Proto-Indo-European

*tḱey-

‘to cultivate’

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

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

• post ← poste ← posta ← posita ← pōnō
• site ← situs ← sinō ← *sinō ← *tḱinéti
• position ← posicioun ← posicion ← positiō ← positus
• situation ← situacioun ← situatio ← situare ← situs
• positive ← positif ← positivus ← īvus ← pōnō
• purpose ← purpos ← purposer ← pōnere ← propono
• opposite ← opposit ← oposite ← oppositus ← oppōnō
• opposition ← opposicioun ← oposicion ← oppositiō ← oppōnō
• suppose ← supposen ← supposer
• composition ← composicioun ← composicion ← compositiō ← positiō
• homeless ← *homles ← hāmlēas ← hām ← *haim
• opponent ← oppōnēns ← oppōnō ← pōnō ← *pozinō

More words from *tḱey-

• compound
• propose
• expose
• impose
• proposition
• hamlet
• posture
• exposition
• consolation
• dispose
• deposition
• bohemian
• disposition
• compose
• homelessness
• repository
• compost
• imposition
• proponent
• exponent
• homely
• posit
• supposition
• preposition
• expound
• positivism
• situate
• compostela
• suppository
• prepositional
• pone
• presupposition
• compositor
• hame
• impost
• presuppose
• apposite
• situs
• dispositive
• kantha
• apposition
• deponent
• interpose
• disponible
• propound
• recompose
• opposit
• compony
• ponent
• appose
• propone
• postilion
• adposition
• antihomeless
• appositio
• compone
• compositive
• desinence
• depone
• deponently
• desinential
• dispone
• dispositio
• disposit
• expone
• hauntology
• hjem
• homelessly
• hyem
• imponent
• ktistic
• nonhomeless
• oppone
• postiche
• positura
• ponibility
• prepone
• prepositive
• proposant
• pungle
• reposit
• situal
• suppositum
• suppositio
• urheimat

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-