Words that come from Ancient Greek ἕλῐξ

82 words across 27 languages descend from Ancient Greek ἕλῐξ — including helicopter, helix, helices, helicase, helicoid, antihelix, helicotrema, superhelix.

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English (25)

Italian (10)

French (9)

Spanish (5)

Ancient Greek (3)

Translingual (3)

Dutch (3)

Finnish (3)

German (2)

Portuguese (2)

Latin (1)

Cebuano (1)

Turkish (1)

Japanese (1)

Korean (1)

Latvian (1)

Esperanto (1)

Burmese (1)

Galician (1)

Hindi (1)

Danish (1)

Swedish (1)

Ankave (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Romanian (1)

Thai (1)

Swahili (1)

Words from Ancient Greek ἕλῐξ — 82 descendants | Etymology Explorer