Proto-Italic

*haβēō

‘to have, hold’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *haβēō.

19 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *haβēō, most familiar first.

• able ← habilis ← habeō
• average ← aver ← aver ← habeō
• exhibition ← exhibicion ← exhibitio ← exhibeō ← habeō
• debit ← debet ← debitum ← debeō ← habeō
• inhibition ← inhibicioun ← inibicion ← inhibitio ← inhibeō
• habitual ← habituālis ← habituō ← habitus ← habeō
• debenture ← dēbeō ← habeō
• habilitation ← habilitatio ← habilitō ← habilis ← habeō
• devoir ← deveir ← debeō ← habeō
• habituate ← habituō ← habitus ← habeō
• habenula ← habēna ← habeō
• adhibition ← adhibitiō ← adhibeō ← habeō

More words from *haβēō

• cohibition
• dishabituate
• habena
• habilitate
• inhabile
• redhibitory
• redhibition

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *haβēō