Proto-Indo-European

*peyǵ-

‘ill-meaning, evil-minded, treacherous, hostile, bad’

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

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

• fickle ← fikil ← ficol ← fician ← *fikōn
• fike ← fiken ← fician ← *fikōn ← *fikōną
• pignorate ← pignoro ← pignerō ← pignus
• pignoration ← pignorātio ← pignerō ← pignus
• pignistic ← pignus

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ-