Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*deyḱ-
10 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-, most common first.
- teachTo pass on knowledge to.
- toeEach of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
- tokenSomething serving as an expression of something else.
- dictionChoice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication; the effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
- vindicationAn act of asserting or maintaining; an assertion.
- syndicA government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.
- interdictA papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.
- valedictoryOf or pertaining to a valediction (“an act of parting company; a speech made when parting company”); designed for or suitable to an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.
- swadeshiA policy of nationalist self-sufficiency in India, involving the revival and promotion of domestic production and (originally) the boycott of British products.
- anthropodicyAn attempt, or an argument attempting, to justify that human beings are fundamentally good despite the commission of evil acts by some people.