Proto-Indo-European

*h₁wegʷʰ-

‘to promise, to vow’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-, most familiar first.

• vote ← vōtum ← vōtus ← *wowitos ← *woɣʷetos
• devotion ← devocion ← dēvōtiō ← dēvōtum ← supine
• vow ← vowe ← vut ← vōtum ← voveō
• devote ← dēvōtus ← dēvoveō ← voveō ← *woɣʷeō
• devout ← devot ← dēvōtus ← dēvoveō ← voveō
• devoto ← dēvōtus ← dēvoveō ← voveō ← *woɣʷeō
• devow ← dévouer ← dévouer ← devoer

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-