Proto-Indo-European

*h₃emh₃-

‘to take hold of’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-.

24 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-, most familiar first.

• amour ← amor ← amor ← amō ← *amāō
• enmity ← enemyte ← enemisté ← *inimicitas ← inimīcus
• amicable ← amīcābilis ← amīcus ← amō ← *amāō
• amity ← amite ← amisté ← *amīcitātem ← amīcus
• amenity ← amenite ← amenité ← amoenitās ← amoenus
• amoroso ← *amōrōsus ← amor ← amō ← *amāō
• amant ← amans ← amō ← *amāō
• amatory ← amātōrius ← amātor ← amō ← *amāō
• inamorata ← innamorata ← innamorato ← innamorare ← amore
• amable ← amābilis ← amō ← *amāō
• amatrice ← amātrīx ← amō ← *amāō
• aimable ← amable ← amābilis ← amō ← *amāō

More words from *h₃emh₃-

• amical
• amative
• amplificate
• amene
• amourette
• amability
• inimicitious
• inimicous
• inimic
• monoamory
• multiamory
• polyamoury

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-