Words that come from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱus

261 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱus — including acute, cute, acutely, acupuncture, acumen, acuteness, ague, subacute.

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English (80)

Latin (60)

Italian (26)

French (15)

Portuguese (11)

Spanish (11)

Translingual (4)

Middle French (4)

Catalan (4)

Old French (4)

Galician (3)

Tagalog (3)

Ido (3)

Middle English (3)

Romanian (3)

Ligurian (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Vulgar Latin (2)

Danish (1)

Aromanian (1)

Istriot (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Tetelcingo Nahuatl (1)

Swedish (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Old Irish (1)

Irish (1)

Chinese (1)

Asturian (1)

Esperanto (1)

Occitan (1)

Norman (1)

German (1)

Classical Latin (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Northern Puebla Nahuatl (1)

New Latin (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Medieval Latin (1)