Words that come from Ancient Greek πτερόν

179 words across 30 languages descend from Ancient Greek πτερόν — including helicopter, pterygoid, pterodactyl, pterygopalatine, apterous, pterygium, dipterocarp, dipteran.

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English (72)

Translingual (34)

Ancient Greek (14)

Latin (11)

French (10)

Italian (5)

Greek (3)

Finnish (3)

Dutch (2)

German (2)

Portuguese (2)

Spanish (2)

New Latin (2)

Cebuano (1)

Turkish (1)

Japanese (1)

Korean (1)

Latvian (1)

Middle Armenian (1)

Armenian (1)

Burmese (1)

Galician (1)

Hindi (1)

Danish (1)

Swedish (1)

Ankave (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Romanian (1)

Thai (1)

Swahili (1)