Proto-Indo-European

*(s)teg-

‘to cover with a roof’

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

37 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-, most familiar first.

• detective ← dētegō ← tegō ← *tegō
• detection ← detectio ← dētegō ← tegō ← *tegō
• detect ← detectus ← detegere ← tegō ← *tegō
• tile ← tiġele ← *tigulā ← *tigulǭ ← tēgula
• thug ← 𑀞𑀕
• sauna ← *sakna ← *stakna-
• toga ← tegō ← *tegō
• thatch ← thache ← þæc ← *þak ← *þaką
• staccato ← staccare ← distaccare ← destacher ← destachier
• toque ← طَاقِيَّة ← طَاق
• steganography ← στεγανός ← στέγω
• integument ← integumentum ← integō ← tegō ← *tegō

More words from *(s)teg-

• tectum
• tegmentum
• tuile
• tegula
• tegument
• tect
• contignation
• gnathostegite
• obtected
• omostegite
• stegodont
• steganopodous
• stegnosis
• steganopod
• stegnotic
• steganophony
• stegodon
• stegognathous
• tegestology
• tectiform
• tegmen
• tegular
• tectibranchiate
• teliferous
• togate
• thick

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-