Words that come from Ancient Greek “γάλα”

79 words across 22 languages descend from Ancient Greek γάλα — including galaxy, galactic, intergalactic, extragalactic, galium, protogalaxy, protogalactic, transgalactic.

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English (34)

Greek (8)

Ancient Greek (5)

French (5)

Latin (3)

Norman (3)

Translingual (2)

Spanish (2)

Portuguese (2)

German (2)

Middle English (2)

Javanese (1)

Turkish (1)

Czech (1)

Galician (1)

Slovak (1)

Welsh (1)

Italian (1)

Interlingua (1)

Swahili (1)

Romanian (1)

Old French (1)