Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂lékseti”

85 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂lékseti — including Alexander, Alex, Alexandria, Alexandra, Alejandro, Alexa, Alexandros, Alexandretta.

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English (15)

Ancient Greek (9)

Latin (7)

Greek (4)

Latvian (4)

Arabic (4)

Spanish (3)

Italian (2)

Norwegian (2)

Swedish (2)

French (2)

Cebuano (2)

Czech (2)

Hindi (2)

Romanian (2)

Persian (2)

Asturian (1)

Faroese (1)

Catalan (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Old Irish (1)

Friulian (1)

Chinese (1)

Sanskrit (1)

Bashkir (1)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (1)

Hausa (1)

Tagalog (1)

Danish (1)

Slovak (1)

Sauraseni Prakrit (1)

Portuguese (1)

Maharastri Prakrit (1)

German (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (1)

Byzantine Greek (1)