Proto-Indo-European

*kel-

‘to drive, particularly of animals’

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

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

• hold ← holden
• halt ← healt ← *haltaz ← *kol-d-
• heel ← helden ← hieldan ← *halþijan ← *halþijaną
• gallon ← galun ← galum ← *galla ← *galla
• acceleration ← accelerātiō ← accelerō ← celerō ← celer
• accelerate ← accelerātus ← accelerō ← celerō ← celer
• hilt ← *heltą
• hield ← heelden ← hieldan ← *halþijan ← *halþijaną
• celerity ← celeritee ← celeritās ← celer
• accelerando ← accelero ← celerō ← celer
• clonus ← κλόνος ← κέλομαι ← *kelomai
• celeritous ← célérité ← celeritas ← celer

More words from *kel-

• hell
• color
• cell
• hall
• hole
• holder
• ceiling
• hull
• helmet
• hollow
• helm
• cellar
• conceal
• uphold
• occult
• clandestine

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kel-