Words that come from Ancient Greek “ἱερός”

120 words across 27 languages descend from Ancient Greek ἱερός — including hierarchy, hieroglyphic, Hieronymus, hieratic, hierarchal, hierophant, hierarch, hierarchial.

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English (44)

Ancient Greek (22)

Italian (10)

Greek (7)

Latin (6)

Spanish (5)

Danish (2)

Russian (2)

Old French (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Middle English (2)

French (1)

Dutch (1)

Hungarian (1)

Slovak (1)

Georgian (1)

Yup'ik (1)

Irish (1)

Polish (1)

Coptic (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

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Finnish (1)

Late Latin (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Koine Greek (1)