Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eḱrós

‘sharp’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós.

22 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós, most familiar first.

• eager ← egre ← aigre ← ācrus ← ācer
• vinegar ← vynegre ← vinaigre ← aigre ← ācrus
• mediocre ← medioker ← mediocris ← ocris ← *okris
• mediocrity ← médiocrité ← mediocritās ← mediocris ← ocris
• exacerbate ← exacerbātus ← exacerbō ← acerbō ← acerbus
• acrid ← ācris ← ācer ← *akris
• acrimony ← acrimonie ← ācrimōnia ← ācer ← *akris
• acerbic ← acerbus ← *akriðos ← *akris
• exacerbation ← exacerbacyoun ← exacerbātiōnem ← exacerbō ← acerbō
• acrolein ← acer ← *akris
• acerb ← acerbus ← ācer ← *akris
• acerose ← acer ← *akris

More words from *h₂eḱrós

• acroterion
• acrity
• acroter
• acribic
• acroneme
• agarita
• aigre
• akroterion
• alegar
• epacrid

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós