Proto-Indo-European

*h₂éyos

‘a metal, copper, bronze’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos, most familiar first.

• era ← aera ← aes ← *aos
• aeneus ← *aezneos ← *aeznos ← *ajesnos ← *ajos ~ *ajesos
• aerose ← aerōsus ← aes ← *aos
• aeruginous ← aerūginōsus ← aerūginōsus ← aerūgō ← aes
• aeneous ← aēneus ← *aezneos ← *aeznos ← *ajesnos
• aerugo ← aes ← *aos
• aerarium ← aes ← *aos ← *ajos
• alambre ← aerāmen ← aes ← *aos ← *ajos

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos