Proto-Indo-European

*seh₂-

‘to satisfy’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-.

32 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-, most familiar first.

• sad ← sæd ← *sadaz
• insane ← īnsānus ← sānus ← *sānos ← *seh₂-no-
• secular ← seculer ← seculer ← saeculāris ← saeculum
• sane ← sānus ← *sānos ← *seh₂-no-
• sanity ← sanite ← sanité ← sānitās ← sānus
• saturation ← saturatio ← saturō ← satur
• sanitary ← sanitaire ← sanitas ← sānus ← *sānos
• insatiable ← insaciable ← insaciable ← insatiabilis ← satiābilis
• sade ← saden ← sadian ← *sadōn ← *sadaz
• hadron ← ἁδρός
• saturate ← saturat(e) ← saturātus ← saturō ← satur
• satiety ← satieté ← satietas ← satis ← *séh₂tis

More words from *seh₂-

• satiate
• saturable
• saeculum
• insatiate
• ensaïmades
• ensaimada
• ensaymada
• ensaimades
• hevva
• insaturable
• sanicle
• sanative
• saturity
• sagina
• sagination
• sanation
• sanitate
• sanable
• secle
• vesania

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-