Words that come from Proto-Italic “welō”

400 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Italic welō — including voltage, voluntary, volunteer, voluntarily, volatile, benevolent, involuntary, volatility.

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English (124)

Latin (78)

Italian (55)

French (47)

Hungarian (37)

Irish (5)

Catalan (5)

Middle French (4)

Russian (4)

Friulian (4)

Dutch (3)

Czech (3)

Galician (3)

Turkish (3)

Old Occitan (2)

Venetian (2)

Swedish (2)

Neapolitan (2)

Aromanian (2)

Asturian (1)

Ido (1)

Interlingua (1)

Piedmontese (1)

Istriot (1)

Macedonian (1)

Slovene (1)

Japanese (1)

Greek (1)

Sicilian (1)

Tarantino (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Albanian (1)

Ladin (1)

Chinese (1)