Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*gʷeyh₃-
6 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-, most common first.
- quickenTo put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.
- reviveTo cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.
- biogenesisThe principle that living organisms are produced only from other living organisms.
- abiogenesisThe origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
- victualFood fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption.
- usquebaughWhiskey or whisky.