Words that come from Ancient Greek “μίτος”

62 words across 16 languages descend from Ancient Greek μίτος — including mitochondrial, mitochondria, mitosis, mitogen, mitochondrion, dimity, samite, mitogenesis.

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English (33)

German (7)

Portuguese (4)

Ancient Greek (2)

Latin (2)

Ido (2)

Irish (2)

Middle English (2)

Esperanto (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old French (1)

Ottoman Turkish (1)

Byzantine Greek (1)

Greek (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Middle High German (1)