How to say “Word” in different languages spoken in Europe
Indo-European Etymology: English word and its cognates come from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om. Spanish palavra comes from Latin parabola (“comparison, illustration”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”). French mot comes from Late Latin muttum (“sound”). Romanian cuvant is inherited from Latin conventus (“convened, assembled”).
Slavic slovo and similar come from Proto-Slavic *slovo (“word”). Serbo-Croatian term is inherited from Proto-Slavic *rěčь (“speech”). Bulgarian term is inherited from Proto-Slavic *duma (“thought”). Scottish-Gaelic and Irish words come from Proto-Celtic *woxtlom. Non-Indo-European: Maltese and Turkish ones come from Arabic كَلِمَة (kalima). Hungarian szó comes from Turkic. Keep in mind that most of these languages have synonyms for this exact term.
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