Proto-Indo-European

*dʰrewgʰ-

‘to deceive, mislead’

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

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

• dream ← *draum ← *draumaz ← *dʰrowgʰ-mos
• drug ← drogge ← drogue ← droge ← *drōgi
• fraud ← fraude ← fraude ← fraus
• drain ← *dreinen ← drēahnian ← *drauhnōn ← *drauhnōną
• drainage ← drain ← *dreinen ← drēahnian ← *drauhnōn
• fraudulent ← fraudulentus ← fraus
• fraudulently ← fraudulent ← fraudulent ← fraudulentus ← fraus
• drudge ← druggen ← *dryċġan ← *druggjan ← *drugjaną
• druggist ← droguiste ← drogue ← droge ← *drōgi
• truculent ← truculentus ← trux ← *drukos
• dree ← dreen ← drēogan ← *dreugan ← *dreuganą
• droog ← друг ← *drugъ ← *draugás

More words from *dʰrewgʰ-

• fraudulence
• truculence
• dreich
• defraudation
• droguet
• druzhina
• dreely
• dright
• drighten
• trucidate
• trucidation

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-