Proto-Indo-European

*bʰruHg-

‘to enjoy’

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

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

• brook ← brouken ← brūcan ← *brūkan ← *brūkaną
• frugal ← frugalis ← frūx ← *frūks
• frugivorous ← frūx ← *frūks
• frugivore ← frūx ← *frūks
• frumentaceous ← frumentaceus ← frumentum ← frux ← *frūks
• frugiferous ← frūgifer ← frux ← *frūks

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg-