Proto-Indo-European

*h₂leg-

‘to care’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg-.

16 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg-, most familiar first.

• intelligence ← intellegentia ← intellegēns ← intellegō ← *legō
• intellectual ← intellectuel ← intellectualis ← intellēctus ← intellegō
• intelligent ← intelligēns ← intelligō ← *legō ← *h₂légeti
• leech ← leche ← lǣċe ← *lākī ← *lēkijaz
• intelligentsia ← интеллиге́нция ← inteligencja ← intellegentia ← intellegēns
• analgesic ← ἄλγησις ← ἄλγος
• analgesia ← ἀναλγησίᾱ ← ἀνάλγητος ← ἀλγέω ← ᾰ̓́λγος
• intellection ← intellectiō ← intellegō ← *legō ← *h₂légeti
• algophobia ← ἄλγος
• algedonic ← ἄλγος
• algesia ← algésie ← analgésie ← ἄλγησις ← ἀλγέω
• alginuresis ← ἄλγος

More words from *h₂leg-

• antalgic
• hemialgia
• intellective
• leechcraft

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg-