Proto-Indo-European

*h₂enǵʰ-

‘distressed, anxious’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-.

21 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-, most familiar first.

• angry ← anger ← angr ← *angazaz ← *h₂énǵʰos
• anxiety ← ānxietās ← ānxius ← angō
• anger ← angr ← *angazaz ← *h₂énǵʰos
• anxious ← ānxius ← angō ← *anɣō
• eng ← enge ← *engi ← *angī ← *anguz
• anguish ← angwissh ← anguise ← angoisse ← angustia
• angrily ← angry ← anger ← angr ← *angazaz
• angst ← angest ← angust ← *angustiz ← *anguz
• hanger ← anger ← angr ← *angazaz ← *h₂énǵʰos
• angina ← angō ← *anɣō
• angor ← angō ← *h₂énǵʰos
• anxietude ← anxitūdō ← ānxius ← angō ← *anɣō

More words from *h₂enǵʰ-

• angustifoliate
• angust
• angustate
• angriness
• anchialine
• angusticanaliculate
• angiport
• cynanche
• vyaz

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-