Etymological root

*h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European

# *h₂eḱ-

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Proto-Indo-European
**Slug:** h-e-4

## Words From This Root
- hear - To notice a sound with your ears.
- cute - Pretty and attractive, especially in a small, sweet way.
- edge - The outer line or border where something ends.
- egg - A rounded object laid by a bird, especially a hen, used as food.
- oxygen - A colourless, odourless gas that humans and animals need to breathe and that makes up part of the air.
- acid - A chemical substance, often sour or corrosive, that reacts with bases and can dissolve metals.
- eager - Very keen and excited to do or have something.
- acute - very serious or severe
- vinegar - A sour liquid made from fermented alcohol, used to flavour or preserve food.
- mediocre - Not very good; only average and a little disappointing.
- mediocrity - The state of being only average and not very good.
- acme - the highest point of achievement or perfection
- acerbic - sharp and biting in tone, manner, or taste
- acerb - sharp and bitter in taste, manner, or speech
- acidulent - somewhat sour or sharp in taste or temper
- acuity - sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing
- ague - a fever marked by recurring chills and shivering, often malarial
- edgy - tense and nervous, or daringly unconventional

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Words from this root(18)

/ˈhɪɚ/ To notice a sound with your ears. Meaning Off Sound Off

/kjuːt/ Pretty and attractive, especially in a small, sweet way. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ed͡ʒ/ The outer line or border where something ends. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɛɡ/ A rounded object laid by a bird, especially a hen, used as food. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɑk.sɪ.d͡ʒən/ A colourless, odourless gas that humans and animals need to breathe and that makes up part of the air. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈæsəd/ A chemical substance, often sour or corrosive, that reacts with bases and can dissolve metals. Meaning Off Sound Off

/iɡə/ Very keen and excited to do or have something. Meaning Off Sound Off

/əˈkjut/ very serious or severe Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈvɪnəɡɚ/ A sour liquid made from fermented alcohol, used to flavour or preserve food. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌmidiˈoʊkəɹ/ Not very good; only average and a little disappointing. Meaning Off Sound Off

/mi.dɪˈɑk.ɹɪ.ti/ The state of being only average and not very good. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈækmi/ the highest point of achievement or perfection Meaning Off Sound Off

/əˈsɝbɪk/ sharp and biting in tone, manner, or taste Meaning Off Sound Off

/əˈsɜrb/ sharp and bitter in taste, manner, or speech Meaning Off Sound Off

/əˈsɪdjələnt/ somewhat sour or sharp in taste or temper Meaning Off Sound Off

/əˈkjuəti/ sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈeɪɡju/ a fever marked by recurring chills and shivering, often malarial Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɛʤi/ tense and nervous, or daringly unconventional Meaning Off Sound Off

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