Proto-Indo-European

*seǵʰ-

‘to overpower’

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

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

• school ← scole ← scōl ← *skōlu ← schola
• severe ← severus ← *seɣwēros ← *séǵʰwr̥
• sketch ← schets ← schizzo ← schedium ← σχέδιος
• scholar ← scolar ← scōlere ← scholāris ← schola
• severity ← severite ← sevēritās ← sevērus ← *seɣwēros
• hector
• perseverance ← perseveraunce ← persevērantia ← persevērāns ← persevērō
• hectic ← etik ← etique ← *hecticus ← ἑκτικός
• epoch ← epocha ← ἐποχή ← ἐπέχω ← ἔχω
• scholastic ← scholastique ← scholasticus ← σχολαστικός ← σχολάζω
• schema ← σχῆμα ← *skʰḗmə ← *sǵʰ-éh₁-mn̥
• persevere ← perseveren ← perseverer ← persevērō ← sevērus

More words from *seǵʰ-

• shul
• schemata
• schola
• scholiast
• swith
• scholium
• perseverant
• scholion
• epoche
• anecic
• asseveration
• asseverate
• assever
• catochus
• epocha
• eunuchism
• hexiology
• ischidrosis
• methexis
• proschema
• schemat
• schediasm
• schediaphilia
• scheme

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-