Proto-Indo-European

*gʰays-

‘to adhere, to stick, to be fixed’

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

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

• hesitate ← haesitātus ← haesitō ← haereō
• coherent ← cohaerēns ← cohaereō ← haereō
• adhere ← *adheren ← adhaereō ← haereō
• hesitation ← haesitātiōnem ← haesitātiō ← haesitō ← haereō
• hesitant ← haesitāns ← haesitō ← haereō
• adhesive ← adhésif ← adhaesivus ← adhaereō ← haereō
• adherence ← adhaerentia ← adhaerēns ← adhaereō ← haereō
• cohesion ← cohaesiō ← cohaereō ← haereō
• adhesion ← adhaesiōnem ← adhaereō ← haereō
• coherence ← cohaerentia ← cohaerēns ← cohaereō ← haereō
• adherent ← adhaerēns ← adhaereō ← haereō
• hesitantly ← hesitant ← haesitāns ← haesitō ← haereō

More words from *gʰays-

• hesitancy
• coherency
• cohere
• hesitance
• inhere
• nonadherence
• adherend
• adherency
• antiadherence
• coinhere
• coadherence
• hesitater
• hesitative
• hesitatory
• hesitational
• hyperadherence
• inadherence
• noncoherence
• preadherence
• unhesitant
• unadherent

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰays-