| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | wer-1 |
| DEFINITION: | To raise, lift, hold suspended. Oldest form * 2wer-. 1. Basic form *awer-. aorta, arsis, arterio-, arteriole, artery; meteor, from Greek  eirein, to raise, and art ri, windpipe, artery. 2. Possibly from this root is Greek r, air (from an obscure basic form *wer-): aerial, aero-, air, aria; malaria. 3. Zero-grade form *aur-. aura, from Greek aur, breath, vapor (related to Greek r, air; see 2 above). (Pokorny 1.  er- 1150.) |
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