Proto-Indo-European

*h₁eǵ-

‘to say’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ-.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ-, most familiar first.

• negative ← negatif ← negātīvus ← negō ← ne
• deny ← denyen ← denoier
• renegade ← renegado ← renegātus ← renegō ← negō
• negate ← negātus ← negō ← ne ← nei
• adage ← adā̆gium ← ad ← *ad ← *h₂éd
• prodigious ← prōdigiōsus ← prōdigium ← aiō ← *ajjō
• negation ← negacioun ← negacion ← negātiō ← negō
• renege ← renegō ← negō ← ne ← nei
• prodigiosin ← prodigiosus ← prōdigium ← aiō ← *ajjō

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ-