Proto-Indo-European

*bʰegʷ-

‘to run, flee’

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

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

• phobia ← φόβος ← *pʰógʷos ← *bʰógʷos
• amaxophobia ← ἅμαξα ← φόβος ← *pʰógʷos ← *bʰógʷos
• blennophobia ← βλέννος ← φόβος ← *pʰógʷos ← *bʰógʷos
• blennophobe ← βλέννα ← φόβος ← *pʰógʷos ← *bʰógʷos
• caligynephobia ← γυνή ← φόβος ← *pʰógʷos ← *bʰógʷos
• climacophobia ← κλῖμαξ ← φόβος ← *pʰógʷos ← *bʰógʷos
• gingerphobe ← φόβος ← *pʰógʷos ← *bʰógʷos
• homichlophobia ← ὁμίχλη ← φόβος ← *pʰógʷos ← *bʰógʷos
• hydrophobe ← hydrophobus ← ὑδροφόβος ← φόβος ← *pʰógʷos
• koinophobia ← κοινός ← φόβος ← *pʰógʷos ← *bʰógʷos
• phobophobia ← φόβος ← *pʰógʷos ← *bʰógʷos

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ-