Proto-Indo-European

*peh₂ḱ-

‘secure, attach, strengthen’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ-.

20 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ-, most familiar first.

• peace ← pees ← peis ← pais ← pāx
• fair ← fayr ← fæġer ← *fagr ← *fagraz
• pace ← pāx ← *pāks ← *péh₂ḱ-s
• pact ← pacte ← pactum ← pacīscor ← pacō
• repay ← repaier ← paiier ← pācāre ← pāx
• fang ← *fangtooth ← fengtōþ ← fōn ← *fą̄han
• pax ← *pāks ← *péh₂ḱ-s
• fay ← feyen ← fēġan ← *fōgijan ← *fōgijaną
• pacifist ← pacifiste ← pacifique ← pācificus ← pāx
• gaffe ← gaf ← 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 ← 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 ← *fanhaną
• pacifism ← pacifisme ← pacifique ← pācificus ← pāx
• pogue ← póg ← pāx ← *pāks ← *péh₂ḱ-s

More words from *peh₂ḱ-

• fanger
• befang
• fadge
• pacation
• pacate
• pacated
• paxis
• pacifycacion

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ-