Proto-Indo-European

*bʰewg-

‘to flee, escape’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-.

23 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-, most familiar first.

• function ← fonction ← fūnctiō ← fungor ← *fungōr
• refugee ← réfugié ← réfugier ← refuge ← refugium
• refuge ← refugium ← refugiō ← fugiō ← *fugjō
• fungi ← fungor ← *fungōr ← *bʰu-né-g-ti
• defunct ← dēfunctus ← dēfungor ← fungor ← *fungōr
• fugue ← fuga ← fuga ← fugiō ← *fugjō
• perfunctory ← perfunctōrius
• functionary ← fonctionnaire ← fonction ← fūnctiō ← fungor
• fungible ← fungibilis ← fungor ← *fungōr ← *bʰu-né-g-ti
• fuga ← *bʰugéh₂
• fugit ← fugiō ← *fugjō
• refugium ← refugiō ← fugiō ← *fugjō

More words from *bʰewg-

• rifugio
• fugacity
• apophyge
• defunction
• defunctive
• fughetta
• fugacious
• fugitate
• fugichnion
• phugoid
• transfuge

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-