Proto-Indo-European

*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-

‘sinew’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

51 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-, most familiar first.

• file ← fil ← fīlum ← *fī(s)lom
• annihilation ← annihilātiō ← annihilō ← nihil ← hīlum
• filament ← fīlāmentum ← fīlō ← fīlum ← *fī(s)lom
• fillet ← filet ← filet ← fil ← fīlum
• annihilate ← annihilātus ← annihilō ← nihil ← hīlum
• nihilism ← nihilisme ← Nihilismus ← nihil ← nihilum
• defile ← défiler ← filer ← filo ← fīlum
• nihilist ← nihil ← hīlum ← fīlum ← *fī(s)lom
• filamentous ← filament ← fīlāmentum ← fīlō ← fīlum
• nihil ← hīlum ← fīlum ← *fī(s)lom
• monofilament ← filament ← fīlāmentum ← fīlō ← fīlum
• filiform ← filum ← *fī(s)lom

More words from *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-

• hilum
• filamentary
• neurofilament
• filamentation
• filum
• multifilament
• filar
• filaria
• annihilable
• biofilament
• cofilament
• ficelle
• filasse
• fileteado
• filose
• filamentless
• filamentlike
• filiferous
• filanders
• filaceous
• filamental
• heterofilament
• homofilament
• interfilament
• macrofilament
• melanofilament
• microfilament
• myofilament
• nanofilament
• nihilate
• nihilation
• nihility
• nichil
• nonfilament
• polyfilament
• protofilament
• purfle
• superfilament
• tonofilament

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-