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

69 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European tetḱō — including architect, tectonic, tectonics, tectonically, neotectonic, geotectonic, syntectonic, seismotectonic.

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English (25)

Latin (8)

Ancient Greek (4)

German (4)

Greek (3)

Finnish (3)

Romanian (2)

Portuguese (2)

Spanish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

French (1)

Middle French (1)

Italian (1)

Dutch (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Esperanto (1)

Tagalog (1)

Polish (1)

Danish (1)

Cebuano (1)

Ido (1)

Norman (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Late Latin (1)