Words that come from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s

400 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — including mega, megaphone, megalithic, megawatt, megafauna, megapixel, megahertz, megacolon.

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English (284)

French (28)

Italian (26)

Estonian (13)

Translingual (11)

Veps (5)

Ancient Greek (4)

Telugu (4)

Proto-Finnic (3)

Dutch (3)

Votic (2)

Võro (2)

Latvian (2)

Greek (2)

Ingrian (1)

Hungarian (1)

Komi-Permyak (1)

Udmurt (1)

Karelian (1)

Livonian (1)

Japanese (1)

Russian (1)

Inari Sami (1)

Mansi (1)

Khanty (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer