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

204 words across 70 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European népōts — including nephew, nepotism, Neave, neve, grandnephew, nepotistic, antinepotism, nift.

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English (18)

Middle English (13)

Latin (12)

Catalan (10)

Ido (9)

Italian (6)

Dutch (6)

Spanish (6)

Portuguese (6)

Esperanto (5)

Romanian (5)

French (4)

Greek (4)

Proto-Slavic (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Old English (4)

Scots (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Proto-Italic (3)

Asturian (3)

Sanskrit (3)

Old Irish (3)

West Frisian (2)

Proto-Celtic (2)

Old High German (2)

Proto-Albanian (2)

Albanian (2)

Galician (2)

Irish (2)

Venetian (2)

Dalmatian (2)

Friulian (2)

Old Polish (2)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (2)

Welsh (2)

Old Norse (2)

Old French (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Proto-Brythonic (2)

Westrobothnian (1)

Hebrew (1)

Ancient Greek (1)

Old Persian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Middle French (1)

Aromanian (1)

Primitive Irish (1)

German Low German (1)

Kalasha (1)

Konkani (1)

Gandhari (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Cebuano (1)

Seychellois Creole (1)

Norman (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

German (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Middle Welsh (1)

Proto-Iranian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Maharastri Prakrit (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Middle Low German (1)