Proto-Indo-European

*dʰwes-

‘to breathe, inhale, exhale’

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

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

• dear ← dere ← dēor ← *deuzaz ← *dʰews-ó-s
• dusk ← dosk ← dox ← *duskaz
• dizzy ← dysy ← dysiġ ← *dusīg
• fuscous ← fuscus ← *dʰus-ko-s
• bestially ← bestial ← bestial ← bēstiālis ← bēstia
• effuscate ← effuscō ← fuscō ← fuscus ← *dʰus-ko-s
• fuscin ← fuscus ← *dʰus-ko-s
• fuscation ← fuscare ← fuscus ← *dʰus-ko-s
• indifuscin ← fuscus ← *dʰus-ko-s
• subfusc ← suffuscus ← fuscus ← *dʰus-ko-s
• subfuscous ← suffuscus ← fuscus ← *dʰus-ko-s

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-