Proto-Indo-European

*Hreyǵ-

‘to stretch tight, bind’

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

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

• reach ← rechen ← rǣċan ← *raikijan ← *raikijaną
• rigid ← rigide ← rigidus ← rigeō ← *rigēō
• irrigation ← irrigatio ← irrigō ← rigō ← *rigā-
• rigorous ← rigoreus ← rigōrōsus
• rigor ← rigō ← *rigā-
• rigidity ← rigiditas ← rigidus ← rigeō ← *rigēō
• rigour ← rigor ← rigor ← rigeō ← *rigēō
• overreach ← overrechen
• irriguous ← irriguus ← riguus ← rigō ← *rigā-
• raught ← raughte ← rāhte ← rǣċan ← *raikijan
• rigescent ← rigescens ← rigēscō ← rigeō ← *rigēō
• rigorist ← rigor ← rigeō ← *rigēō

More words from *Hreyǵ-

• rigation

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ-