Words that come from Gaulish werēdos

400 words across 37 languages descend from Gaulish werēdos — including parallel, paragraph, parameter, para, parliament, parliamentary, paradox, parlor.

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English (236)

Italian (26)

Ancient Greek (24)

French (20)

Dutch (14)

Latin (12)

Hungarian (9)

Esperanto (8)

Middle French (6)

Swedish (5)

Turkish (4)

Catalan (3)

Greek (3)

Sicilian (3)

Japanese (2)

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Galician (2)

Russian (2)

Slovak (1)

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Old Spanish (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Danish (1)

Polish (1)

Ladin (1)

Quechua (1)

Chavacano (1)

Old High German (1)

Aragonese (1)

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Venetian (1)

Asturian (1)

Tagalog (1)

Armenian (1)

Ido (1)