Proto-Indo-European

*meh₂ḱ-

‘to increase’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ-.

18 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ-, most familiar first.

• macro ← μακρός ← *makrós ← *mh₂ḱrós
• machete ← macho ← mattea ← mactō ← mactus
• meager ← megre ← megre ← macer ← *makros
• macron ← μακρόν ← μακρός ← *makrós ← *mh₂ḱrós
• meagre ← megre ← megre ← macer ← *mh₂ḱrós
• paramecium ← παραμήκης ← μῆκος ← *mā́kos ← *méh₂ḱos
• macra ← μακρά ← μακρός ← *makrós ← *mh₂ḱrós
• matanza ← matar ← mactāre ← mactus ← *maktos
• amacrine ← μᾰκρός ← *makrós ← *mh₂ḱrós
• maigre ← megre ← macrum ← *mh₂ḱrós
• avick ← a mhic ← mhic ← mac ← mac
• emaciate ← ēmaciātus ← ēmaciō ← maciēs ← macer

More words from *meh₂ḱ-

• macilent
• mactation
• mactate
• macrocollum
• macilence
• mekometer

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ-