Proto-Indo-European

*h₃ekʷ-

‘to see’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.

51 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-, most familiar first.

• eye ← e ← ēage ← *augā ← *augô
• anthropology ← anthropologia ← ἄνθρωπος ← ὤψ ← *ókʷs
• optics ← opticus ← ὀπτικός ← ὄψις ← ὄψ
• oculus ← *okʷ(e)los
• ocular ← oculāris ← oculus ← *okʷ(e)los
• ogle ← ögeln ← ö̂gelen ← ö̂gen ← ōgian
• inoculation ← inoculātio ← inoculō ← oculus ← *okʷ(e)los
• monocle ← monoculus ← oculus ← *okʷ(e)los
• synoptic ← synopticus ← συνοπτικός ← σύνοψις ← ὄψις
• awk ← awke ← ǫfugr ← *abuhaz ← *h₂époh₃kʷos
• inoculate ← inoculaten ← inoculātus ← inoculō ← oculus
• anthropoid ← ἀνθρωποειδής ← ἄνθρωπος ← ὤψ ← *ókʷs

More words from *h₃ekʷ-

• doily
• augen
• presbyopia
• pinochle
• coreopsis
• oculist
• ocellus
• diopside
• ullage
• stereopticon
• antiquate
• antiquation
• antiquitarian
• anthropopeia
• antiquariat
• augengneiss
• binocle
• biopticon
• dinopid
• exoculate
• kenopsia
• metopomancy
• metoposcopy
• metopic
• metopion
• oculate
• ocularist
• ocularium
• oculiform
• ocellation
• ocelloccipital
• oeillade
• oillet
• ommatophore
• ommateum
• opsoclonus
• polyommatous
• radiopticon
• sciopticon

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-