Proto-Indo-European

*smeḱ-

‘beard’

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

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

• mala ← *smakslā
• maxillary ← māxillāris ← māxilla ← māla ← *smakslā
• maxilla ← māla ← *smakslā
• malar ← malaris ← mala ← *smakslā
• maxillar ← māxillāris ← māxilla ← māla ← *smakslā
• zygomaxillare ← maxillāris ← maxilla ← māla ← *smakslā

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *smeḱ-