Proto-Indo-European

*yemH-

‘twin’

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

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

• gimbal ← gemel ← gemellus ← geminus ← *yemanos
• jimmer ← gemow ← gemel ← gemellus ← geminus
• geminate ← geminātus ← geminō ← geminus ← *yemanos
• gemination ← geminātiō ← geminō ← geminus ← *yemanos
• geminal ← geminālis ← geminī ← geminus ← *yemanos
• bigeminal ← bigeminus ← geminus ← *yemanos
• gemellology ← gemellus ← geminus ← *yemanos
• geminology ← gemini ← geminus ← *yemanos
• gemel ← gemow ← gemellus ← geminus ← *yemanos
• geminous ← geminus ← *yemanos
• geminiform ← geminī ← geminus ← *yemanos
• ingeminate ← ingeminō ← geminō ← geminus ← *yemanos

More words from *yemH-

• trigeminus
• trigeminous

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yemH-