Proto-Indo-European

*h₂el-

‘to grow, nourish’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-.

107 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-, most familiar first.

• as ← eallswā ← *allswā ← *all ← *allaz
• all ← eall ← *allaz
• old ← ald ← *ald ← *aldaz ← *h₂eltós
• else ← ells ← elles ← *alljas ← *aljas
• adult ← adulte ← adultus ← adolescō ← olēscō
• el ← ille ← olle ← *olnos
• ultimate ← ultimātus ← ultimō ← ultimus ← *oltm̥mos
• element ← elementum
• alien ← aliēnus ← alius ← *aljos ← *h₂élyos
• ultra ← ūls ← *h₂ol-
• alternate ← alternātus ← alternō ← alternus ← alter
• elder ← eldre ← eldra ← *aldaz ← *h₂eltós

More words from *h₂el-

• alter
• ellen
• altitude
• alumni
• qualification
• outrage
• alt
• altar
• ou
• alpine
• adolescent
• abolish
• alto
• alias
• adultery
• alum
• alienation
• altercation
• alibi
• retaliate
• alimony
• alp
• alienate
• proletariat
• altruism
• auld
• alumnus
• ulterior
• parallax
• inalienable
• coalesce
• exalt
• foetal
• althea
• alternation
• altimeter
• aad
• eld
• withal
• altitudinal
• altruist
• aliment
• ulva
• cisalpine
• adulterate
• talion
• hawser
• altern
• outremer
• allophone
• oldness
• altissimo
• altricial
• allotrope
• aald
• abalienate
• abalienation
• adulterine
• adulter
• advoutrer
• advoutry
• aillt
• altercate
• altophobia
• alible
• allelomorph
• alienans
• aliter
• altitudinous
• allophonics
• allostasis
• alkin
• altimetre
• altiloquent
• altrices
• altometer
• altiscope
• alvine
• altitudinarian
• altisonous
• allophony
• aliety
• allodapic
• altruize
• alloscutum
• alliesthesia
• altaltissimo
• alsinaceous
• antialtruism
• anallactic
• avouterer
• elne
• hyperaltruism
• nonaltruism
• synallaxine

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-