Words that come from Ancient Greek “σοφία”

201 words across 44 languages descend from Ancient Greek σοφία — including philosophy, philosophical, Phil, Sophie, Sophia, philosophic, philosophically, philosophize.

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English (101)

Italian (7)

Latin (6)

Ancient Greek (6)

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Finnish (6)

Greek (5)

Russian (4)

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Armenian (3)

Hungarian (3)

Dutch (3)

Spanish (3)

Old Armenian (3)

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Malay (1)

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