Words that come from Latin “-ela”

188 words across 43 languages descend from Latin -ela — including candle, candles, clientele, tutelage, chandelier, tutelary, clientelism, chandler.

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English (54)

Italian (25)

Latin (17)

French (10)

Spanish (10)

Portuguese (9)

Dutch (7)

Old French (6)

Middle English (4)

Irish (3)

Norman (3)

Catalan (2)

Galician (2)

Hungarian (2)

Ancient Greek (2)

Cornish (2)

Albanian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Vulgar Latin (2)

Old Spanish (1)

Faroese (1)

Old Irish (1)

Icelandic (1)

Sicilian (1)

Manx (1)

Friulian (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

Arabic (1)

Japanese (1)

Korean (1)

Cebuano (1)

Tagalog (1)

Macedonian (1)

Russian (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old English (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Old Norse (1)

Romansch (1)

Ladino (1)

Papiamentu (1)

German (1)

Old Church Slavonic (1)