Words that come from Gaulish “kladyos”

49 words across 21 languages descend from Gaulish kladyos — including gladiator, gladiatorial, gladiolus, gladius, glaive, gladiatorship, gladiatrix, gladen.

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English (14)

Latin (5)

Italian (4)

French (3)

Dutch (3)

Esperanto (3)

Portuguese (2)

Vulgar Latin (2)

Sicilian (1)

Catalan (1)

Hungarian (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

German (1)

Spanish (1)

Ido (1)

Old French (1)

Old English (1)

Romanian (1)

Middle English (1)