Words that come from Ancient Greek λαμβάνω

265 words across 35 languages descend from Ancient Greek λαμβάνω — including dilemma, syllable, epilepsy, lemma, syllabic, monosyllable, polysyllabic, sarcolemma.

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English (108)

Ancient Greek (19)

Latin (17)

German (15)

French (14)

Manx (12)

Portuguese (12)

Italian (9)

Spanish (9)

Greek (5)

Welsh (4)

Hungarian (4)

Middle English (4)

Irish (3)

Old French (3)

Dutch (2)

Esperanto (2)

Romanian (2)

Norman (2)

Medieval Latin (2)

Middle High German (2)

Byzantine Greek (2)

Asturian (1)

Old Irish (1)

Russian (1)

Danish (1)

Swedish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Finnish (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Polish (1)

Late Latin (1)

Old High German (1)