Proto-Indo-European
*mḗh₁n̥s
‘moon, month’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.
12 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, most familiar first.
- month ← mon(e)th ← mōnaþ ← *mānōþ ← *mēnōþs
- moon ← mone ← mōna ← *mānō ← *mēnô
- sunny ← sunni ← *sunniġ ← *sunnig ← *sunnā
- moonlight ← moonelight ← mone ← mōna ← *mānō
- menstrual ← menstruall ← mēnstruālis ← mēnstrua ← neuter
- menses ← mēnsis ← *mēnsis ← *mēns
- meniscal ← meniscus ← μηνῐ́σκος ← μείς ← *méns
- amenorrhoea ← μήν ← *méns
- menstruum ← mēnstruus ← bimēnstris ← mēnsis ← *mēnsis
- menstruous ← menstruus ← menstruosus ← mēnstruum ← mēnstruus
- mensual ← mēnsuālis ← mēnsis ← *mēnsis ← *mēns
- mensal ← mensis ← *mēnsis ← *mēns
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s