Proto-Indo-European

*h₂enh₁-

‘to breathe, blow’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-.

33 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-, most familiar first.

• and ← ande ← anda ← *anadô
• animal ← animālis ← anima ← animus ← *anamos
• anime ← animer ← animō ← anima ← animus
• asthma ← asma ← ἆσθμα
• unanimous ← ūnanimus ← animus ← *anamos ← *h₂enh₁mos
• unanimously ← unanimous ← ūnanimus ← animus ← *anamos
• inhale ← inhalare ← halō ← *anaslos ← *h₂enh₁-slo-
• animosity ← animosité ← animositas ← animosus ← animus
• animate ← animātus ← animō ← anima ← animus
• animator ← animō ← anima ← animus ← *anamos
• anima
• animus ← *anamos ← *h₂enh₁mos

More words from *h₂enh₁-

• asthmatic
• anemone
• exhalation
• prana
• onde
• animality
• yond
• animose
• animateur
• animatrice
• animalier
• animastic
• anhelous
• anemoia
• exanimate
• exanimation
• halituous
• halitus
• multanimous
• onding
• unanimousness

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-