Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰeh₁-

‘to leave behind’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-.

28 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-, most familiar first.

• go ← gon ← gān ← *gān ← *gāną
• gone ← gon ← gān ← *gānaz ← *gāną
• heritage ← eritage ← hērēs ← *ǵʰeh₁ro-
• heir ← eir ← hērēs ← *ǵʰeh₁ro-
• inherit ← enheriten ← enheriter ← inhereditō ← hērēditō
• hereditary ← hereditarie ← hērēditārius ← hērēditās ← hērēs
• forego ← forgan ← foregān ← gān ← *gān
• heredity ← heredité ← eredité ← hērēditas ← hēres
• woebegone ← wo-bigon ← wo ← wā ← *wai
• outgo ← outgon ← ūtgān ← *ūtgān
• isochoric ← χώρα ← χήρα ← *ǵʰeh₁ro-
• biochore ← χώρα ← χήρα ← *ǵʰeh₁ro-

More words from *ǵʰeh₁-

• chorographer
• chorograph
• chorismic
• chorographic
• choripetalous
• chorizont
• chorisepalous
• enchorial
• gonochorism
• heritor
• hereditament
• isochore
• overgo
• polychoric
• thoroughgo
• withgo

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-