Proto-Indo-European

*peh₂ǵ-

‘to attach, fix, fasten’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.

46 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-, most familiar first.

• page ← pāgina
• travel ← travelen ← travailen
• pole ← pāl ← *pāl ← *pālu ← pālus
• propaganda ← prōpāgō
• pale ← pal ← pālus ← *pākslos ← *peh₂ǵ-slos
• compact ← compāctus ← compingō ← pangō ← *pangō
• peel ← pel ← pālus ← *pākslos ← *peh₂ǵ-slos
• peasant ← paissaunt ← paisant ← païsant ← païs
• pagan ← pāgānus ← pāgus
• pageant ← pagent ← pagina
• propagate ← prōpāgātus
• paganism ← pāgānismus ← pāgānus ← pāgus

More words from *peh₂ǵ-

• pala
• palisade
• travail
• pectin
• impinge
• pagination
• impactor
• fack
• pawl
• impaction
• pagina
• pegmatite
• paisano
• paysage
• palus
• paleta
• travois
• pectic
• pagus
• arytenoidopexy
• bibliopegy
• bibliopegism
• paginate
• paynim
• pagophagia
• palification
• palulus
• paysagist
• pessulus
• pignorate
• pignoration
• pignistic
• polink
• repagulum

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-