Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kend-

‘to shine, glow’

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

18 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend-, most familiar first.

• candidate ← candidātus ← candidus ← candeō ← *kandēō
• candle ← candel ← candel ← candēla ← candeō
• chandler ← chaundeler ← chandelier ← candelarius ← candela
• candid ← candidus ← candeō ← *kandēō
• chandelier ← candelabrum ← candela ← candeō ← *kandēō
• incendiary ← incendiarie ← incendiaire ← incendiārius ← incendium
• incandescent ← incandescens ← incandesco ← candesco ← candidus
• candida ← candidus ← candeō ← *kandēō
• candor ← candeō ← *kandēō
• candidature ← candidat ← candidātus ← candidus ← candeō
• candela ← candeō ← *kandēō
• candelabrum ← candēla ← candeō ← *kandēō

More words from *(s)kend-

• chandelle
• accend
• accensor
• accension
• candent
• candescent

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend-