offer
to present or give for consideration
Roots
- fer / bear: carry or bring
- ob-: against, toward, or in the way
Other words with the fer / bear root
- circumference: distance around a circle
- deference: respectful yielding to another person's judgment
- infer: to reach a conclusion from evidence
- inference: a conclusion reached from evidence
- proliferate: to multiply or spread rapidly
- proliferation: rapid increase or multiplication
Other words with the ob- root
- obdurate: stubbornly resistant
- obsequious: overly eager to please
- obstacle: something that stands in the way
- obstinate: stubbornly refusing to change
- obviate: to make unnecessary by preventing or removing the need
- opprobrium: public disgrace, scorn, or reproach
Offer is the familiar fer hook: to offer is to bring something before someone.
The tutor offered one example and the hidden pattern became easier to see.