Words that come from Proto-Italic “pauros”

400 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Italic pauros — including administration, minister, minor, ministry, administrator, administer, minus, menace.

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English (128)

Latin (68)

Italian (43)

French (33)

Hungarian (32)

Swedish (30)

Esperanto (10)

Catalan (9)

Middle French (5)

Galician (5)

Asturian (3)

Danish (3)

Ido (3)

Tagalog (2)

Dutch (2)

Ladin (2)

Venetian (2)

Polish (2)

Friulian (2)

Greenlandic (2)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Chavacano (1)

Sicilian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Indonesian (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Gallo (1)

Japanese (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Hausa (1)

Telugu (1)

Russian (1)

Greek (1)

Luxembourgish (1)