Proto-Indo-European

*h₁édti

‘to eat’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti.

18 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti, most familiar first.

• eat ← eten ← etan ← *etan ← *etaną
• et ← ǣt ← *āt ← *etaną
• obesity ← obésité ← obēsitās ← obēsus ← obedō
• edible ← edibilis ← edō ← *edō
• ent ← *anti ← *etunaz ← *etaną
• etch ← etsen ← ätzen ← azzon ← *atjaną
• phage ← ἔδω ← *édō
• jotun ← jǫtunn ← *ᛖᛏᚢᚾᚨᛉ ← *etunaz ← *etaną
• comedones ← comedō ← edō ← *edō
• escarole ← scariola ← escariola ← ēsca ← edō
• comestible ← comestibilis ← comedō ← edō ← *edō
• comedo ← edō ← *edō

More words from *h₁édti

• edacious
• edacity
• eoten
• esurient
• inedia
• semese

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti