Words that come from Ancient Greek -τήρ

400 words across 31 languages descend from Ancient Greek -τήρ — including character, characters, characteristic, characterization, characterize, lantern, catheter, characteristically.

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English (193)

Ancient Greek (79)

Italian (28)

Latin (18)

French (16)

Hungarian (13)

Greek (9)

Translingual (6)

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