Proto-Indo-European

*gʷémtis

‘step, act of walking’

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

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

• base ← basis ← βᾰ́σῐς ← *gʷə́tis
• basic ← base ← base ← base ← basis
• basis ← βάσις ← *gʷə́tis
• bass ← base ← base ← base ← basis
• bases ← basis ← βᾰ́σῐς ← *gʷə́tis
• basset ← bassette ← bassetta ← bassetto ← basso
• bassoon ← basson ← bassone ← basso ← bassus
• basso ← bassus ← βάσις ← *gʷə́tis
• debase ← bas ← bassus ← βάσις ← *gʷə́tis
• abasia ← βάσις ← *gʷə́tis
• abaisse ← abaisser ← abaissier ← baissier ← *bassiāre
• basidium ← βάσις ← *gʷə́tis

More words from *gʷémtis

• bassetto
• baseis
• basophobia
• contrabasso

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis