Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ewlós

‘something hollow, hollowed out’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós.

15 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós, most familiar first.

• alveolus ← alveus ← alvus ← *alwos ← *aulos
• aulic ← αὐλός ← *aulós
• aulos ← αὐλός
• alveus ← alvus ← *alwos ← *aulos
• alveolate ← alveolatus ← alveolus ← alveus ← alvus
• alveolare ← alveolus ← alveus ← alvus ← *aulos
• alveary ← alvearium ← alveus ← alvus ← *alwos
• alveoliform ← alveolus ← alveus ← alvus ← *alwos
• alvine ← alvus ← *aulos
• alvinolagnia ← alvus ← *aulos
• alvinophilia ← alvus ← *aulos
• aulophobia ← αὐλός ← *aulós

More words from *h₂ewlós

• auget
• aulete
• auletris

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós