Words that come from Ancient Greek κῆτος

62 words across 22 languages descend from Ancient Greek κῆτος — including spermaceti, cetacean, Cetus, cetyl, cetyltrimethylammonium, cetaceous, cetology, cetological.

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English (13)

Armenian (13)

Old Armenian (7)

Latin (5)

Romanian (3)

Russian (2)

Translingual (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Coptic (2)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Slovene (1)

Turkmen (1)

Greek (1)

Macedonian (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Hungarian (1)

French (1)

Georgian (1)

Spanish (1)

Belarusian (1)

Kazakh (1)

Old Church Slavonic (1)