Proto-Indo-European

*témHos

‘darkness’

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

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

• temerity ← temerite ← temerité ← temeritās ← temere
• tamas ← तमस् ← *támHas
• tenebrous ← tenebrose ← tenebrōsus ← tenebrae ← *temazros
• intemerate ← intemerātus ← temerō ← temere ← *temezi
• obtenebration ← obtenebrō ← tenebrae ← *temazros ← *temH-(e)s-ro-
• temerarious ← temerārius ← temerē ← *temezi
• tenebrific ← tenebrificus ← tenebrae ← *temazros ← *temH-(e)s-ro-
• tenebrosity ← tenebrosite ← tenebrosité ← tenebrae ← *temazros
• tenebricose ← tenebricōsus ← tenebricus ← tenebrae ← *temazros
• temeration ← temerō ← temere ← *temezi
• tenebrificous ← tenebrae ← *temazros ← *temH-(e)s-ro-
• tenebral ← tenebrae ← *temazros ← *temH-(e)s-ro-

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *témHos