Proto-Indo-European

*gʷm̥yéti

‘to come’

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

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

• event ← ēventus ← ēveniō ← veniō ← *gʷəniō
• convention ← conventiō ← conveniō ← veniō ← *gʷəniō
• adventure ← aventuren ← aventurer ← aventure ← *adventūra
• avenue ← avenir ← adveniō ← veniō ← *gʷəniō
• diabetes ← διαβήτης ← διαβαίνω ← βαίνω ← *gʷəňňō
• inventory ← inventorie ← inventōrium ← inventārium ← inveniō
• advent ← adventus ← adveniō ← veniō ← *gʷəniō
• intervene ← interveniō ← veniō ← *gʷəniō
• inventor ← inveniō ← veniō ← *gʷəniō
• invent ← inventen ← inventer ← inventus ← inveniō
• souvenir ← soubvenir ← sovenir ← subveniō ← veniō
• provenance ← provenant ← provenio ← veniō ← *gʷəniō

More words from *gʷm̥yéti

• convene
• revenant
• misadventure
• circumvention
• contravene
• adventitious
• anabasis
• subvention
• aventurine
• parvenu
• katabatic
• prevenient
• provenience
• diabatic
• adventive
• inventio
• abaton
• advenient
• advenement
• advention
• anabasius
• anabatic
• baenopod
• bathmism
• bathmophobia
• catabasion
• diabaterial
• evene
• eventuation
• intervenient
• inventrix
• katabasis
• pervention
• prevenience
• prevene
• prevenance
• provene
• venitive

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti