Proto-Indo-European
*h₁weh₂-
‘empty, wasted’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-.
46 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-, most familiar first.
- want ← wanten ← vanta ← *wanatōną ← *wanô
- various ← varieux ← varius ← *wasios
- waste ← wast ← wast ← *wōstī ← *wōstaz
- variety ← varieté ← varietās ← varius ← *wasios
- vast ← vaste ← vastus ← *wāstos ← *(h₁)weh₂-stos
- vacation ← vacacioun ← vacacion ← vacātiō ← vacō
- vary ← varien ← varier ← variō ← varius
- variable ← variare ← varius ← *wasios
- void ← voide ← vuit ← *vocitum ← vacuus
- vacant ← vacāns
- vain ← veyn ← vānus ← *wānos
- vanity ← vanite ← vanité ← vānitas ← vānus
More words from *h₁weh₂-
- evacuate
- vanish
- wasteful
- vacate
- waning
- wane
- devastate
- vacuous
- varicella
- evanescent
- vainglorious
- variola
- vanitas
- variorum
- westy
- vacuity
- vastus
- prevaricate
- vair
- vaunt
- evanesce
- variometer
- vacat
- evanid
- evanish
- supervacaneous
- vastity
- variole
- variolous
- variolite
- variograph
- vaniloquy
- viruela
- wanse
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-