Proto-Indo-European

*keh₂w-

‘to burn’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w-.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w-, most familiar first.

• holocaust ← holocauste ← holocaustum ← ὁλόκαυστον ← ὁλόκαυστος
• caustic ← causticus ← καυστικός ← καυστός ← καίω
• caudal ← caudālis ← cauda ← *kaudā ← *keh₂udeh₂
• encaustic ← ἐγκαυστικός ← καίω ← *káwyō
• cautery ← cauterium ← καυτήριον ← καίω ← *káwyō
• cauma ← καῦμα ← καίω ← *káwyō
• caeoma ← καίω ← *káwyō

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w-