Proto-Indo-European

*h₂éwgos

‘to increase, to enlarge’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgos.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgos, most familiar first.

• august ← auguste ← augustus ← *augostos ← *augos
• inaugural ← inaugurer ← augurō ← augur ← *augos ~ *augezos
• inaugurate ← inaugurer ← inaugurō ← augurō ← augur
• augur ← *augos ~ *augezos
• augury ← augurie ← augurie ← augurium ← augur
• augurate ← augurātus ← augurō ← augur ← *augos ~ *augezos
• augural ← augurālis ← augur ← *augos ~ *augezos
• auguration ← auguratio ← augurō ← augur ← *augos ~ *augezos
• exauguration ← exauguratio ← exaugurō ← augurō ← augur

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgos