Words that come from Proto-Hellenic “wókʷs”

159 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs — including optical, optic, optics, optically, Calliope, fiberoptic, optician, necropsy.

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English (90)

Translingual (22)

Italian (15)

Ancient Greek (6)

French (6)

Latin (2)

Galician (2)

Greek (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Middle French (1)

Czech (1)

Hungarian (1)

Japanese (1)

Cebuano (1)

Romanian (1)

Norman (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)

Medieval Latin (1)