Proto-Indo-European

*mend-

‘foal, small horse’

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

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

• amendment ← amendement ← amendamentum
• mend ← menden ← amender ← ēmendāre ← ēmendō
• mendicant ← mendīcāns ← mendīcō ← mendīcus ← menda
• mendacity ← mendacitas ← mendāx
• mendacious ← mendacieux ← mendācium ← mendāx
• amendatory ← ēmendātōrius
• emend ← emenden ← ēmendō ← mendum
• maund ← mendier ← mendīcō ← mendīcus ← menda
• emendation ← emendatioun ← ēmendātiō ← emendō ← mendum
• emendate ← ēmendātus ← ēmendō ← mendum
• emendable ← emendabilis ← ēmendō ← mendum
• emendator ← ēmendō ← mendum

More words from *mend-

• emendicate
• mendicity
• mendicate
• mendiant

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mend-