Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ewg-

‘to increase, to enlarge’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-.

19 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-, most familiar first.

• august ← auguste ← augustus ← *augostos ← *augos
• author ← auctour ← autour ← autor ← auctor
• authority ← auctorite ← autorité ← auctōritās ← auctor
• auction ← auctiō ← augeō ← *augeō ← *augejō
• nickname ← neke name ← ekename ← ek ← ēac
• auxiliary ← auxiliārius ← auxilium ← *aug-s-illi- ← *augeō
• authorize ← auctorisen ← auctorisier ← auctōrizāre ← auctor
• augment ← augmenten ← augmenter ← augmenter ← augmentare
• augmentation ← augmentacion ← augmentātiō ← augmentō ← augmentum
• eke ← ēaca ← *aukô ← *aukaną
• auteur ← autheur ← autor ← auctor ← augeō
• augmentative ← augmentatif ← augmentatif ← augmentātīvus ← augmentō

More words from *h₂ewg-

• ocker
• octroi
• oker
• auxiliar
• augelite
• auctrix
• octroy

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-