Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂lek-”

145 words across 45 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂lek- — including Alexander, Alex, Alexandria, Alexandra, Alejandro, Alcibiades, Alexa, Alexandros.

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English (20)

Latin (19)

Ancient Greek (15)

Thai (8)

Greek (7)

Italian (7)

Hindi (7)

Latvian (4)

Sanskrit (4)

Arabic (4)

Spanish (4)

French (3)

Norwegian (2)

Swedish (2)

Urdu (2)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (2)

Cebuano (2)

Czech (2)

Romanian (2)

Mauritian Creole (2)

Persian (2)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (2)

Asturian (1)

Faroese (1)

Catalan (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Old Irish (1)

Friulian (1)

Chinese (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Bashkir (1)

Telugu (1)

Hausa (1)

Tagalog (1)

Kannada (1)

Danish (1)

Slovak (1)

Sauraseni Prakrit (1)

Portuguese (1)

Maharastri Prakrit (1)

German (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Old English (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Byzantine Greek (1)