Proto-Italic

*knuks

‘nut’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *knuks.

12 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *knuks, most familiar first.

• nuclear ← nū̆cleus ← nux
• nut ← note ← hnutu ← *hnut ← *hnuts
• nucleus ← nux
• nucleotide ← nucleus ← nucleus ← nux
• nougat ← nogat ← noga ← nux
• enucleation ← ēnucleātus ← ēnucleō ← nucleus ← nux
• enucleate ← ēnucleātus ← ēnucleō ← nucleus ← nux
• nucellus ← nucelle ← nux
• nucleiform ← nucleus ← nux
• nuciform ← nux
• nuciferous ← nux
• nucin ← nux

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *knuks