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

169 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kseros — including serene, serenity, serenely, Xerox, elixir, serenade, xerography, xerostomia.

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English (82)

Italian (22)

Irish (10)

Spanish (9)

Latin (7)

French (5)

Old French (5)

Romanian (4)

Portuguese (4)

Ancient Greek (3)

Arabic (2)

Esperanto (2)

Polish (2)

German (2)

Dalmatian (1)

Venetian (1)

Aromanian (1)

Russian (1)

Japanese (1)

Dutch (1)

Cebuano (1)

Occitan (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Middle English (1)