Proto-Indo-European

*h₂meygʷ-

‘to change, exchange’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂meygʷ-.

11 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meygʷ-, most familiar first.

• migration ← migrātiō ← migrō ← *migros ← *h₂migʷrós
• immigrant ← immigrans ← immigrāre ← migrō ← *migros
• migrate ← migrātus ← migrō ← *migros ← *h₂migʷrós
• migratory ← migrātōrius ← migrātus ← migrō ← *migros
• emigrate ← emigratus ← emigro ← migro ← *migros
• amoeba ← ἀμοιβή ← ἀμείβω
• emigrant ← ēmigrāns ← emigrō ← migrō ← *migros
• immigrate ← immigratus ← immigro ← migrō ← *migros
• transmigrate ← trānsmigrō ← migrō ← *migros ← *h₂migʷrós
• amoebean ← amoebaeus ← ἀμοιβαῖος ← ἀμοιβή ← ἀμείβω
• commigrate ← commigrātus ← commigrō ← migrō ← *migros

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂meygʷ-