος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "aggressive, warlike".

polemos πόλεμος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "war".

polis πόλις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "city".

polys πολύς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "much, many".

pons Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "bridge".

porcus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "pig".

porrum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "leek".

porta Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "gate, door".

portus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "port, harbour".

posis πόσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "husband, lord".

postis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "post, pole".

prabha प्रभा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "light, radiance".

prachya प्राच्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "eastern, ancient".

pradipa प्रदीप Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lamp, light".

prakasha प्रकाश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "light, bright, shining".

pranava प्रणव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring to ओम् (om), the Hindu sacred syllable.

pranaya प्रणय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "leader, guidance, love".

prasada प्रसाद Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "brightness, clearness, graciousness, offering".

prasanna प्रसन्न Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "clear, bright, tranquil".

prashanta प्रशान्त Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "calm, quiet".

pratapa प्रताप Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "heat, splendour, glory".

pratibha प्रतिभा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "light, splendour, intelligence".

pratika प्रतीक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "look, appearance".

pratima प्रतिमा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "image, likeness, reflection".

pravina प्रवीण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "skilled".

praxis πρᾶξις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "action, exercise".

prema प्रेम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "love, affection".

preost Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "priest".

pretium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "price, worth".

princeps Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "first in line".

pritanī Brythonic (Hypothetical)
Brythonic word meaning "Briton, Celt of the British Islands".

priti प्रीति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "pleasure, joy, love".

priyankara प्रियंकर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "agreeable, amiable".

protos πρῶτος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "first".

provincia Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "province, command".

prthvi पृथ्वी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "earth".

pû Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "mouth, word".

puja पूजा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "honour, worship", the name of a Hindu ritual.

punita पुनीत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "cleaned, purified".

pura पुर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fortress, city".

purnima पूर्णिमा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "full moon".

purus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "clean, pure".

purusha पुरुष Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "man, person".

pushpa पुष्प Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "flower".

puteus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "well (for water), pit".

putra पुत्र Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "child, son".

pyr πῦρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "fire".

qanah קָנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to acquire, to purchase".

qart 𐤒𐤓𐤕 Phoenician
Phoenician word meaning "city".

quetzalli Aztec
Nahuatl word meaning "quetzal feather, precious thing".

quinque Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "five".

quintus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "fifth".

qum קוּם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to raise".

ra 1 र Sanskrit
Sanskrit affix meaning "acquiring, possessing".

ra'ah 1 רָאָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to see, to perceive".

ra'ah 2 רָעָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to feed, to graze, shepherd".

ra'am רָאַם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to rise".

racham רָחַם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to pity, to be compassionate, to love".

rachana रचन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "creation, preparation".

rad 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wheel".

rad 3 Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "counsel, advice".

radha राधा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "success, prosperity".

ræd Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "counsel, advice".

ræde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "prepared, prompt, ready".

rafa' רָפָא Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to heal".

ragin 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "law, decree, assessment, responsibility".

raginą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "counsel, advice, decision".

raha Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "roe deer".

raja राज Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "king".

rajani रजनि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "dark, night".

rajiva राजीव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "striped".

rajya राज्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "kingship, empire, royalty".

raka राका Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "full moon".

rama Old Persian (Hypothetical)
Old Persian word meaning "peace".

raman 𐬭𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥 Avestan
Avestan word meaning "peace".

ramana रमण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "pleasing, delightful".

rana 1 राणा Sanskrit
Sanskrit title meaning "king".

rana 2 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "frog".

rana 3 𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic element possibly meaning "wedge".

randi Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "rim (of a shield)".

randiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "rim (of a shield)".

rani 1 राणी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "queen".

ranjita रञ्जित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "coloured, pleased, delighted".

rant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rim (of a shield)".

rasc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "quick".

rashmi रश्मि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ray of sunlight, rope, cord".

rat Old High German
Old High German word meaning "counsel, advice".

ráð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "counsel, advice".

rath Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "wheel".

raþą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wheel".

ratna रत्न Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "jewel, treasure".

raudaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "red".

rauxshna Old Persian (Hypothetical)
Old Persian word meaning "bright, shining".

ravi रवि Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "sun".

raw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "row, line".

raz רָז Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "secret".

re'a רֵעַ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "friend".

read Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "red".

red Old Frisian
Old Frisian word meaning "counsel, advice".

rēdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "counsel, advice".

regalis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "regal, royal".

regin Old Norse, Old High German (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Norse, Old High German and Frankish word meaning "advice, counsel, decision". In Old Norse it acquired the meaning "power of the gods".

regina Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "queen" (feminine form of rex).

reginbogo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rainbow".

regnum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "royal power, reign".

regula Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "rule, bar".

reigaro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heron".

reiks 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "ruler, king".

remedium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "remedy".

rex Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "king" (genitive regis).

rhipe ῥιπή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "throw, swing".

rhodon ῥόδον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rose".

rhoe ῥοή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "stream, river, flow".

rhyte ῥυτή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rue (herb)".

ri 1 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "king".

rí Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "king".

riābu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "to replace, to compensate".

ric Anglo-Saxon
Old English affix meaning "ruler, king".

rice Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "power, rule, realm" or "mighty, rich" (from rīkiją and rīkijaz, derivatives of rīks).

richa ऋच Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "praise, verse, sacred text".

ridan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to ride".

rīdaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to ride".

rígain Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "queen" (feminine form of rí).

rih Old High German
Old High German affix meaning "ruler, king".

rihhi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "kingdom, realm" or "rich, mighty" (from rīkiją and rīkijaz, derivatives of rīks).

rik Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish affix meaning "ruler, king".

ríkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ruler, king" or "mighty, rich" (from rīkijaz, a derivative of rīks).

rīks Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ruler, king" (of Celtic origin).

rina रीण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "melted".

rinnah רִנָּה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "joy, singing, shouting".

ripa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "riverbank".

riparius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "of the riverbank".

rippel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "coppice, grove, thicket".

ris Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "ardour, enthusiasm, glory".

rishi ऋषि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sage, poet".

risi Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "giant".

ritan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to ride".

ríða Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "to ride".

ritu ऋतु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "season, period".

riuti Old High German
Old High German word meaning "cleared land".

rivus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "stream".

rīxs Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "king".

riya रिय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "singer".

robur Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "oak".

rod 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cleared land".

rod 2 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "wheel".

rohana रोहण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ascending".

rohita रोहित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "red".

rom 𐤓𐤌 Phoenician
Phoenician word meaning "to be high".

ron 2 רֹן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "joy, song, shout".

ron 3 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "spear".

rǫnd Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rim (of a shield)".

rosa 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "rose".

rot Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "red".

rota Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wheel".

róðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rowing".

rotundus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "round".

rúad Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "red".

ruber Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "red".

rudą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "cleared land".

rum 1 רוּם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to exalt, to be high, to rise up".

rum 2 Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "roomy, spacious".

rūmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "roomy, spacious".

rún Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "secret lore, rune".

run Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "secret lore, rune".

runa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "secret lore, rune".

runcare Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to weed, to clear".

rūnō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "secret lore, rune".

rupa रूप Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "shape, beauty, form".

russus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "red, reddish-brown".

ruð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cleared land".

rwm Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be high".

ryge Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rye".

sæ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sea".

sær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sea".

saga Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "tale, story".

sagu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "saw".

sahsą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "knife".

sahsaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "a Saxon", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe (derived from sahsą).

sahso Old High German
Old High German word meaning "a Saxon", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.

saiwiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sea".

sakshin साक्षिन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "witness".

sal 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "salt".

sal 2 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "house, hall".

salba 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐌰 Old High German, Gothic
Old High German and Gothic word meaning "salve, ointment".

salbō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "salve, ointment".

sali Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "house, hall".

salix Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "willow".

saliz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "house, hall".

salo 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dark, black".

salr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "room, hall".

sals 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "house, hall".

saltus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "grove of trees, glade".

salus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "health".

salvus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "safe, healthy".

salwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dusky, sallow".

sama 1 सम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "level, even, same".

samara 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word for the winged seeds that grow on trees such as maples and elms.

samdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sand".

samira समीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wind, air".

sampatti सम्पत्ति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "success, prosperity, wealth".

sana 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "healthy".

sanctorum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "of the saints" (occurs in Omnium Sanctorum referring to All Saints' Day).

sanctus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "holy, saintly".

sand Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sand".

sandip संदीप् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wind, air".

sandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sand".

sanjana सञजन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "uniting, joining".

sanjita संजित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "complete victory".

sanjiva संजीव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "living, reviving".

sant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "sand".

ṣapan 𐤑𐤐𐤍 Phoenician
Phoenician word possibly meaning "to hide, to conceal".

sape Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "soap".

sappheiros σάπφειρος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sapphire" or "lapis lazuli" (ultimately derived from the Hebrew word סַפִּיר (sappir)).

sarah 1 שָׂרָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to have power, to contend, to fight".

sarah 2 שָׂרָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "lady, princess, noblewoman".

sarala सरल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "straight".

saras सरस् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fluid, water, lake".

sarika सारिका Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring to a type of thrush (species Turdus salica) or myna bird (species Gracula religiosa).

sarita सरित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "flowing".

šarru Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "king".

sartor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "tailor, patcher".

sarva सर्व Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "all, whole".

sarvesha सरवेश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ruler of all".

satya सत्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "truth, reality".

savitr सवितृ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "rouser, the sun".

scalc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "servant".

sceaphyrde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "shepherd, sheep herder".

scearp Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sharp".

scenken Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to pour out".

schola Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "school".

schroden Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "to cut".

sciene Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beautiful".

scieran Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to cut, to shear".

scilt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "shield".

scir 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "shire, district".

scir 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bright".

sconi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beautiful, good, nice".

Scotus Ancient Roman
Latin word for a Scotsman, referring to the Gaelic speakers of northern Britain.

scrian Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to shout, to yell".

scriba Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "scribe, writer".

scrinium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "box, chest".

sculdheizo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "arbiter, debt settler".

scuoh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "shoe".

seaxa Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a Saxon", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.

sebo σέβω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to worship, to honour".

sedom Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "peace" or "fairy mound, tumulus".

segiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "victory".

selene σελήνη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "moon".

selja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow, sallow".

sen 1 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "old".

senos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "old".

senþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "path, journey, time, instance".

seo 5 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "sea".

seolfor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "silver".

ser սէր Ancient Armenian
Old Armenian word meaning "love".

serra Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "saw (tool)".

servire Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to serve".

setio Old Saxon
Old Saxon suffix meaning "inhabitant".

setjaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to sit".

sha'al שָׁאַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to ask".

shafat שָׁפַט Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to judge".

shagah שָׁגָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to stray, to err".

shai שַׁי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "gift, present".