Proto-Indo-European
*weyh₁-
‘to pursue’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-.
87 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-, most familiar first.
- previous ← praevius ← via ← *wiā ← *wih₁eh₂-
- obvious ← obvius ← via ← *wiā ← *wih₁eh₂-
- violent ← violentus ← vīs ← *wīs ← *wéyHs
- virtual ← vertual ← vertüal ← virtuālis ← virtūs
- violation ← violātiō ← violō ← vīs ← *wīs
- inevitable ← inēvītābilis ← ēvītābilis ← ēvītāre ← vitō
- virtue ← vertu ← vertu ← virtus ← vir
- voyage ← viage ← viage ← viaticum ← viāticus
- convey ← conveien ← conveier ← *convio ← via
- violate ← violaten ← violat ← violātus ← violō
- vengeance ← vengeaunce ← vengier ← vindicō ← vindex
- trivial ← triviālis ← trivium ← trivius ← via
More words from *weyh₁-
- envoy
- trivia
- vis
- deviation
- avenge
- virtuous
- deviant
- vindication
- virtuoso
- venison
- wer
- viaduct
- ochre
- vim
- virile
- virility
- violator
- inviolable
- virago
- trivium
- obviate
- viator
- venation
- feen
- venge
- virial
- revanchist
- evite
- revanchism
- envoi
- vindex
- revanche
- viaticum
- proem
- inion
- evitable
- venery
- bivious
- bivium
- devitable
- evirate
- evitative
- evitation
- evertuate
- hyperinosis
- hypinotic
- hypinosis
- hyperinotic
- inosilicate
- iniencephaly
- inogen
- invious
- proœmia
- proemium
- prooemion
- renvoi
- renvoy
- revanchisme
- venatic
- venatorial
- venatio
- venary
- vengement
- veneur
- viaticals
- virtueless
- viatic
- viraginous
- viâ
- viary
- virole
- viameter
- viatecture
- vindical
- virtùous
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-