Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₁léngʰus”

400 words across 38 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus — including relevant, relief, relevance, relieve, irrelevant, elevator, leverage, lever.

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English (120)

Italian (86)

Latin (82)

French (41)

Catalan (11)

Galician (6)

Esperanto (5)

Swedish (3)

Telugu (3)

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Ancient Greek (2)

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Interlingua (2)

Dutch (2)

Sanskrit (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Indonesian (1)

Japanese (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Turkish (1)

Venetian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Hebrew (1)

Istriot (1)

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Cebuano (1)

Ido (1)

Polish (1)

Kedah Malay (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)