Proto-Indo-European

*h₂elut-

‘beer’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-, most familiar first.

• aluminium ← alūmen
• ale ← ealu ← *alu ← *alu
• alum ← alym ← alūmen
• alumina ← alumen
• alunogen ← alun ← alum ← alūmen

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-