Words that come from Proto-Hellenic “wórwos”

125 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Hellenic wórwos — including horizontal, horizon, horizontally, aphorism, aorist, diorite, granodiorite, horizontality.

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English (38)

Ancient Greek (11)

French (10)

Italian (9)

Greek (6)

Latin (5)

German (4)

Dutch (3)

Danish (3)

Swedish (3)

Romanian (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Finnish (3)

Spanish (3)

Russian (2)

Hungarian (2)

Armenian (2)

Catalan (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Portuguese (2)

Middle French (1)

Czech (1)

Asturian (1)

Galician (1)

Esperanto (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Late Latin (1)

Koine Greek (1)