Proto-Indo-European

*kleh₂w-o-s

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-o-s.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-o-s, most familiar first.

• clove ← clou ← clāvus ← *klāwos
• cloy ← acloyen ← enclouer ← *inclāvāre ← clāvāre
• clavus ← *klāwos
• accloy ← acloyen ← encloyer ← inclavare ← clāvō
• cloué ← clouer ← clou ← clāvāre ← clāvus
• inclavated ← inclavatus ← clavare ← clavus ← *klāwos
• triclavianism ← clavus ← *klāwos

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-o-s