Proto-Indo-European

*h₃ésth₁

‘bone’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁.

17 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁, most familiar first.

• os
• astragalus ← ἀστράγαλος ← ὀστέον
• ossuary ← ossuārium ← ossuārius ← os
• osseous ← osseus ← os
• exostosis ← ἐξόστωσις ← ὀστέον
• dysostosis ← ὀστέον
• astragal ← ἀστράγαλος ← ὀστέον
• astragalomancy ← ἀστράγαλος ← ὀστέον
• astragalos ← ἀστράγαλος ← ὀστέον
• metosteon ← ὀστέον
• osteocyte ← ὀστέον
• ossicle ← ossiculum ← os

More words from *h₃ésth₁

• ossature
• osteon
• osseoaponeurotic
• ossiferous
• ossiculum

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁