Proto-Indo-European

*h₁ed-

‘to eat’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

33 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-, most familiar first.

• eat ← eten ← etan ← *etan ← *etaną
• eating ← etynge ← eting ← etan ← *etan
• et ← ǣt ← *āt ← *etaną ← *h₁édti
• anna ← अन्न ← अन्न ← *h₁ₔd-nó-s
• ana ← अन्न ← अन्न ← *h₁ₔd-nó-s
• obesity ← obésité ← obēsitās ← obēsus ← obedō
• edible ← edibilis ← edō ← *edō ← *h₁édti
• ent ← *anti ← *etunaz ← *etaną ← *h₁édti
• fret ← frēten ← fretan ← *fraetan ← *fraetaną
• etch ← etsen ← ätzen ← azzon ← *atjaną
• phage ← ἔδω ← *édō ← *h₁édti
• anodyne ← anodine ← anōdynos ← ἀνώδυνος ← ὀδύνη

More words from *h₁ed-

• esca
• jotun
• comedones
• prandial
• escarole
• comestible
• comedo
• ettin
• anodynous
• edacious
• edacity
• eoten
• esculent
• esurient
• esthiomene
• fretten
• inedia
• odynophagia
• odynophobia
• odynometer
• semese

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-