Proto-Indo-European

*h₁weydʰh₁-

‘to separate, divide’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-.

22 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-, most familiar first.

• individual ← indīviduālis ← indīviduum ← indīviduus ← dīviduus
• wide ← wid ← wīd ← *wīdaz
• division ← divisioun ← dīvīsiō ← dīvīsus ← dīvidō
• wood ← wode ← wudu ← widu ← *widu
• device ← devis ← devis ← dīvīsus ← dīvidō
• worldwide ← wīd ← *wīdaz
• divide ← dividen ← dīvidō ← *vidō ← *wiðō
• widow ← widwe ← widuwe ← *widuwā ← *widuwǭ
• dividend ← dividende ← dīvidendum ← dīvidō ← *vidō
• devise ← devisen ← deviser ← devisō ← dīvīsus
• widower ← widwere ← widwe ← widuwe ← *widuwā
• divisible ← divisibilis ← divido ← *vidō ← *wiðō

More words from *h₁weydʰh₁-

• fid
• divisio
• culturewide
• devisen
• dividence
• dividual
• divisim
• dividuous
• federalwide
• individuum

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-