Proto-Indo-European

*ḱey-

‘to be lying down’

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

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

• home ← hōm ← hām ← *haim ← *haimaz
• city ← cite
• civil ← cyvyl ← cīvīlis ← cīvis ← ceivis
• hide ← hīd ← *hīwaz
• cemetery ← cimiterie ← cimitiere ← cimitērium ← coemētērium
• civic ← cīvicus ← cīvis ← ceivis ← *keiwis
• coma ← κῶμα ← *kōi-mn̥
• haunt ← haunten ← hanter ← heimta ← hāmettan
• civilisation ← civiliser ← civil ← cīvīlis ← cīvis
• citadel ← citadelle ← cittadella ← città ← cīvitās
• civility ← civilitas ← cīvīlis ← cīvis ← ceivis
• homely ← homly ← *hāmlīċ ← *haimalīk ← *haim

More words from *ḱey-

• civics
• civitas
• ceilidh
• hame
• incivility
• civilize
• principate
• ceili
• hewe
• agrocity
• anticity
• cityless
• cityhood
• cityside
• cityish
• cimelia
• cityness
• cityite
• cityful
• cunabula
• ecocity
• hauntology
• heyem
• hjem
• hupokeimenon
• hyem
• incunabulum
• incunable
• microcity
• monocity
• subcity
• uncity
• urheimat

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-