Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eltós

‘grown, nourished, matured’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós.

24 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, most familiar first.

• old ← ald ← *ald ← *aldaz
• elder ← eldre ← eldra ← *aldaz
• altitude ← altitūdō ← altus ← *altos
• alt ← altus ← *altos
• altar ← auter ← altāre ← altus ← *altos
• alto ← altus ← *altos
• auld ← ald ← eald ← *ald ← *aldaz
• exalt ← exalten ← exalter ← exaltō ← altus
• altimeter ← altus ← *altos
• eld ← elde ← ieldu ← *aldī ← *alþį̄
• altitudinal ← altitūdō ← altus ← *altos
• hawser ← hauser ← haucer ← *altiāre ← altus

More words from *h₂eltós

• oldness
• altissimo
• aillt
• altophobia
• altitudinous
• altimetre
• altiloquent
• altometer
• altiscope
• altitudinarian
• altisonous
• altaltissimo

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós