Proto-Indo-European

*h₂endʰ-

‘to bloom’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰ-.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰ-, most familiar first.

• chrysanthemum ← χρῡσάνθεμον
• anther ← anthère ← anthēra ← ἀνθηρός ← ἄνθος
• ctenanthe ← κτείς ← ἄνθος ← *ántʰos ← *h₂éndʰos
• perianthium ← ἄνθος ← *ántʰos ← *h₂éndʰos

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰ-