Proto-Indo-European Word Roots
The building blocks of English vocabulary. Every root below traces a word back to its Latin, Greek, or older origin — follow a root to see every word that grew from it.
Proto-Indo-European (1319)
*leyt-
2
*leyǵ-
6
*leyǵʰ-
2
*leǵ-
28
*loiwom
1
*lok-néh₂-
1
*lowh₃-
1
*lókus
1
*lāp-
1
*lēy-
1
*līno-
2
*līnom
1
*m(y)ewh₁-
20
*mad-
1
*mag-
2
*mal-ni-
1
*man-
2
*maǵ-
1
*med-
14
*medʰyos
3
*meg-
3
*megʰ-
7
*meh₁-
6
*meh₂-
1
*meh₂d-
4
*meh₂d- (meet)
1
*meh₂d- (wet)
1
*meh₂y-
1
*meh₂ḱ-
1
*mei-
10
*mel-
1
*meld-
2
*melh₂-
5
*men-
35
*men- (small)
3
*men- (stand out)
2
*men- (stay)
2
*men- (think)
12
*mend-
3
*menegʰ-
1
*menk-
1
*ment-
1
*mer-
11
*mer- (sea)
2
*mergʰ-
1
*metn-
1
*mew-
6
*mewk-
1
*mews-
2
*mey-
6
*mey- (change)
24
*mey- (small)
5
*meyn-
1
*meyno-
1
*meyth₂-
2
*meyǵ-
2
*meyḱ-
5
*mezg-
1
*meǵh₂-
1
*mh₂ḱrós
1
*misdʰós
1
*moh₁-
1
*mon-
3
*monti
1
*monéyeti
2
*mosgʰo-
1
*mregʰ-
1
*mregʰnom
1
*mreǵʰ-
4
*mréǵʰus
4
*mr̥tro-
1
*mukslós
1
*médʰyos
3
*méh₂-méh₂
1
*méh₂tēr
4
*méntis
1
*méryos
1
*méynos
2
*méǵh₂s
2
*méǵh₂yōs
1
*mógʰtis
1
*móri
3
*mórǵs
1
*múHs
1
*mē-
1
*mēh₁n̥s
1
*mūg-
1
*mūs-
1
*mḗh₁n̥s
3
*mḗms
1
*ndher-
1
*ne
2
*nebh-
1
*negʷ-
2
*negʷʰrós
1
*neHd-
1