Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ṓws

‘ear’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

45 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws, most familiar first.

• ear ← eare ← ēare ← *auʀā ← *ausô
• acoustic ← acousticus ← ἀκουστῐκός ← ἀκούω ← *akóuhō
• acoustics ← acoustic ← acousticus ← ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ← ἀκούω
• aural ← auralis ← auris ← *auzis
• acoustical ← acoustic ← acousticus ← ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ← ἀκούω
• otolaryngology ← οὖς
• auricular ← auriculāris ← auricula ← auris ← *auzis
• otic ← ὠτῐκός ← οὖς
• photoacoustic ← acoustic ← acousticus ← ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ← ἀκούω
• auricle ← auricula ← auris ← *auzis
• otolith ← οὖς
• auricula ← auris ← *auzis

More words from *h₂ṓws

• psychoacoustic
• otoacoustic
• acoustician
• thermoacoustic
• hydroacoustic
• auricularia
• acousticky
• acousticness
• aeroacoustic
• anacoustic
• auricularis
• aurated
• bioacoustic
• catacoustic
• diacoustic
• ecoacoustic
• microacoustic
• nonacoustic
• optoacoustic
• oreillette
• orillon
• otary
• otacoustic
• otopetrin
• otocinclus
• physioacoustic
• polyacoustic
• semiacoustic
• subacoustic
• superacoustic
• unacoustic
• vibroacoustic
• vibracoustic

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws