Words that come from Ancient Greek “κόλπος”

165 words across 28 languages descend from Ancient Greek κόλπος — including coup, gulf, coupon, copse, engulf, recoup, coppice, recoupment.

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English (59)

Finnish (22)

French (16)

German (10)

Latin (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Norwegian Nynorsk (5)

Middle English (4)

Greek (3)

Swedish (3)

Russian (3)

Old French (3)

Serbo-Croatian (3)

Spanish (3)

Late Latin (3)

Italian (2)

Catalan (2)

Danish (2)

Crimean Tatar (2)

Bulgarian (2)

Turkish (1)

Japanese (1)

Esperanto (1)

Middle French (1)

Azerbaijani (1)

Portuguese (1)

Norman (1)

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