Proto-Indo-European

*temh₁-

‘to cut’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-.

43 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-, most familiar first.

• contempt ← contemptus ← contemnō ← temnō ← *tm̥-ne-h₁-ti
• atom ← attome ← athome ← atomus ← ἄτομος
• epitome ← ἐπιτομή ← ἐπιτέμνω ← τέμνω ← *tm̥-né-h₁-ti
• tome ← tomus ← τόμος ← τέμνω ← *tm̥-né-h₁-ti
• templar ← templer ← templier
• toma ← tome ← tomus ← τόμος ← τέμνω
• tempestuous ← tempestious ← tempestous ← tempestuōsus ← tempestās
• dichotomous ← dichotomos ← διχότομος ← τέμνω ← *tm̥-né-h₁-ti
• tamarisk ← tamariscus ← tamarix ← Tamaris ← *tm̥H-ró-
• tomos ← τόμος ← τέμνω ← *tm̥-né-h₁-ti
• thyroidectomy ← ἐκτομή ← ἐκτέμνω ← τέμνω ← *tm̥-né-h₁-ti
• temenos ← τέμενος ← *témh₁nos

More words from *temh₁-

• meniscectomy
• tamarix
• atomy
• parathyroidectomy
• anatomism
• arytenoidectomy
• atomus
• compartmentectomy
• cricothyroidotomy
• cricoidectomy
• cricotomy
• dystomic
• entomolin
• entomic
• gingivectomy
• isotomic
• meniscotomy
• parathyroidectomize
• protome
• syntomic
• tamaric
• thyrotomy
• thyroidectomize
• thyroidotomy
• thyroparathyroidectomy
• thyroparathyroidectomize
• tmesis
• tmema
• tomium
• tomomania
• uvulotomy

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-