Words that come from Latin “pulvis”

236 words across 49 languages descend from Latin pulvis — including powder, pillow, gunpowder, powdery, pillowcase, pulverize, pulverization, pulverulent.

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English (51)

Italian (24)

German (21)

French (20)

Latin (14)

Old French (8)

Portuguese (7)

Dutch (6)

Spanish (6)

Middle English (6)

Esperanto (5)

Romansch (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Galician (4)

Irish (4)

Tok Pisin (4)

Finnish (3)

Old English (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Vulgar Latin (3)

Aromanian (2)

Cebuano (2)

Sicilian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Romanian (2)

Old Catalan (1)

Danish (1)

Mòcheno (1)

Swedish (1)

Polish (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Latvian (1)

Japanese (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Asturian (1)

Friulian (1)

Emilian (1)

Tagalog (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Taos (1)

Late Latin (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle High German (1)

Middle Irish (1)