Proto-Indo-European

*úd

‘upwards, away, out, outward’

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

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

• about ← aboute ← onbūtan ← būtan ← *biūtan
• out ← ūt ← *ūt ← *ūt ← *ūtai
• utter ← outre ← ūtera ← ūt ← *ūt
• outward ← ūtweard ← ūt ← *ūt ← *ūt
• uterus ← *úderos
• awaken ← awakenen ← awæcnan ← *uʀ- ← *uz-
• amaze ← *amasen ← āmasian ← *uʀ- ← *uz-
• outwardly ← outward ← ūtweard ← ūt ← *ūt
• uterine ← utérin ← uterinus ← uterus ← *úderos
• outwards ← outwardes ← ūtweardes ← ūtweard ← ūt
• hubris ← ὕβρις
• aghast ← agast ← agasten ← *uʀ- ← *uz-

More words from *úd

• hysteresis
• outen
• hubristic
• abraid
• astart
• hybristophilia
• utriculoid

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *úd