Proto-Italic

*kaweō

‘to beware, to be mindful of’

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

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

• cave ← caveō
• precaution ← praecautiō ← praecaveō ← caveō
• caveat ← caveō

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kaweō