Proto-Indo-European

*neḱ-

‘perish, disappear’

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

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

• innocent ← innocēns ← noceō ← *nokeō ← *noḱ-éye-ti
• innocence ← innocentia ← nocēns ← noceō ← *nokeō
• nuisance ← noysaunce ← nusaunce ← noceō ← *nokeō
• obnoxious ← obnoxiōsus ← obnoxi(us) ← noxa
• nectar ← νέκταρ
• innocuous ← innocuus ← nocuus ← noceō ← *nokeō
• noxious ← noxius ← noxa ← noceō ← *nokeō
• necropolis ← νεκρόπολις ← νεκρός
• internecine ← internecīnus ← internecium ← internecō ← necō
• nociception ← noceō ← *nokeō ← *noḱ-éye-ti
• nocebo ← noceō ← *nokeō ← *noḱ-éye-ti
• innocency ← innocencie ← innocentia ← nocēns ← noceō

More words from *neḱ-

• enecate
• innoxious
• innocuity
• internecive
• nectareous
• nocent
• nocive
• nocuous
• noxa
• nocument
• nociperception
• nocisensor
• nocireceptor
• nocency
• nocence

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-