Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “bē-”

104 words across 27 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bē- — including balloon, mall, balloonist, ballon, palla, ballonet, balloonlike, pallone.

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English (27)

Italian (17)

Latin (11)

Dutch (5)

Swedish (5)

French (4)

German (4)

Catalan (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Portuguese (3)

Sicilian (2)

Ido (2)

Spanish (2)

Cebuano (1)

Danish (1)

Turkish (1)

Japanese (1)

Polish (1)

Bwatoo (1)

Romanian (1)

Hijazi Arabic (1)

Assamese (1)

Bengali (1)

Old French (1)

American English (1)

Late Latin (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European bē- — 104 descendants | Etymology Explorer