Proto-Indo-European

*gʷerh₃-

‘to devour’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-.

32 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-, most familiar first.

• gorge ← gurga
• devour ← devouren ← devorer ← dēvorō ← vorō
• quirk ← *querk ← kverk ← *kwerkō
• voracious ← vorāx ← vorō ← *worā ← *gʷorh₃éh₂
• herbivorous ← herbivorus ← herba ← vorō ← *worā
• gurgle ← gurguling ← gurgulātio ← gorgelen ← gurgulio
• ouroboros ← οὐροβόρος ← βιβρώσκω ← *gʷigʷrṓskō ← *gʷi-gʷr̥h₃-sḱé-ti
• devourer ← devourere ← devouren ← devorer ← devoro
• insectivorous ← insectum ← vorō ← *worā ← *gʷorh₃éh₂
• gour ← gurges
• voracity ← voracité ← vorācitās ← vorāx ← vorō
• broma ← βρῶμα ← βιβρώσκω ← *gʷigʷrṓskō ← *gʷi-gʷr̥h₃-sḱé-ti

More words from *gʷerh₃-

• aphidivorous
• barathrum
• bacterivory
• bacterivore
• bromatology
• corvorant
• devoré
• devoration
• diabrosis
• grivna
• gurges
• ingurgitate
• phytivorous
• protobrosis
• pupivorous
• vorarephilia
• vorarephile
• vorago
• voragines
• voraginous

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-