Proto-Indo-European
*gʷem-
‘to come, to step’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.
85 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-, most familiar first.
- come ← comen ← cuman ← *kweman ← *kwemaną
- become ← becomen ← becuman ← *bikwemaną ← *kwemaną
- coming ← cominge ← cumende ← *kwemandz ← *kwemaną
- event ← ēventus ← ēveniō ← veniō ← *gʷəniō
- base ← basis ← βᾰ́σῐς ← *gʷə́tis ← *gʷémtis
- basic ← base ← base ← base ← basis
- basis ← βάσις ← *gʷə́tis ← *gʷémtis
- revenue
- convention ← conventiō ← conveniō ← veniō ← *gʷəniō
- adventure ← aventuren ← aventurer ← aventure ← *adventūra
- avenue ← avenir ← adveniō ← veniō ← *gʷəniō
- bass ← base ← base ← base ← basis
More words from *gʷem-
- venue
- bases
- diabetes
- inventory
- cum
- convenience
- advent
- intervene
- inventor
- invent
- souvenir
- provenance
- pug
- convene
- cometh
- contravention
- basset
- bassoon
- revenant
- basso
- misadventure
- circumvention
- contravene
- debase
- quim
- adventitious
- anabasis
- subvention
- aventurine
- parvenu
- abase
- katabatic
- comen
- prevenient
- conventicle
- provenience
- venire
- diabatic
- adventive
- inventio
- veny
- abasia
- abaisse
- abaton
- advenient
- advenement
- advention
- anabasius
- anabatic
- basidium
- bassetto
- baseis
- baenopod
- bathmism
- bathmophobia
- basophobia
- catabasion
- contrabasso
- diabaterial
- evene
- eventuation
- intervenient
- inventrix
- katabasis
- metabasis
- pervention
- prevenience
- prevene
- prevenance
- provene
- queme
- venitive
- ycomen
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-