Words that come from Ancient Greek

183 words across 37 languages descend from Ancient Greek — including Catherine, idiot, idiosyncratic, idiopathic, idiotic, idiomatic, idiocy, idiosyncrasy.

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English (94)

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Greek (2)

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Late Latin (2)

Cebuano (1)

Asturian (1)

Catalan (1)

Hungarian (1)

Hawaiian (1)

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Hebrew (1)

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Irish (1)

Ido (1)

Finnish (1)

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Romanian (1)

Dutch (1)

Byzantine Greek (1)

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