Proto-Indo-European

*h₂erk-

‘to protect, guard, hold, lock’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-, most familiar first.

• ark ← arke ← earc ← arca ← arceō
• coercion ← cohercioun ← cohercion ← coërcitiō ← coërceō
• ogre ← Orcus ← Ὅρκος
• arcane ← arcānus ← arca ← *arkā ← *h₂erk-eh₂
• coerce ← coërceō ← arceō ← *arkeō ← *h₂orkéyeti
• arcana ← arcānus ← arceō ← *arkeō ← *h₂orkéyeti
• autarky ← αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ ← αὐτάρκης ← ἀρκέω
• arctation ← arctus ← arceō ← *arkeō ← *h₂orkéyeti
• exercitation ← exercitatio ← exercitare ← exerceō ← arceō

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-