Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*ḱens-
4 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-, most common first.
- cosmosThe universe regarded as a system with harmony and order.
- censorOne of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.
- herryTo honour, praise or celebrate.
- heryeTo praise, to glorify, to honour.