Words that come from Latin “avus”

100 words across 24 languages descend from Latin avus — including atavistic, ayah, atavism, ael, atavistically, ayle, avital, besaiel.

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Portuguese (13)

English (11)

Latin (10)

Esperanto (10)

Spanish (8)

Italian (7)

French (6)

Catalan (5)

Ido (5)

Old French (3)

Vulgar Latin (3)

Hiligaynon (2)

Aromanian (2)

Galician (2)

Middle English (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Papiamentu (2)

Friulian (1)

Translingual (1)

Swahili (1)

Hindi (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Old English (1)

Late Latin (1)