Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “ḱad-”
400 words across 1 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — including case, due, decision, design, desire, duty, chance, demand.
See the etymology of ḱad- itself →
English (400)
- case
- due
- decision
- design
- desire
- duty
- chance
- demand
- description
- occasion
- definition
- describe
- despite
- decide
- debt
- department
- spite
- destruction
- defense
- determination
- define
- depend
- devoted
- delivery
- occasionally
- incident
- depression
- accident
- decline
- destroy
- defendant
- demonstrate
- defence
- deny
- desert
- decrease
- deliver
- delicate
- dedicated
- default
- sports
- definite
- defend
- del
- sport
- desperate
- occasional
- declare
- declaration
- definitely
- destination
- detect
- deliberately
- fence
- descent
- deserve
- incidence
- denial
- decay
- deposit
- deposits
- demonstration
- demanding
- destructive
- defect
- deviation
- deliberate
- deceased
- duly
- casual
- decree
- delicious
- declaring
- deduction
- destroying
- depart
- desperately
- designing
- designer
- declining
- deputy
- decreasing
- devote
- depreciation
- descend
- denote
- demonstrating
- staircase
- deficient
- decomposition
- coincidence
- debtor
- deception
- treasury
- delegation
- designers
- deceive
- desirous
- delicacy
- dedication
- desolate
- detention
- designation
- sporting
- dew
- devastating
- indefinite
- deliberation
- detector
- destitute
- devout
- delegate
- designate
- delusion
- incidental
- undue
- casually
- indefinitely
- demise
- desperation
- coincide
- depletion
- incision
- depict
- desiring
- desolation
- detrimental
- deter
- concise
- denomination
- descendant
- incidentally
- dessert
- deformity
- depot
- deceit
- delicately
- delirium
- degenerate
- defender
- cascade
- unduly
- denominator
- undeniable
- deceptive
- detriment
- suitcase
- devour
- detain
- indescribable
- decaying
- delinquency
- dedicate
- vintage
- determinate
- deduct
- delinquent
- decentralization
- denounce
- decedent
- deduce
- casualty
- casket
- destroyer
- departmental
- desirability
- sportsman
- distillation
- deceiving
- debit
- deliberative
- diminutive
- cadence
- deterrent
- derision
- detectable
- deviate
- dehydration
- briefcase
- deceitful
- deductive
- indefatigable
- condescension
- fenced
- casing
- deregulation
- deportment
- dutiful
- detestable
- undeniably
- degenerative
- denominational
- despicable
- dependable
- delineate
- desist
- antidepressant
- deconstruction
- condescending
- redefine
- derogatory
- devolution
- detract
- devotee
- overdue
- dehydrogenase
- fend
- deuce
- parachute
- desegregation
- decease
- cassette
- redesign
- designating
- deciduous
- devoutly
- coincidental
- defenceless
- dutifully
- destitution
- decompression
- devaluation
- showcase
- desultory
- defunct
- depress
- deplore
- deflect
- detergent
- detest
- condescend
- indefinable
- despondent
- bookcase
- delusional
- defenseless
- decrepit
- decoder
- demo
- chute
- deliverer
- derelict
- decolonization
- debug
- decode
- recidivism
- debility
- depository
- detritus
- redefinition
- depreciate
- concisely
- fender
- deprecated
- declamation
- delusive
- declaratory
- detonation
- depolarization
- definable
- deserter
- deliciously
- detoxification
- deprecating
- definiteness
- debriefing
- declination
- definitional
- devolve
- detainee
- deflation
- coincidentally
- deceptively
- destabilize
- demos
- decanter
- delude
- deceiver
- devotedly
- derogation
- deviating
- declivity
- desensitization
- deponent
- desertification
- uppercase
- defuse
- deconstruct
- destructiveness
- demur
- dependability
- Occident
- delimitation
- deplete
- sportive
- decoction
- undetectable
- debasement
- decrement
- indescribably
- declension
- neurodegenerative
- desideratum
- deform
- depositor
- desiccation
- doxorubicin
- dereliction
- denitrification
- deliverable
- deprecate
- destabilization
- deride
- decisional
- demean
- depopulation
- debugger
- deprecation
- demobilization
- incisor
- casuistry
- devalue
- dilettante
- indelicate
- deconstructive
- deport
- distil
- defibrillator
- caseload
- depreciating
- delimit
- denudation
- devotedness
- distillery
- detrusor
- detonate
- devastate
- deformable
- depersonalization
- conciseness
- fracas
- defibrillation
- deactivation
- distill
- debase
- deluding
- dehumanization
- occidental
- demyelination
- declaim
- detraction
- deflate
- denominate
- sportsmanship
- diverticulum
- condescendingly
- dory
- deforming
- deodorant
- desalination
- deducible
- depressant
- dethrone
- deprecatory
- demonstrator
- detonator
- desperado
- deselect
- delamination
- despoil
- undeceive
- indefeasible
- undeviating
- sporty
- depredation
- deoxyribonucleic
- nondestructive
- derogate
- deprecatingly
- deuced
- desecrate
- deflationary
- casework
- deactivate
- détente
- indefiniteness
- undefinable
- delimiter
- debrief
- debunk
- despondently
- deceitfulness
- denervation
- undecidable
- destructively
- deductively
- devoir
- despond
- describable
- decarboxylase