Proto-Hellenic

*éimi

‘to go’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Hellenic *éimi.

19 English words in this record descend from Proto-Hellenic *éimi, most familiar first.

• ion ← ἰόν ← εἶμι
• isthmus ← ῐ̓σθμός ← εἶμῐ
• cation ← κᾰτῐόν ← κᾰ́τειμῐ ← εἶμῐ
• anionic ← anion ← ἀνῐόν ← ῐ̓όν
• dysprosium ← δυσπρόσιτος ← προσιτός ← πρόσειμι ← εἶμι
• carbanion ← anion ← ἀνῐόν ← ῐ̓όν
• dianion ← anion ← ἀνῐόν ← ῐ̓όν
• anionization ← anion ← ἀνῐόν ← ῐ̓όν
• anionize ← anion ← ἀνῐόν ← ῐ̓όν
• fluoroanion ← anion ← ἀνῐόν ← ῐ̓όν
• interanion ← anion ← ἀνῐόν ← ῐ̓όν
• monoanion ← anion ← ἀνῐόν ← ῐ̓όν

More words from *éimi

• oxyanion
• oxoanion
• polyanion
• superanion
• tetraanion
• thioanion
• trianion

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *éimi