Proto-Indo-European

*wí

‘separate from, both, two’

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

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

• with ← wiþ ← *wiþi ← *wiþrą ← *wíterom
• wither ← wiþer ← *wiþr ← *wiþrą ← *wíterom
• vituperation ← vituperātiō ← vituperō
• vituperate ← vituperātus ← vituperō
• vituperator ← vituperō
• witherling ← wiþerling ← wiþer ← *wiþr ← *wiþrą

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wí