Proto-Indo-European

*weh₂dʰ-

‘to advance’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-, most familiar first.

• invasion ← invāsiō ← invādō ← vādō ← *wāðō
• wade ← waden ← wadan ← *wadan ← *wadaną
• invasive ← invasif ← invasif ← invāsīvus ← invāsus
• invade ← invādō ← vādō ← *wāðō ← *wéh₂dʰeti
• evasion ← evasionem
• evade ← évader ← ēvādō ← vādō ← *wāðō
• waddle ← wadelen
• vadose ← vadosus ← vadum ← *waðom ← *wh₂dʰóm

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-