Words that come from Ancient Greek Κρήτη

70 words across 29 languages descend from Ancient Greek Κρήτη — including Crete, crayon, Cretan, cretaceous, Cretian, cretic, crayonlike, craye.

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English (13)

German (10)

Latin (8)

French (4)

Esperanto (3)

Spanish (3)

Greek (2)

Polish (2)

Italian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Norman (2)

Romanian (2)

Ancient Greek (1)

Slovene (1)

Czech (1)

Armenian (1)

Dutch (1)

Hungarian (1)

Translingual (1)

Yiddish (1)

Japanese (1)

Korean (1)

Old Armenian (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Finnish (1)

Swedish (1)

Middle High German (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Words from Ancient Greek Κρήτη — 70 descendants | Etymology Explorer