Words that come from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ḱtós

199 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ḱtós — including massacre, maze, mace, macho, machete, machismo, matador, mazy.

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English (50)

Spanish (31)

French (16)

Latin (15)

Old French (8)

Portuguese (7)

Galician (6)

Middle English (6)

Italian (5)

Asturian (5)

Middle French (3)

Catalan (3)

Tagalog (3)

Cebuano (3)

Norman (3)

German (3)

Vulgar Latin (3)

Russian (2)

Danish (2)

Dutch (2)

Romanian (2)

Finnish (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Anglo-Norman (2)

Chavacano (1)

Indo-Portuguese (1)

Turkish (1)

Georgian (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Mozarabic (1)

Polish (1)

Macedonian (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl (1)

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl (1)

Guinea-Bissau Creole (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Papiamentu (1)