pet
to seek, aim at, ask
Latin · petere / petitus
Latin petere 'to seek, aim at, ask'. Pet words are about seeking or striving: petition asks formally, compete strives together, appetite seeks food, impetus is a driving push, repetition seeks again.
Memory trick
A PETition PETs the officials with a request: PET seeks and asks.
Words from this root
- petition (pet + ition) — a formal request signed by manyयाचिका
- petitioner (petition + er) — one who makes a petitionयाचिकाकर्ता
- compete (com + pete) — to strive against othersप्रतिस्पर्धा करना
- competition (compete + ition) — a contestप्रतियोगिता
- appetite (ap + pet + ite) — desire for foodभूख, चाह
- impetus (im + pet + us) — driving forceप्रेरणा, गति
- perpetual (per + pet + ual) — never endingअनंत, सदा रहने वाला
- perpetually (perpetual + ly) — endlesslyहमेशा, लगातार
- repetition (re + pet + ition) — doing again and againदोहराव
- centripetal (centri + pet + al) — seeking the centreकेंद्र की ओर खिंचने वाला
- petulant (pet + ulant) — sulky, easily annoyedचिड़चिड़ा, तुनकमिज़ाज