Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*ḱer-
4 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-, most common first.
- cerealA type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
- ceresThe Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.
- accretionIncrease by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth.
- HerneHerne the Hunter, an English mythological figure; an antlered ghost associated with Windsor Forest and Great Park in the English county of Berkshire.