Words that come from Proto-Hellenic “pʰérō”

400 words across 27 languages descend from Proto-Hellenic pʰérō — including Christopher, metaphor, peripheral, phosphate, periphery, phosphorus, varnish, electrophoresis.

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English (249)

Italian (43)

Ancient Greek (26)

Greek (22)

French (13)

Latin (10)

Russian (4)

Translingual (4)

Icelandic (3)

Latvian (3)

Irish (3)

Dutch (2)

Esperanto (2)

Hungarian (2)

Catalan (2)

Middle French (1)

Cebuano (1)

Manx (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

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Faroese (1)

Turkish (1)

Ido (1)

Armenian (1)

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Polish (1)

Hiligaynon (1)