Proto-Hellenic

*ágō

‘to lead, to guide’

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

33 English words in this record descend from Proto-Hellenic *ágō, most familiar first.

• strategy ← stratēgia ← στρατηγία ← στρᾰτηγός ← ἄγω
• agony ← ἀγωνία ← ἀγών ← ᾰ̓́γω
• antagonist ← antagonista ← ἀνταγωνιστής ← ἀνταγωνίζομαι ← ἀγωνίζομαι
• axiom ← axiome ← axiōma ← ἀξίωμα ← ἀξιόω
• antagonism ← ἀνταγωνιστής ← ἀνταγωνίζομαι ← ἀγών ← ᾰ̓́γω
• agonist ← agōnista ← ἀγωνιστής ← ἀγωνίζομαι ← ἀγών
• antagonize ← ἀνταγωνίζομαι ← ἀγωνίζομαι ← ἀγών ← ᾰ̓́γω
• axiomatic ← ἀξιωμᾰτικός ← ἀξίωμα ← ἀξιόω ← ἄξιος
• stratagem ← stratageme ← stratageme ← strategema ← στρατήγημα
• glucagon ← ἄγων ← ἄγω
• agonize ← agoniser ← agonizare ← ἀγωνίζομαι ← ἀγών
• agonistic ← ἀγωνιστικός ← ᾰ̓γών ← ᾰ̓́γω

More words from *ágō

• agonistes
• agonism
• axiology
• strategos
• agoge
• agogic
• agonophilia
• anagoge
• anagogy
• anagogics
• autagonistophilia
• axioma
• deuteragonist
• epagomenal
• epagomena
• paragoge
• periaktos
• protagon
• strategus
• strategian
• synaxis

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *ágō