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

57 words across 21 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kal- — including kaleidoscope, kaleidoscopic, Calliope, calotype, calliope, kaleidoscopically, Calliopean, calotypist.

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English (12)

Ancient Greek (11)

Welsh (5)

Translingual (5)

Hindi (4)

Italian (2)

Latin (2)

Hungarian (2)

French (2)

Greek (1)

Sanskrit (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Albanian (1)

Aromanian (1)

Japanese (1)

Cebuano (1)

Romanian (1)

Portuguese (1)

German (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Proto-Albanian (1)