Words that come from Proto-Hellenic “pə́ľľō”

400 words across 26 languages descend from Proto-Hellenic pə́ľľō — including chair, Catholic, chairman, cathedral, catalogue, catastrophe, catalyst, catastrophic.

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English (239)

Ancient Greek (50)

Italian (32)

Latin (18)

French (15)

Greek (9)

Swedish (5)

Translingual (3)

Galician (3)

Czech (3)

Middle French (2)

Asturian (2)

Catalan (2)

Dutch (2)

Polish (2)

Turkish (2)

Hungarian (2)

Old Spanish (1)

Old Irish (1)

Armenian (1)

Mirandese (1)

Albanian (1)

Danish (1)

Irish (1)

Tagalog (1)

Bislama (1)