Proto-Indo-European

*keyh₂-

‘to move’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-.

23 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-, most familiar first.

• citation ← citacioun ← citātiō ← citō ← cieō
• kinetic ← κινητικός ← κῑ́νησῐς ← κῑνέω
• recite ← reciten ← reciter ← recitō ← citō
• kinase ← κινέω
• incite ← inciter ← incitō ← citō ← cieō
• excitation ← excitacion ← excitātiō ← excitō ← excieō
• kinetics ← κινητικός ← κῑ́νησῐς ← κῑνέω
• recitation ← recitatio ← recitō ← citō ← cieō
• cine ← κῑνέω
• cytokine ← κίνησις ← κῑνέω
• resuscitate ← resuscitātus ← resuscitō ← suscitō ← citō
• kinematics ← cinématique ← κίνημα ← κινέω

More words from *keyh₂-

• recitative
• kine
• cinematograph
• kinesis
• kinin
• accite
• concitation
• excitate
• kinesics
• kinesia
• suscitate

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-