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

65 words across 21 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European mélyōs — including melioration, meliorate, meliorism, meliorist, melioristic, meliorator, meliority, melioristically.

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Latin (11)

English (9)

Italian (7)

Old French (6)

Spanish (5)

French (4)

Galician (3)

Portuguese (3)

Middle French (2)

Old Occitan (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Late Latin (2)

Catalan (1)

Venetian (1)

Asturian (1)

Friulian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Ladin (1)

Norman (1)

Occitan (1)

Proto-Italic (1)